4 21 26 City Council Proceedings - Budget Hearing 6CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL SESSION
The Dubuque City Council met in special session at 6:30 p.m. on April 21, 2026, in the second-floor
Council Chambers of the Historic Federal Building, 350 W. 6th Street.
Present: Mayor Cavanagh; Council Members, Leyendecker, Resnick, Roussell, Sprank, Staver,
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 receiving presentations on certain Fiscal Year 2027 Department Budgets.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
City staff presented Fiscal Year 2027 departmental budgets and responded to City Council questions
following each presentation. Presentations were given by representatives from the following
departments:
1. Airport Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Presentation: Airport Director Todd Dalsing.
2. Human Rights Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Presentation: Assistant City Attorney, Jason Lehman.
3. Community Impact Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Presentation: Community Impact Director Antonio
Mouzon; Data Analyst Braden Daniels, Community Diversion and Prevention Coordinator Miranda
Onofre, Community Service and Outreach Coordinator Brittney Hayes; AmeriCorps Program Director
Sarah Berna; and Community Engagement Coordinator Community Impact Temwa Phiri. Residents
Brooklyn Williams, Cindy Racker, Robin Kinnicker, Dereka Williams, Ashley (sir name unknown),
Sylvan Garish, Tayler (sir name unknown), Jeremiah Allen, Jennnifer Grayn Katherine Sorenson,
Tommy (sir name unknown), provided input on how they have personally benefited from the community
impact service program.
4. Multicultural Family Center (MFC) Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Presentation: Multicultural Family
Center Director LaMetra Murdock. Residents Brooklyn Williams, Jeremiah Allen, Corinne Rothblum,
Temwa Phiri, MFC Board Members Claudette Bees and Marlene Waller provided input on how they
have personally benefited from the community impact service program.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mayor Cavanagh declared the meeting adjourned at 9:36 p.m.
/s/Trish L. Gleason, Assistant City Clerk