9 25 25 City Council Proceedings Official SpecialCITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL SESSION
OFFICIAL
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 Rec reation
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):
• 17th and Elm Street Stormwater Project
• 17th and Locust Street Stormwater Project
• Bee Branch Gate & Pump Station Project
• Catfish Creek Sanitary Sewer Project
• Cedar Street Lift Station and Force Main
• Chaplain Schmitt Island Sanitary Sewer
• Commercial Air Service Future Strategy and Action Plan to Sustain and Expand
• Comprehensive Fire Station Location and Facilities Study
• Cooper Place/Maiden Lane Project
• Detention Ponds Maintenance
• Fire Department Staffing Increases
• Grove Terrace Project
• Harvard Street Project
• Hempstead Street Project
• Individual Neighborhood Investments
• Kaufmann Avenue Storm Sewer Improvements
• Police Department: Full Staffing and Hiring
• Sanitary Sewer Consent Decree Compliance
• Sanitary Sewer Force Main Stabilization Project
• Sanitary Sewer Investments and Implementation
• Sports Complex Development
• Stormwater Management Investments and Implementation:
• Terminal Street Lift Station and Force Main
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, CMC, City Clerk