Dubuque Ice Arena Fiscal Year 2024 Budget PresentationCopyrighted
March 22, 2023
City of Dubuque
Special Meeting Public Hearings # 03.
IT E M T I T L E:Dubuque I ce A rena Fiscal Year 2024 B udget Presentation
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Dubuque Ice Arena
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DUBUQUE ICE ARENA
Budget Highlights
FY 2022
Actual
FY 2023
Budget
FY 2024
Requested % Change From
FY 2023 Budget
Expenses
Employee Expense 87,984 — — 0.0 %
Supplies and Services 825,030 200,000 373,255 86.6 %
Total Expenses 913,014 200,000 373,255 86.6 %
Debt on Projects paid with Sales Tax Fund (20%)0 0 350,341 0.0 %
Resources
Operating Revenue 667,901 — — — %
Total 667,901 — — — %
Property Tax Support 245,113 200,000 373,255 86.6 %
Percent Increase (Decrease) 86.6 %
Significant Line Items
Background
1.The City of Dubuque received notice from Dubuque Community Ice & Recreation, Inc. (DICE) on
June 17, 2021, of its intent to relinquish its leaseholder rights. DICE agreed to continue operating
the Ice Center through July 31, 2021.
The Dubuque Ice Arena was designed, developed, and built under a Development Agreement
between and amount DICE, the City, the Dubuque Racing Association (DRA), and Battlefield
Dubuque, LLC commencing October 30, 2009. Opened September 18, 2010, the building is
owned by the City and had been leased in a 25-year lease agreement to DICE. DICE, a
501(c)(3) non-profit organization, raised all funds to build the Ice Center. DICE managed and
operated the Ice Center on a day-today basis.
The Development Agreement outlined the steps to be taken in the event the lease was
terminated. The City provided written notice to the DRA and Northern Lights Hockey, LLC that the
lease had been terminated and offered the DRA the right to enter into a new lease on the same
terms and conditions as the current lease held by DICE, for the remainder of the term. The DRA
declined. The City then provided written notice to Northern Lights Hockey, LLC who had the right
to enter into a new lease on the same terms as the current lease for the remainder of the term.
Northern Lights Hockey, LLC had 30 days to accept the offer and enter into a new lease with the
City. Northern Lights Hockey, LLC was not able to commit at the end of the 30-day period.
DICE agreed to continue operations under an interim management agreement until September 5,
2021 and at the end of the agreement the assets were transferred to the City. The City of
Dubuque took over full Ice Center operations on September 6, 2021 to continue ice operations to
avoid disruption of ice usage for all user groups involved. This included transferring the ice center
staffing to become City employees, obtaining all permits and insurance necessary for ice center
operations, transferring all operational accounts to the City, marketing the ice center and its
events and activities, setting up systems for expenses and revenue, and all the day-to-day
operations of the ice center. As the City took over the operations, City staff committed to
continue to consider the best operational model for the future of the Dubuque Ice Arena.
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The City has focused on the short-term need of running the facility while continuing to consider
what is best management model for the ice center in the long term. The City and the DRA
discussed the opportunity to move the day-to-day operations of the Dubuque Ice Arena to the
DRA. This led to an Interim Staffing Agreement between the City of Dubuque and Dubuque
Racing Association executed January 1, 2022 in which the DRA would provide interim staffing to
operate the facility. All operating expenses were charged to the City. Only the direct employee
expenses are included in the monthly expenses. Indirect costs incurred during the term of the
interim staffing agreement will be provided by the DRA and not billed to the City. All other costs
and operations will continue to be the responsibility of the City during the term of the agreement.
The facility was renamed Dubuque Ice Arena in October of 2022. A Management Agreement
was adopted between Schmitt Island Development Corporation (SID) and the City on October
20, 2022. The agreement provides for a $100,000 management fee to SID similar to the fee to
the management firm for Five Flags. Some items of the agreement are not fully developed in the
agreement at this writing, but the agreement is planned to be fully developed later in FY 2023.
Supplies and Services
2.Pay to other Agency unchanged from $200,000 in FY 2023 to $350,000 in FY 2024. This line
item represents the $100,000 management fee per the approved agreement with SID and
$250,000 operating loss coverage to SID. This number is projected per a budget provided by
SID.
Debt Service
3.FY 2024 Annual debt service is as follows ($350,341):
Amount Debt Series Payment Source Purpose
Final
Payment
Call
Date
$ 350,341 2023 Planned G.O.Sales Tax 20%Ice Settling Remediation 2043
$ 350,341 Total Ice Center Center Annual Debt Service
Dubuque Ice Arena Performance Measures will be developed in FY 24 and included in the future in the
Five Flags Civic Center Outline once the full management and operations are completed.
