Proof_City Council Minutes 09.25.25Copyrighted
October 20, 2025
City of Dubuque CONSENT ITEMS # 1.
City Council
ITEM TITLE: Minutes and Reports Submitted
SUMMARY: City Council Proceedings of October 6, 2025; Arts and
Cultural Affairs Grants Committee of August 14, 2025; Arts
and Cultural Affairs Art on the River Committee of July 10,
2025; Human Rights Commission of September 9 and 16,
2025; Human Rights Commission Subcommittee for
Commissioner Handbook Update of September 16, 2025;
Proof of Publication for City Council Proceedings of
September 8, 15, 22, 23, and 25, 2025.
SUGGUESTED Receive and File
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ATTACHMENTS:
1. 10 6 25 City Council Minutes
2. Arts and Cultural Affairs Art on the River Committee Minutes
3. Arts and Cultural Affairs Grants Committee Minutes
4. Human Rights Commission Minutes
5. Human Rights Commission Special Meeting Minutes
6. Human Rights Commission Subcommittee Handbook Meeting Minutes
7. Proof-9 8 25 City Council Proceedings
8. Proof-9 15 25 City Council Proceedings
9. Proof_9.22.25 Proceedings
10. Proof_9.23.25 Proceedings
11. Proof 9.25.25 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 Surnek 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 Leaders 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:
o 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
o Sanitary Sewer Consent Decree Compliance
o Terminal Street Lift Station and Force Main
? Sports Complex Development
? Stormwater Management Investments and Implementation:
o 17th and Elm Street Stormwater Project
o 17th and Locust Street Stormwater Project
o Bee Branch Gate & Pump Station Project
o Detention Ponds Maintenance
o Individual Neighborhood Investments
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
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? 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, CMC
City Clerk
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