Wilmington City Council Agenda Briefing – April 20, 2026
Wilmington City Council Agenda Briefing – April 20, 2026
The Wilmington City Council held an Agenda Briefing meeting on Monday, April 20, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, Skyline Center. Mayor Pro-Tem Kevin Spears presided via video conference, with Councilmembers David Joyner, Salette Andrews, J.C. Lyle, Cassidy Santaguida, and Chakema Clinton-Quintana present. City Clerk Penelope Spicer-Sidbury, City Attorney Meredith Everhart, and City Manager Becky Hawke also attended. Mayor Saffo was absent. The meeting was held to review the agenda for the regular Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday, April 21, 2026, and adjourned at 8:41 a.m.
Agenda Review
- Council reviewed all items listed on the upcoming regular meeting agenda. No questions or discussion were raised.
- The consent agenda included:
- C1: Resolution authorizing a memorandum of understanding with the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office for the Justice Assistance Grant Program.
- C2: Resolution awarding a construction contract ($1,190,000) to Terry Spell Mechanical Services Inc. for emergency vehicle signal preemption (Phase 2).
- C3: Resolution authorizing participation in additional opioid litigation.
- C4: Resolution authorizing purchase of equipment to upfit 25 police vehicles from Mobile Communications America ($44,091).
- C5: Resolution amending the 2026 schedule of Council meetings.
- C6: Approval of minutes from March 24, March 27 (special budget), April 6 (briefing), and April 7, 2026 (regular) meetings.
- Public hearing item PH1: Ordinance designating the Mary Edda Williams House (709 North A Street) as a local historic landmark, and a zoning map amendment (136 East Westward Drive) from MH (Manufactured Housing) to R-15 (moderate density single-family).
- Ordinance 1: Ordinance appropriating $3,427,210 to the debt service fund to prepay the remaining balance on the 2023 B taxable variable rate loan for the Skyline Center acquisition.
- Resolution R1: Resolution supporting keeping the 30-day notification requirement prior to termination of lease for non-payment of rent in public housing.
- Report RP1: Report on Council appointments to boards, commissions, and committees.
Key Outcomes
- No votes or decisions were taken; the meeting functioned solely as a preview of the April 21 regular meeting agenda.
- City Manager Becky Hawke reminded Council members that the Audit Committee Meeting would be held immediately following the briefing.
- The meeting adjourned without further discussion.
Meeting Transcript
Morning. Good morning. Are we are we ready? Yes, sir. Okay, I'd like to bring this uh agenda brief meeting to order. I'll start doing it by doing a roll call. Uh Mayor Bill South. Councilmember Kevin Squears, I'm here. Councilmember David Joyner. Good morning. I'm here. Councilwoman JC Lau. Here. Councilwoman Shakima Clinton Quintana. Here. Councilwoman Silet Andrews. Here. Councilwoman Cassidy Santaguida. Here. All right. We have a quorum. And sorry, if you hear a little bit of noise, I'm multitasking as usual. I'm at my niece's award ceremony, so caught a little off guard. Um we'll start with the consent agenda. Well, we'll have a proclamation naming the week of May 15th through the 22nd. No, is that the why is that? Yeah, okay. May 15th through the 22nd, 2026 says save voting week. The considered agenda is C one a resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the new Hanover County Sheriff's Office for the Justice Assistance Grant Program. C2 is a resolution authorizing the award of a construction contract in the amount of 1,190,000 dollars to Terry Spell Mechanical Services Incorporated for the signal preemption for emergency vehicles phase two project. C three is the resolution to authorize participation in additional opioid litigation. C4 is a resolution authorizing the purchase of equipment to upfit 25 police vehicles from Mobile Communications America of Morrisville, North Carolina for 44091. Yeah. Cive is a resolution amending the established 2026 schedule of council meetings. C6 is the approval of minutes of the regular council meeting on March 24, 2026. The special council meeting budget on March 27, 2026. The council agenda briefing meeting on April 6, 2026, and the regular council meeting on April 7, 2026. Then we'll have our public information, public hearings. PH1 is an ordinance designating the Mary Edda Williams House at 709 North A Street as a local historic landmark.349 acres located at 136 east westward drive from MH Manufacturer Housing District to R15, moderate this density, single dwelling district. Oh one ordinance. Then we have an ordinance ordinance one is ordinance appropriating 3,427,210 to the debt service fund to prepay the remaining balance to do on the 2023 B taxable variable rate loan issued for the acquisition of the Skyline Center. Then we'll have our resolutions. R1 is a resolution in support of keeping the 30-day notification requirements prior to termination of lease for non-payment of rent and public housing. And then we'll have our reports, RP1 report on council's appointments, committee for boards, commissions, and committees. Madam City Manager, is there anything else? No other presentations this morning, Mayor Pro Tem, but just want to remind those um that need to attend that we have our audit committee meeting immediately following this agenda briefing. Right. Is that it? So we stand adjourned. Thank you, Mayor.
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