03 08 23 City Council Proceedings Official_Special
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL SESSION
OFFICIAL
The Dubuque City Council met in special session at 6:30 p.m. on March 8, 2023, 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,
Wethal; City Manager Van Milligen.
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 2024 Department Budgets.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
FISCAL YEAR 2024 DEPARTMENT BUDGETS
Fiscal Year 2024 City department budgets were presented by staff from the following
departments:
Leisure Services Manager Marie Ware provided introductory remarks on behalf of the
Leisure Services Department.
1. Parks Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Presentation: Marie Ware, Leisure Services Manager.
2. Multicultural Family Center Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Presentation: Umaru Balde,
Multicultural Family Center Director.
3. Community Impact Division (formerly AmeriCorps) Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Presentation:
Heather Satterly, Community Impact Director.
4. Recreation Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Presentation: Dan Kroger, Recreation Division
Manager.
Staff responded to questions from the City Council following their respective presentation.
City Clerk Breitfelder announced that written input was received by Cathy Brimeyer regarding
Public Hearing No. 1. Regarding Public Hearing No. 2, Heidi Zull, 1530 Jackson St.; Jessica
(Indigo) Perry, 2920 Central Ave. #2; Olivia Neugel; Tessie Strohm, 1850 Avoca St.; and Yara
Lopez respectively provided input in support of a full-time site supervisor position. City Clerk
Breitfelder announced that written input was received by Kalee Kerper, 1071 Main St.; as well
as from Ms. Zull and Ms. Strohm.
CLOSED SESSION
Motion by Jones to convene in closed session at 10:03 p.m. to discuss Purchase or Sale of
Real Estate – Chapter 21.5(1)(j) Code of Iowa. Seconded by Wethal. Mayor Cavanagh stated
for the record that the attorney who will consult with City Council on the issues to be discussed
in the closed session is City Attorney Brumwell. Motion carried 7 -0.
The City Council reconvened in open session at 11:07 p.m. stating that staff had been given
proper direction.
There being no further business, Mayor Cavanagh declared the meeting adjourned at 11:08
p.m.
/s/Adrienne N. Breitfelder, CMC, City Clerk