Proof_City Council Proceedings 02.03.22City of Dubuque Consent Items # 1.
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City Council Proceedings of 2/16 and 2/21; Proof of publication for City
Council proceedings of 2/3, 2/7, 2/9, and 2/16.
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City Council Proceedings of 2/21/22
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2/3/22
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2/7/22
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STATE OF IOWA SS:
DUBUQUE COUNTY
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION
I, Kathy Goetzinger, a Billing Clerk for Woodward
Communications, Inc., an Iowa corporation, publisher
of the Telegraph Herald, a newspaper of general
circulation published in the City of Dubuque, County
of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby certify that the
attached notice was published in said newspaper on the
following dates:
02/12/2022
and for which the charge is 57.95
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Subscribed to before me, a Notary Publicwjnd for
Dubuque County, Iowa,
this 15th day of February, 2022
Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa.
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Ad text : CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL SESSION
The Dubuque City Council met in special session at 6:30 p.m.
on February 3, 2022, in the second -floor Council Chambers of
the Historic Federal Building, 350 W. 6th Street.
Present: Mayor Cavanagh; Council Members Farber, Jones,
Resnick, Roussell, Sprank; City Manager Van Milligen, City
Attorney Bramwell (attended via phone).
Vacancy: Ward 4
Mayor Cavanagh read the call and stated this is a special
session of the City Council called for the purpose of setting
the public hearing to establish the Maximum Property Tax
Dollars for Fiscal Year 2023.
ITEMS SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING
1. Set Public Hearing for Resolution Establishing Maximum
Property Tax Dollars for Fiscal Year 2023: Motion by Jones to
receive and file the documents, adopt the resolution, set the
public hearing for February 16, 2022, and listen to the
presentations. Seconded by Sprank. City Assessor Troy Patzner
and City Manager Mike Van Milligen respectively made
presentations and responded to questions from the City
Council. City Council discussed the challenges of establishing
the maximum property tax rate prior to the budget hearing
process, per statutory requirements, and deliberated over
preferences for a property tax rate increase. City Council
discussed the possibility of setting a higher property tax
rate increase than the City Manager's recommendation, since
State Code permits them to decrease the rate during the budget
hearing process. Responding to a question from the City
Council, Director of Finance and Budget Jenny Larson stated
that a property tax rate increase of 2% or greater from Fiscal
Year 2022 to Fiscal Year 2023 requires a unanimous vote per
State Code, while any increase less than 2 % requires a simple
majority vote. Ms. Larson confirmed that any changes in the
proposed property tax rate would change the public notice.
Responding to a question, City Attorney Bramwell confirmed
that the City Council must first vote on the maximum property
tax rate before adopting the resolution, since the resolution
directs city staff to publish the public notice, which will
specify the maximum property tax rate. Motion by Sprank to set
the maximum property tax rate to $11.7169 per thousand dollars
assessed value. Responding to a question from the City Council
on what a 2% increase from Fiscal Year 2022 to Fiscal Year
2023 would equate to, Ms. Larson confirmed that a 2 % increase
results in a property tax rate of $9.8088147 per thousand
dollars assessed value. Council Member Sprank amended the
motion to set the maximum property tax rate at $9.8088147 per
thousand dollars assessed value. Seconded by Farber. City
Council discussed how the established property tax rate may
impact public perception of a potential referendum on the Five
Flags Civic Center. City Attorney Bramwell confirmed that the
vote on the motion must be unanimous because the proposed rate
increase is a 2% increase. Motion failed 5-1 with Resnick
voting nay.
Motion by Sprank to set the maximum property tax dollars
rate at $9.78477 per thousand dollars assessed value. Seconded
by Farber. Motion carried 5-1 with Resnick voting nay.
City Council then returned to the previous motion by Jones
and seconded by Sprank to receive and file the documents,
adopt Resolution No. 34-22 Setting a public hearing on the
Fiscal Year 2023 Maximum Property Tax Dollars for the affected
tax levy total, and setting the public hearing for February
16, 2022. Motion carried 6-0.
There being no further business, Mayor Cavanagh declared the
meeting adjourned at 8:48 p.m.
/s/Adrienne N. Breitfelder
City Clerk
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