03 09 22 City Council Proceedings Official_Budget Hearing No. 3CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL SESSION
OFFICIAL
The Dubuque City Council met in special session at 6:30 p.m. on March 9, 2022, in the
second-floor Council Chambers of the Historic Federal Building, 350 W. 6th Street.
Present: Mayor Cavanagh; Council Members Farber, Jones (via phone), Resnick, Roussell,
Sprank; City Manager Van Milligen.
Vacancy: Ward 4
Mayor Cavanagh read the call and stated this is a special session of the City Council called
for the purpose of conducting public hearings on certain Fiscal Year 2023 Department Budgets.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
FISCAL YEAR 2023 DEPARTMENT BUDGETS
Fiscal Year 2023 City department budgets were presented by staff from the following
departments:
1. Housing/Community Development Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Presentation : Alexis Steger,
Housing and Community Development Director;
2. Purchase of Services Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Presentation : Cori Burbach, Assistant City
Manager;
3. Planning Services Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Presentation: Wally Wernimont, Planning
Services Manager;
4. Economic Development Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Presentation: Jill Connors, Economic
Development Director and Jenni Peterson -Brant, Arts and Cultural Affairs Coordinator.
Staff responded to questions from the City Council following their respective presentation.
Following Economic Development’s presentation, online public input was submitted by
Danielle Stowell, 1667 Jackson St., in support of Improvement Package (IP) No. 13, funding for
the Dubuque Winter Farmer’s Market. Council Member Sprank proposed that IP No. 4, providing
$3,000 grants to minority-owned businesses to support ongoing operations, be recommended
for funding. Responding to a question from the City Council, Ms. Connors stated that if the IP
were approved, it would become part of the department’s annual operating budget. City
Manager Van Milligen stated that IP No. 4 was not recommended for funding due to limited
resources and expressed concern with reducing funds recommended to partner organizations
in order to fund IP No. 4. Mayor Cavanagh conducted a straw poll an d confirmed that the
proposal failed 1-5, with Sprank in favor and the remaining five Council Members opposed.
Council Member Jones experienced technical difficulties participating in this portion of the
meeting, therefore he communicated his input and vote to Mayor Cavanagh via text.
There being no further business, Mayor Cavanagh declared the meeting adjourned
at 8:59 p.m.
/s/Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk