Minutes_City Council Proceedings 03.28.24 Copyrighted
April 15, 2024
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 01.
City Council Meeting
ITEM TITLE: Minutes and Reports Submitted
SUM MARY: Airport Commission of February 27, 2024; City Council Proceedings of
March 25, 26, 27, 28 and April 1, 2, and 4 2024; Community
Development Advisory Commission of January 17, 2024; Equity and
Human Rights Commission of March 12, 2024; Resilient Community
Advisory Commission of January 11, 2024; Zoning Advisory
Commission Draft Minutes of April 3, 2024.
SUGGESTED Suggested Disposition: Receive and File
DISPOSITION:
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
City Council Proceedings 3/25_5:15 PM Supporting Documentation
City Council Proceedings 3/25_6:30 PM Supporting Documentation
City Council Proceedings 3/26 Supporting Documentation
City Council Proceedings 3/27 Supporting Documentation
City Council Proceedings 3/28 Supporting Documentation
City Council Proceedings 4/1 Supporting Documentation
City Council Proceedings 4/2 Supporting Documentation
City Council Proceedings 4/4 Supporting Documentation
Airport Commission Minutes Supporting Documentation
Community Development Advisory Commission Minutes Supporting Documentation
Zoning Advisory Commission Minutes Supporting Documentation
Equity and Human Rights Commission Minutes Supporting Documentation
Resilient Community Advisory Commission Minutes Supporting Documentation
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL SESSION
The Dubuque City Council met in special session at 6:30 p.m. on March 28, 2024, in the
second-floor Council Chambers of the Historic Federal Building, 350 W. 6th Street.
Present: Mayor Cavanagh; Council Members Farber, Resnick, Roussell, Sprank, Wethal;
City Manager Van Milligen.
Absent: Council Member Jones.
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 2025 Department Budgets.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Fiscal Year 2025 City department budgets were presented by staff from the following
departments:
1. Housing & Community Development Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Presentation: Alexis
Steger, Director Housing and Community Development; Michael Belmont, Assistant Director
of Housing and Community Development; Ben Pothoff, Deputy Code Official; Gina Hodgson,
Assisted Housing Supervisor; Mary Bridget Corken Deutsch, Community Development
Specialist; Maddy Haverland, Urban Development & Housing Rehabilitation Project
Manager; and Nicole Lytle, Housing Grants Program Manager.
Public input was provided by the following individuals: Lynn Sutton, 445 Nevada St.; Carla
Shepard, 2710 Potosi Dr.; Carla Anderson, 1131 Main St.; Shea Miloy, 1349 Locust St.; Gayle
Weitz, 1630 Lori Ct; Jaime Izaguirre, 1394 Locust St.; Michael Link, 1190 McGregor Dr., Nino
Erba, 180 W. 15t" St.; and Evan Hudson, 741.5 W. 3rd St. Public input topics included options
for tenants to submit landlord complaints, concerns about rent increases, and requests for more
frequent inspections of rental units.
2. Purchase of Services Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Presentation: Mary Bridget Corken
Deutsch, Community Development Specialist.
3. Public Works Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Presentation: Arielle Swift, Public Works Director
and Ken Miller, Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency (DMASWA) Administrator.
Public input was provided by Paul Shultz, 1040 Carmel Dr. regarding equitable fines
and fees, expansion of the food scraps program, and representation on the DMASWA Board.
Clark Schloz, 2925 Burlington St., provided input on developers' costs for public improvement
projects.
4. Economic Development Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Presentation: Jill Connors, Economic
Development Director and Bonnie Spurling, Arts & Cultural Affairs Manager.
Staff responded to questions from the City Council following their respective presentations.
There being no further business, Mayor Cavanagh declared the meeting adjourned
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at 10:12 p.m.
/s/Adrienne N. Breitfelder, CMC
City Clerk
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