City of Wilmington Council's Agenda Briefing Meeting - January 20, 2026
City of Wilmington Council's Agenda Briefing Meeting - January 20, 2026
The Council of the City of Wilmington held an Agenda Briefing meeting on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. in City Hall Council Chambers to review the regular scheduled agenda for the January 20, 2026 Council Meeting. Mayor Bill Saffo presided, with Councilmembers David Joyner, Salette Andrews, J.C. Lyle, Cassidy Santaguida, and Chakema Clinton-Quintana present. Mayor Pro-Tem Kevin Spears attended via video conference. City Clerk Penelope Spicer-Sidbury, City Attorney Meredith Everhart, and City Manager Becky Hawke were also present.
Consent Calendar
- C1: Approval of the minutes.
- C2: Resolution authorizing a five-year contract with Spectrum Enterprises Incorporated for up to $1,961,880 to upgrade the city's wide area network.
- C3: Resolution awarding a citywide tree and stump removal contract to Lanier Tree Services LLC for $125,774.
- C4: Resolution endorsing an application for the Governor's Highway Safety Program grant in the amount of $25,000.
- O2C (under Public Hearings): Resolution approving a $118,700 interlocal agreement between the city and Cape Fear Public Utility Authority for relocation of water and sewer line facilities affected by the Wisteria Clearbrook drainage improvement project stage two.
- R1: Resolution adopting the City of Wilmington's 2026 state and federal legislative agenda.
- R2: Resolution amending Wilmington City Council's Code of Ethics.
- R3: Resolution requesting further review of the Wilmington Harbor 403 project.
- RP1: Report of Council's Appointments Committee for Boards, Commissions, and Committees.
- RP2: Resolution establishing the City of Wilmington Community Relations Advisory Committee and Bylaws.
Discussion Items
- Councilmember Andrews inquired why RP2 (a resolution) was placed under the Reports section of the agenda rather than the Resolutions section. City Attorney Meredith Everhart explained that the resolution had been through the Appointments Committee and was being presented as a recommendation of that committee, so it is typically placed after the committee's report. Councilmember Andrews noted that in a prior instance, a similar item had not gone through the Appointments Committee and was placed on the consent agenda, not under reports. No further discussion or objection was raised.
Key Outcomes
- The meeting concluded with no formal votes taken; the briefing served to review the items scheduled for the regular Council meeting at 6:30 p.m. that evening. The meeting adjourned at 8:35 a.m.
Meeting Transcript
Call the meeting to order. Do a roll call at this time. Mayor Pro Tem, are you here? I am here. Okay. Councilmember Jordan, are you here? Councilmember Andrews, are you here? Here. Councilmember Lala, are you here? Councilmember Santa Greed, are you here? Here. Councilmember Clinton Quintana, are you here? I am here. And the chair is here. Okay. Consent agenda. C one is approval of the minutes. C2 is a resolution authorizing city management to enter into a five-year contract with Spectrum Enterprises Incorporated for the amount not to exceed 1,961,880 to upgrade the city's wide area network. C three is a resolution awarding a citywide tree and stump removal contract to Lanier Tree Services LLC in the amount of 125,774. C4 is a resolution endorsing the application for the governor's highway safety program grant in the amount of $25,000. Public hearings. And then 02C is the resolution approving a $118,700 interlocal agreement between the city and Cape Hair Public Utility Authority for the relocation of order and store line facilities affected by the Wasteria Clearbrook drainage improvement project stage number two. Then resolutions. R1 is a resolution authorizing the adopting the city of Wilmington's 2026 state and federal legislative agenda. And then R2 is a resolution amending Wilmington City Council's Code of Ethics. And then R3 is a resolution requesting further review of the Wilmington Harbor 403 project. And then reports, RP1 Reports, Councils Appointments Committee for Boards, Commissions, and Committees, and then RP2 is a resolution establishing the City of Community Relations Advisory Committee and bylaws. Mr. Mayor. Yes, ma'am. So I just had a question. Why is RP2? If it's a resolution, why is it coming under the report section? Because it's been um yes, ma'am, because it's been through the appointments committee, and so it's coming as a recommendation through that committee. So we typically do it after the report of that committee. It could go either place. We um but since it's coming out of appointments committee and we're doing the appointments committee um report, we typically just include them both together so that the chair can make move those at the same time. Okay, because I think wasn't wasn't the last one, wasn't it on the consent agenda when we were doing the I I think we waived well we didn't really wave, but we gave clear direction that we wanted it to come back to the council and it had been asked did we want to take it through the um appointments committee and I don't think we took it through the appointments committee. It ended up on the uh consent agenda, got pulled um and brought back. I don't I don't recall it being under reports. That's all I just it seems like it should be. It was it wasn't because it didn't go through the go back through the appointments committee. Okay, okay. Anyone else? Anything else? Becky, anything else? We have no presentations this morning, Mr. Mayor. Okay, so we'll see everybody back here at um 6 30 tonight. Okay, thank you.
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