REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING


A G E N D A


April 27, 2009 - 7:30 P.M. - Council Chambers - City Hall - City of Dover


OPEN FORUM - 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO OFFICIAL MEETING (7:15 P.M.)


INVOCATION BY CHAPLAIN WALLACE DIXON


PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCILMAN LEARY


AGENDA ADDITIONS/DELETIONS


*CONSENT AGENDA

Those items on the Council Agenda which are considered routine and non-controversial shall be marked with an asterisk (*) and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the Council. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of Council so requests, in which event the matter shall be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered a separate item.

 

* 1. Adoption of Minutes  -   Council Workshop of March 10, 2009

                                           -   Regular Council Meeting of April 13, 2009

 

 2.   Certificates of Congratulations

       A.   100th Anniversary of the NAACP

       B.   Odyssey of the Mind

               b-1.  Allen Frear Elementary - Division I - Shock Waves

               b-2.  Allen Frear Elementary - Division I-B - Teach Yer Creature

               b-3.  Booker T. Washington Elementary - Division I-A - Earth Trek

               b-4.  Dover High School - Division III - Lost Labor of Heracles

               b-5.  Dover High School - Division III - Earth Trek and Superstition

               b-6.  Holy Cross - Division I-B - Lost Labor of Heracles

               b-7.  Star Hill Elementary - Division I-B - Earth Trek

               b-8.  W. B. Simpson Elementary - Division I-B - Superstition

               b-9.  W. Reilly Brown Elementary - Division I-A - Superstition

b-10. W. Reilly Brown Elementary - Division I-A - Teach Yer Creature

 

 3.   Rescheduling of Public Hearing/Final Reading (Due to Lack of Public Notice - Recommend Referral to the Planning Commission on May, 18, 2009 and that a Public Hearing Be Set for Monday, June 8, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.)

 

A.Property located at 171 North Edgehill Avenue, consisting of 22,914+/- square feet and property located at 705 Maple Parkway, consisting of 65,764+/- square feet, owned by Suzanne Noll. These properties are currently zoned R-7 (One Family Residence Zone) and the proposed zoning is RM-2 (Medium Density Residential Zone)

 

* 4. Tax Appeals Committee Report - April 8, 2009

       A.   Appeal Procedures

       B.   Tax Policy #3

 5.   Parks, Recreation, and Community Enhancement Committee Report - April 13, 2009

*     A.   Presentation - Collaboration on Regional Library District

(Committee Recommended Acceptance of the Report Without Any Recommendation)

B.Funding Campaign Dover Public Anchor Library

(Committee Recommended Authorization for the Transfer of $320,000 from the Library Reserve Fund to the Dover Library Foundation, Inc. to Conduct a Fundraising Campaign for the Dover Public Anchor Library Project, Stipulating That the Monies Be Transferred and Expended on a Monthly Basis)

C.Design Development Contract for New Anchor Library

(Committee Recommended Awarding the Professional Services Contract for the Design Development Phase for the Dover Public Anchor Library to Holzman Moss Architecture Firm, for an Amount of $548,958, Which Covers the Total Expenses and Estimated Ten Percent (10%) Project Reimbursable Expenses, and Authorize the City Manager to Enter into the Contractual Agreement)

*     D.   Report on League Usage at the John W. Pitts Center

(Committee Action Not Required)

*     E.    Proposed Ordinance - Chapter 114 - Vegetation, Article II - Weeds, Section 114-35 - Exceptions

(Committee Recommended Adoption of Proposed Ordinance No. 2009-08)(See Item #10-A)

*     F.    Updates

(Committee Action Not Required)

 

* 6. Utility Committee Report - April 13, 2009

A.Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Review - Public Utilities

(Committee Action Not Required)

B.Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant

(Committee Deferred Until April 27, 2009)

C.PACE/NAES Monthly Report (February)

(Committee Deferred Until April 27, 2009)

 

 7.   Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee Report - April 13, 2009

 *    A.   Review and Recommendation - Filling Critical Positions

(Committee Recommended that Staff be Granted Permission to Recruit for Position of System Operator I)

 *    B.   Proposed Ordinance 2009-10 - Chapter 2 - Administration, Article VI - Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund

(Committee Recommended Adoption of Proposed Ordinance No. 2009-10, as Amended)(See Item #10-B)

 

 8.   Election Results - 2009 Municipal Election

 

 9.   Recommendation of Haggerty & Haggerty Ad-Hoc Review Committee (Tabled during the Council meeting of March 23, 2009)


 


10.  First Reading - Proposed Ordinances

The First Reading is offered on the following proposed ordinances. Final action by Council will take place during the Second Reading of the ordinance on May 11, 2009. Copies of all proposed ordinances are available at the entrance of the Council Chambers or can be obtained from the City Clerk's Office.

 

       A.   Chapter 114 - Vegetation, Article II - Weeds, Section 114-35 - Exceptions

(Parks, Recreation, and Community Enhancement Committee)

 

       B.   Proposed Ordinance 2009-10 - Chapter 2 - Administration, Article VI - Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund

(Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee)

 

11.  Council Members Announcements


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