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Recommended Operating Revenue Budget - Department Total
28 - ICE CENTER
Fund/Account/Account Title
FY21 Actual
Revenue
FY22 Actual
Revenue
FY23 Adopted
Budget
FY24 Recomm'd
Budget
100 - General
4A - Charges for Services
45021 - Credit Card Tips 0 (16,704) 0 0
45032 - Public Skate 0 (25,052) 0 0
45033 - Hockey Ice Rent 0 (4,761)0 0
45034 - Ice Rental 0 0 0 0
45037 - Ice Rental 0 (238,853)0 0
45038 - Free Style Ice Rent 0 (3,421)0 0
45039 - Skate Rental 0 (9,508)0 0
45440 - Events 0 (350)0 0
45443 - Gift Certificates 0 2,692 0 0
45450 - Meeting Room Fee 0 (958)0 0
45455 - Program Fee 0 (3,817)0 0
45500 - Miscellaneous Chg for Svcs 0 (1,689)0 0
47100 - Reimbursements 0 (9,223)0 0
47500 - Merchandise Sales 0 (1,003)0 0
47510 - Beer 0 (119,062)0 0
47511 - Food 0 (107,537)0 0
47512 - Liquor 0 (43,282)0 0
47513 - Beverage/Ice 0 (78,280)0 0
47514 - Gift Cards 0 (4,507)0 0
4A - Charges for Services Total 0 (665,315)0 0
4O - Eliminated for GW
47115 - Sales Tax Collection 0 (2,586)0 0
4O - Eliminated for GW Total 0 (2,586)0 0
ICE CENTER - Total 0 (667,901)0 0
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6A - Salaries & Wages
100 - General
60100 - Salaries-Regular Full Time 0 435 0 0
60300 - Hourly Wages - Temp/Seasonal 0 69,196 0 0
60400 - Overtime 0 9,491 0 0
6A - Salaries & Wages Total 0 79,121 0 0
6B - Employee Benefits
100 - General
61100 - FICA - City Contribution 0 6,053 0 0
61300 - IPERS - City Contribution 0 841 0 0
61510 - Health Insurance 0 406 0 0
61540 - Life Insurance 0 1 0 0
61992 - Physicals 0 1,562 0 0
6B - Employee Benefits Total 0 8,863 0 0
6C - Staff Development
100 - General
62325 - Mileage 0 77 0 0
62500 - Education Reimbursement 0 986 0 0
6C - Staff Development Total 0 1,063 0 0
6D - Repari/Maint/Util
100 - General
63100 - Building Maintenance 0 21,172 0 0
63400 - Equipment Maint/Repair 0 6,878 0 0
63710 - Electricity 0 96,043 0 0
63711 - Natural Gas 0 11,881 0 0
63720 - Refuse 0 3,564 0 0
63730 - Telecommunications 0 730 0 0
63742 - Stormwater 0 1,996 0 0
6D - Repari/Maint/Util Total 0 142,264 0 0
6E - Contractual Svcs
100 - General
64020 - Advertising 0 225 0 0
64080 - Insurance - Property 0 2,317 0 20,213
64083 - Insurance - Other 0 2,600 0 3,042
64130 - Payments to Other Agencies 0 502,299 200,000 350,000
64150 - Rental - Equipment 0 4,560 0 0
64180 - Sales Tax Expense 0 20,556 0 0
64185 - License/Permit/Fees 0 2,479 0 0
64190 - Technology Services 0 9,644 0 0
64195 - Credit Card Charge 0 (43) 0 0
64900 - Other Professional Service 0 750 0 0
64975 - Equip Maint Cont 0 468 0 0
6E - Contractual Svcs Total 0 545,855 200,000 373,255
6F - Commodities
100 - General
65025 - Program Materials 0 3,484 0 0
Recommended Operating Expenditure Budget - Department Total
28 - ICE CENTER
Fund/Account/Account Title
FY21 Actual
Expense
FY22 Actual
Expense
FY23 Adopted
Budget
FY 24 Recomm'd
Budget
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65033 - Food Products 0 39,710 0 0
65034 - Beer Products 0 38,024 0 0
65035 - Liquor Products 0 5,293 0 0
65036 - Beverage/Ice 0 26,322 0 0
65037 - Pro Shop Mechandise 0 500 0 0
65050 - Other Equipment 0 12,253 0 0
65056 - Traffic Security Cameras 0 3,361 0 0
65060 - Office Supplies 0 3,070 0 0
65965 - Janitorial 0 19,559 0 0
65999 - Cash Over and Short 0 (114)0 0
6F - Commodities Total 0 151,463 0 0
6G - Capital Outlay
100 - General
