Minutes_City Council Proceedings 09.25.25Copyrighted
October 6, 2025
City of Dubuque CONSENT ITEMS # 1.
City Council
ITEM TITLE: Minutes and Reports Submitted
SUMMARY: City Council Proceedings of September 8, 15, 22, 23, and 25,
2025; Building Code Advisory and Appeals Board Minutes of
March 22 and April 6, 2023; Historic Preservation
Commission of August 21, 2025; Human Rights Commission
of August 12, August 29, and September 4, 2025; Library
Board of Trustees Update of August 28, 2025; Park and
Recreation Commission of August 12, 2025; Transit Advisory
Board of April 10, 2025; Zoning Advisory Commission of
September 3, 2025; Zoning Board of Adjustment of August
28, 2025; Proof of publication of City Council Proceedings of
August 27, September 2, and September 4, 2025.
SUGGUESTED Receive and File
DISPOSITION:
ATTACHMENTS:
1. 9 8 25 City Council Minutes
2. 9 15 25 City Council Minutes
3. 9 22 25 City Council Minutes
4. 9 23 25 City Council Minutes
5. 9 25 25 City Council Minutes
6. Building Code Advisory and Appeals Board Minutes of March 2023
7. Building Code Advisory and Appeals Board Minutes of April 2023
8. Historic Preservation Commission Minutes
9. Human Rights Commission Minutes - August 12, 2025
10. Human Rights Commission Subcommittee Minutes - August 29, 2025
11. Human Rights Commission Subcommittee Minutes - September 4, 2025
12. Library Board of Trustees Update
13. Park and Recreation Commission Minutes
14. Transit Advisory Board Minutes
15. Zoning Advisory Commission Minutes
16. Zoning Board of Adjustment Minutes
17. Proof —August 27 Proceedings
18. Proof —September 2 Proceedings
19. Proof September 4 Proceedings
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CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL SESSION
The Dubuque City Council met in special session at 4:07 p.m. on September 25, 2025, in the Q
Casino Reflections Room B.
Present: Mayor Cavanagh; Council Members Farber, Jones, Resnick, Roussell, Sprank, Wethal;
City Manager Van Milligen, City Attorney Brumwell.
Mayor Cavanagh read the call and stated this is a special session of the City Council called for the
purpose of conducting annual goal setting.
GOAL SETTING
SESSION 3 OF 3
The session was led by Lyle Sumek of Lyle Sumek Associates, Inc. City Council Members reviewed
the actions, management in progress, and major projects for each of their seven goals in Section 10 of
the 2025 Leader's Guide. Throughout the discussion, Van Milligen, Brumwell, Assistant City Manager
Cori Burbach, Police Chief Jeremy Jensen, Assistant Police Chief Joe Messerich, Fire Chief Amy
Scheller, Water and Resource Recovery Center Director Deron Muehring, and Parks and Recreation
Director Matt Kalcevich addressed relevant questions from the Council. The meeting was informally
paused for dinner at 5:36 p.m. and resumed at 6:14 p.m. City Council then voted on their top and high
priorities, as follows:
Top Priorities (in alphabetical order):
• Commercial Air Service Future Strategy and Action Plan to Sustain and Expand
• Comprehensive Fire Station Location and Facilities Study
• Fire Department Staffing Increases
• Police Department: Full Staffing and Hiring
• Sanitary Sewer Investments and Implementation
Catfish Creek Sanitary Sewer Project
o Cedar Street Lift Station and Force Main
o Chaplain Schmitt Island Sanitary Sewer
o Cooper Place/Maiden Lane Project
o Grove Terrace Project
o Harvard Street Project
o Hempstead Street Project
o Sanitary Sewer Force Main Stabilization Project
Sanitary Sewer Consent Decree Compliance
o Terminal Street Lift Station and Force Main
• Sports Complex Development
• Stormwater Management Investments and Implementation:
0 17th and Elm Street Stormwater Project
0 17th and Locust Street Stormwater Project
o Bee Branch Gate & Pump Station Project
o Detention Ponds Maintenance
o Individual Neighborhood Investments
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o Kaufmann Avenue Storm Sewer Improvements
• Street Maintenance/Rehabilitation Program
High Priorities (in alphabetical order):
• Continued Implementation of Central Avenue Revitalization Plan
• Downtown Master Plan Update
• Dubuque Law Enforcement Center (DLEC) Short -Term Facility Enhancements and Future Plan
• East-West Corridor/Roundabouts Projects
• Next Phases of Chaplain Schmitt Island Development
• Parks and Recreation Master Plan Adoption and Implementation
• Water Resource and Recovery Center Facility and Process Improvements and Odor Reduction
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mayor Cavanagh declared the meeting adjourned at 6:31 p.m.
/s/Adrienne N. Breitfelder, CIVIC
City Clerk
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