4 4 24 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 4, 2024, 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.
Mayor Cavanagh read the call and stated this is a special session of the City Council
called for the purpose of setting a public hearing on the Fiscal Year 2025 City Budget
conducting public hearings on certain Fiscal Year 2025 Department Budgets.
ITEMS SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING
Set Public Hearing on FY 2025 City Budget: Motion by Jones to receive and file the
documents, adopt Resolution No. 78-24 Setting the Date for the Public Hearing on the
Fiscal Year 2025 Budget; and Resolution No. 79-24 Setting the Date for the Public
Hearing on the Five-Year Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2025 Through
2029 for the City of Dubuque for the City of Dubuque, and set the public hearings for April
15, 2024 for a meeting to commence at 6:30 p.m. in the Historic Federal Building.
Seconded by Farber. Motion carried 7-0.
RESOLUTION NO. 78-24
SETTING THE DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2025
BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF DUBUQUE
Whereas, Iowa Code Section 384.16 provides that the City Council shall set a time and
place for a public hearing on the Fiscal Year 2025 budget before the final budget
certification date and shall publish notice before the hearing as provided in Iowa Code
Section 384.16.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DUBUQUE, IOWA:
Section 1. That the City Council shall conduct a public hearing on the proposed Fiscal
Year 2025 budget for the City of Dubuque in the City Council Chambers and virtually on
Monday, April 15, 2024, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Passed, approved and adopted this 4th day of April 2024.
Brad M. Cavanagh, Mayor
Attest: Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk
RESOLUTION NO. 79-24
SETTING THE DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEARS 2025 THROUGH 2029 FOR THE
CITY OF DUBUQUE
Whereas, a proposed Five-Year Capital Improvement Program for the City of Dubuque
for Fiscal Years 2025 through 2029 has been prepared and submitted to the City Council;
and
Whereas, the capital projects for the first year of the program are included in the Fiscal
Year 2025 budget for the City of Dubuque; and
Whereas, it is deemed to be in the best interest of the City of Dubuque to conduct a
public hearing and adopt the five-year Capital Improvement Program simultaneously with
the public hearing and adoption of the Fiscal Year 2025 budget for the City of Dubuq ue.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DUBUQUE, IOWA:
Section 1. That the City Council shall conduct a public hearing on the five-year Capital
Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2025 through 2029 in the City Council Chambers
and virtually on Monday, April 15, 2024, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Passed, approved and adopted this 4th day of April 2024.
Brad M. Cavanagh, Mayor
Attest: Adrienne Breitfelder, City Clerk
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Fiscal Year 2025 City department budgets were presented by staff from the following
departments:
1. Emergency Management Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Presentation : Tom Berger,
Emergency Management Director.
2. Emergency Communications Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Presentation : Jessica
George-Rethwisch, Emergency Communications Director.
3. Police Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Presentation : Jeremy Jensen, Police Chief and Joe
Messerich, Assistant Police Chief.
4. Fire Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Presentation: Amy Scheller, Fire Chief and Josh
Knepper, Assistant Fire Chief.
Staff responded to questions from the City Council following their respective
presentations.
There being no further business, Mayor Cavanagh declared the meeting adjourned at
9:51 p.m.
/s/Adrienne N. Breitfelder, CMC, City Clerk