67230 - Heavy Equipment 0 17,500 0 0
67250 - Office Equipment 0 11,697 0 0
6G - Capital Outlay Total 0 29,197 0 0
ICE CENTER - TOTAL 0 957,826 200,000 373,255
Recommended Operating Expenditure Budget - Department Total
28 - ICE CENTER
Fund/Account/Account Title
FY21 Actual
Expense
FY22 Actual
Expense
FY23 Adopted
Budget
FY 24 Recomm'd
Budget
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Recommended Expenditure Budget Report by Activity & Funding Source
28 - ICE CENTER
Fund/Activity FY22 Actual Expense FY23 Adopted Budget
FY24 Recomm'd
Budget
2801 - Ice Center Admin
100 - General
6A - Salaries & Wages 79,121 ——
6B - Employee Benefits 8,863 ——
6C - Staff Development 1,063 ——
6D - Repari/Maint/Util 142,264 ——
6E - Contractual Svcs 545,855 200,000 373,255
6F - Commodities 151,463 ——
6G - Capital Outlay 29,197 ——
2801 - Ice Center Admin Total 957,826 200,000 373,255
ICE CENTER TOTAL 957,826 200,000 373,255
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Capital Improvement Projects by Department/Division
DUBUQUE ICE ARENA
Project
Number Capital Improvement Project Title Department Fund Account
FY 24 Recomm'd
Budget
2849900001 Ice Arena - Emergency Light and Ven Ice Center 304 64004 5,000
2849900001 Ice Arena - Emergency Light and Ven Ice Center 304 67500 69,000
ICE ARENA TOTAL 74,000
PROGRAM/
DEPT PROJECT DESCRIPTION FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028 TOTAL PAGE
DUBUQUE ICE ARENA
Culture and Recreation
Ice Center
Emergency Light and Ventilation $ 74,000 $ — $ — $ — $ — $ 74,000 70
TOTAL $ 74,000 $ — $ — $ — $ — $ 74,000
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DUBUQUE ICE
ARENA
FISCAL YEAR 2024
BUDGET PRESENTATION
DUBUQUE ICE ARENA
City of Dubuque Schmitt Island Development
Corporation
Operations Oversight Staffing
Building owned by City Day-to-day Operations
Capital Improvement Funding
Provide Operational Funding
Mark Plantery, General Manager
CREATING
AN
EQUITABLE
COMMUNITY
OF CHOICE
June 17, 2021
-Dubuque Community Ice & Recreation, Inc. (DICE) notice to relinquish
leaseholder rights
June-August 2021
-Offered to DRA and Northern Lights Hockey under same agreements
-DICE Interim Management Agreement through September 5, 2021
September 6, 2021
-City took over operations
January 1, 2022
-Interim Staffing Agreement -Dubuque Racing Association
-City transitioned Ice Center employees to DRA
BACKGROUND
Settlement
Remediation
June 1 -October 31,
2022
Open House
November 2, 2022
HIGHLIGHTS
October 2022
-The facility renamed to Dubuque Ice Arena
October 20, 2022
-The Schmitt Island Management Agreement
was adopted between Schmitt Island
Development Corporation (SID) and the City.
-The agreement provides for a $100,000
management fee to SID
HIGHLIGHTS
AREA COLLEGE HOCKEY CLUBS
The University of Wisconsin –Platteville
Loras College
ICE USER GROUPS
OPEN SKATE & SKATE WITH
SANTA
FUTURE
INITIATIVES
COMPLETION OF THE SCHMITT ISLAND
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
FY 2023 CAPITAL PROJECTS
DEHUMIDIFCATION SYSTEM
REPLACEMENT AND ADDITION OF
GENERATOR
DUBUQUE ICE ARENA
FY 2024 REQUESTED PROPERTY TAX SUPPORT
$373,255 $5.36
Net Operating
Property Tax Support
Average homeowner’s* property
tax cost for Dubuque Ice Arena
(*Avg. home value of $159,503)
Project FY 24 Cost
Emergency Lighting & Ventilation $74,000
2024 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
DUBUQUE ICE ARENA
https://schmittisland.com/ice-arena