Proof_City Council Proceedings 03.21.23City of Dubuque
City Council Meeting
Consent Items # 01.
Copyrighted
April 17, 2023
ITEM TITLE: Minutes and Reports Submitted
SUMMARY: Building Code Advisory and Appeals Board of 3/2/23; City Council
Proceedings of 4/3/23; Resilient Community Advisory Commission of
4/6/23; Parks and Recreation Commission of 3/21/23; Zoning Board of
Adjustment of 3/23/23; Zoning Advisory Commission of 04/05/23; Proof
of Publication for City Council Proceedings of 3/20/23, 3/21/23, 3/22/23,
and 3/23/23.
SUGGESTED Suggested Disposition: Receive and File
DISPOSITION:
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
Building Code Advisory and Appeals Board of 3/2/23 Supporting Documentation
City Council Proceedings of 4/3/23 Supporting Documentation
Parks and Recreation Commission of 3/21/23 Supporting Documentation
Resilient Community Advisory Commission of 4/6/23
Zoning Board of Adjustment of 3/23/23
Zoning Advisory Commission of 04-05-2023
Proof of Publication for City Council Proceedings of
3/20/23
Proof of Publication for City Council Proceedings of
3/21/23
Proof of Publication for City Council Proceedings of
3/22/23
Proof of Publication for City Council Proceedings of
3/23/23
Supporting Documentation
Supporting Documentation
Supporting Documentation
Supporting Documentation
Supporting Documentation
Supporting Documentation
Supporting Documentation
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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 March 21, 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.
ACTION ITEMS
1. Budget Hearing Amendment Process: Motion by Roussell to
receive and file the documents and discuss the budget hearing
amendment process. Seconded by Resnick. City Council members
agreed that Option No. 2, in which an informal poll is
conducted to determine if a majority agrees with holding a
budget item for separate discussion, is the recommended option
for the budget hearing process. Responding to a question from
the City Council, City Manager Van Milligen stated that debt
reduction information will be provided at the March 23, 2023,
6nai hearing to adopt the Fiscal Year 2024 budget. Motion
carried 7-0.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
FISCAL YEAR 2024 DEPARTMENT BUDGETS
Fiscal Year 2024 City department budgets were presented by
staff from the following departments:
1. Information Services Fiscal Year 2024 Budget
Presentation: Chris Kohlmann, Information Services Manager,
2. Water Department Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Presentation:
Christopher Lester, Water Department Manager.
3. Water & Resource Recovery Center Fiscal Year 2024 Budget
Presentation: William OBrien, Water and Resource Recovery
Center Manager.
4. Public Works Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Presentation: John
Klostermann, Public Works Director; and Arielle Swift,
Assistant Public Works Director.
Staff responded to questions from the City Council following
their respective presentations.
At the conclusion of Public Hearing No. 4, Council Member
Wethal requested discussion of Fire Department Improvement
Package No. 2 for the addition of one full-time Firefighter
position, which was not recommended by City Manager Van
Milligen. Council Member Wethal expressed support for funding
this improvement package and stated that funding could come
from three sources: the first funding source is $65,329 from
the Parks Department Improvement Package No. 3 for one
full-time confidential account clerk; the second funding
source is $15,000 from the Planning Services Departments
utility adjustments; and the third funding source is $25,000
from the Health Services Departments Improvement Package No. 4
for a vehicle for the Health Services Environmental
Sanitarian/Emergency Preparedness Planner. After City Council
discussion, Mayor Cavanagh conducted a straw poll to determine
if the request had majority support for additional discussion.
The poll carried 6-1, with Resnick opposed. The City Council
agreed to discuss the request during the March 23, 2023, final
budget hearing to adopt the Fiscal Year 2024 budget.
Council Member Farber requested discussion of the Public
Information Offices Improvement Package No. I for the addition
of one full-time GIS Applications Specialist and suggested
using excess funding from the maximum property tax dollars set
by the City Council as a potential funding source. City
Council members discussed the recommendation and reached a
consensus that they did not want to increase the maximum
property tax dollars from the amount recommended by City
Manager Van Milligen. Based on consensus to not conduct
additional discussion, Council Member Farber withdrew her
request.
Council Member Resnick requested discussion of the Parks
Departments Improvement Package No. 1 on funding additional
pollinator areas throughout the park system. Council Member
Resnick suggested the funding amount be reduced from $50,000
to $25,000. Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Larson stated
that the Parks Policy Budget Book listed the incorrect amount
for the improvement package, and that $10,000 is the correct
recommended funding amount. After confirming the recommended
funding amount, Council Member Resnick determined that no
additional discussion was needed.
City Manager Van Milligen stated that he developed a
recommendation for the $23,000 in additional Planning Services
Department funds that he will submit to the City Council on
March 22, 2023, in advance of the March 23, 2023 final hearing
to adopt the Fiscal Year 2024 budget.
There being no further business, Mayor Cavanagh declared the
meeting adjourned at 10:02 p.m.
/s/Adrienne N. Breitfelder, CMC
City Clerk
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