4 3 25 City Council Proceedings Official SpecialCITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL SESSION
OFFICIAL
The Dubuque City Council met in special session at 6:30 p.m. on April 3, 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).
Mayor Cavanagh read the call and stated this is a special session of the City Council
called for the purpose of conducting such business that may properly come before the
City Council.
CONSENT ITEMS
Motion by Resnick to receive and file the documents, adopt the resolutions, and dis-
pose of as indicated. Seconded by Farber. Motion carried 7-0.
1. Catfish Creek Sewershed Interceptor Sewer Improvements - Middle Fork Project;
State Revolving Fund Planning & Design Loan: Upon motion the documents were re-
ceived, filed, and approved.
2. Catfish Creek Sewershed Interceptor Sewer Improvements - South Fork Project;
State Revolving Fund Planning & Design Loan: Upon motion the documents were re-
ceived, filed, and approved.
3. Track Line Sanitary Sewer Reconstruction Project - State Revolving Fund Planning
& Design Loan: Upon motion the documents were received, filed, and approved.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
City staff presented Fiscal Year 2026 departmental budgets and responded to City
Council questions following each presentation. Presentations were given by representa-
tives from the following departments:
1. Health Services Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Presentation: Public Health Director Mary
Rose Corrigan.
2. Library Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Presentation : Library Director Nick Rossman.
3. Housing and Community Development Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Presentation: As-
sistant Housing and Community Development Director Mike Belmont, Deputy Code Offi-
cial Ben Pothoff, Assisted Housing Supervisor Gina Hodgson, Community Development
Specialist Mary Bridget Corken Deutsch, and Urban Development & Housing Rehabilita-
tion Project Manager Maddy Haverland.
4. Office of Shared Prosperity Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Presentation: Office of Shared
Prosperity and Neighborhood Support Director Anderson Sainci, Data Analyst Braden
Daniels, and Community Engagement Coordinator Temwa Phiri.
5. Office of Equity and Human Rights Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Presentation : Chief of
Equity and Human Rights Dr. Gisella Aitken-Shadle.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mayor Cavanagh declared the meeting adjourned at
10:26 p.m.
/s/Adrienne N. Breitfelder, CMC, City Clerk