Work Session Request: Equitable Poverty Reduction & Prevention Plan UpdateCity of Dubuque
City Council
ACTION ITEMS # 3.
Copyrighted
April 7, 2025
ITEM TITLE: Work Session Request: Equitable Poverty Reduction &
Prevention Plan Update
SUMMARY: City Manager recommending City Council schedule a work
session on Monday, June 2, 2025, at 5:15 p.m. to update the
Mayor and City Council on the Equitable Poverty Reduction &
Prevention Plan.
SUGGUESTED Receive and File; Council
DISPOSITION:
ATTACHMENTS:
1. MVM Memo
2. Staff Memo
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Requesting a Work Session on the Equitable Poverty Reduction &
Prevention Plan
DATE: April 2, 2025
Office of Shared Prosperity and Neighborhood Support Director Anderson Sainci is
recommending City Council schedule a work session on Monday, June 2nd at 5:15 p.m.
to update the Mayor and City Council on the Equitable Poverty Reduction & Prevention
Plan.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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Attachment
cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney
Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
Anderson Sainci, Director Office of Shared Prosperity and Neighborhood Support
Wally Wernimont, Planning Services Director
Braden Daniels, Data Analyst
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TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Anderson Sainci, Office of Shared Prosperity and
Neighborhood Support Director
SUBJECT: Requesting a Work Session on the Equitable Poverty Reduction &
Prevention Plan
DATE: March 21, 2025
BACKGROUND
In 2018, the Mayor and City Council identified reducing poverty as a top priority during
their 2018-2020 goal -setting policy agenda. In 2010, poverty increased from 10% to
16% in 2019. In response, the Mayor and City Council sought out proposals through a
Request for Proposal (RFP) process to hire a qualified consultant to develop an
Equitable Poverty Prevention (EPP) Plan. In 2019, Public Works, LLC consultant was
hired to create a robust, creative, and inclusive community engagement strategy to
achieve two main goals:
1) To supplement the quantitative data with qualitative data from individuals who
are living the experience of poverty in our community.
2) To identify ways to involve the community, particularly those most impacted by
poverty, in the implementation strategy.
On March 1, 2021, the City Council formally adopted the Equitable Poverty Reduction &
Prevention Plan and created the Office of Shared Prosperity and Neighborhood Support
to implement the plan. The department is staffed with four (4) full-time equivalent
employees. Since the creation of the department, the team has collaborated with both
public and private partners to address systemic factors perpetuating poverty among our
vulnerable community members. Additionally, the department is tasked with engaging
neighborhood associations and civic groups to improve neighborhoods throughout the
city.
DISCUSSION
On June 2, 2025, Anderson Sainci, Director of the Office of Shared Prosperity and
Neighborhood Support, along with Braden Daniels, Data Analyst, will present an update
to the Mayor and City Council on poverty metrics outlined in the Equitable Poverty
Reduction & Prevention Plan.
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ACTION REQUIRED
I am requesting a work session on June 2, 2025, at 5.15 pm, to update the Mayor and
City Council on the Equitable Poverty Reduction & Prevention Plan.
Cc. Wally Wernimont, Planning Services Director
Braden Daniels, Data Analyst
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