Proof_City Council Proceedings 03.31.25City of Dubuque
City Council
CONSENT ITEMS # 1.
Copyrighted
May 5, 2025
ITEM TITLE: Minutes and Reports Submitted
SUMMARY: City Council Proceedings of April 21, 22, 24, and 28 2025;
Historic Preservation Commission of February 20, 2025;
Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission of March 11,
2025; Transit Advisory Board of March 20, 2024; Zoning
Board of Adjustment from February 27, 2025; Proof of
Publication for City Council Proceedings of March 31 and
April 2, 3, and 7, 2025.
SUGGUESTED Receive and File
DISPOSITION:
ATTACHMENTS:
1. 4 21 25 City Council Minutes
2. 4 22 25 City Council Minutes
3. 4 24 25 City Council Minutes
4. 4 28 25 City Council Minutes
5. Historic Preservation Commission Minutes
6. Park and Recreation Commission Minutes
7. Transit Advisory Board Minutes
8. Zoning Board of Adjustment Minutes
9. Proof_3.31.25
10. Proof_4.3.25
11. Proof_4.7.25
12. Proof_4.2.25
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STATE OF IOWA SS:
DUBUQUE COUNTY
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION
I, Kathy Goetzinger, a Billing Clerk for Woodward
Communications, Inc., an Iowa corporation, publisher
of the Telegraph Herald, a newspaper of general
circulation published in the City of Dubuque, County
of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby certify that the
attached notice was published in said newspaper on the
following dates:
04/11/2025
and for which the charge is 26.22
Subscribed to before me, a Notary blic in and for
Dubuque County, Iowa,
this 14th day of April, 2025
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Notaroblic in and for Dubuque tounty, Iowa.
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CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL SESSION
The Dubuque City Council met in special session at 6:30 p.m.
on March 31, 2025, 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
(attended virtually), City Attorney Brumwell.
Mayor Cavanagh read the call and stated this is a special
session of the City Council called for the purpose of the
recommended Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Presentation.
ACTION ITEM
1. Recommended Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Presentation: Motion
by Roussell to receive and file the documents and hear the
presentation. Seconded by Jones. Chief Financial Officer
Jennifer Larson presented the recommended Fiscal Year 2026
Budget. In response to questions, Larson explained that state
law mandates enterprise funds to be self-sustaining and
prohibits their transfer to other accounts. She also provided
an overview of the debt issuance process. City Council Members
commented on the costs associated with achieving the citys
goals and the significance of making current investments to
achieve long-term benefits. Motion carried 7-0.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mayor Cavanagh declared the
meeting adjourned at 7:14 p.m.
/s/Adrienne N. Breitfelder,
CMC City Clerk
It 4/11
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