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CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL SESSION
OFFICIAL
The Dubuque City Council met in special session at 6:30 p.m. on April 22, 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 receiving presentations on certain Fiscal Year 2026 Department
Budgets.
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. Information Technology Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Presentation : Special Projects
Manager Chris Kohlmann and Interim Chief Information Officer Joe Pregler.
2. Water Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Presentation : Water Department Director Chris
Lester. Clark Schloz, 2925 Burlington St., provided input on the cost of infrastructure pro-
jects and referencing the current rate of inflation as a factor for cost increases.
3. Water & Resource Recovery Center Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Presentation : Water
& Resource Recovery Center Director Deron Muehring.
4. Public Works Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Presentation: Public Works Director Arielle
Swift. Clark Schloz, 2925 Burlington St., provided input on the previous fiscal year’s use
of road use tax funds for safety apparel.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mayor Cavanagh declared the meeting adjourned at
9:56 p.m.
/s/Adrienne N. Breitfelder, CMC, City Clerk