2 14 06 Minutes of this meeting
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
OFFICIAL
City Council, Special Session, February 14, 2006
Council met in Special Session at 6:30 P.M. in the Library Auditorium
Present: Mayor Suol, Council Members Sraig, Cline, Connors, Jones, Lynch, Michalski,
City Manager Van Milligen
Mayor Buol read the call and stated this is a special session of the City Council called for
the purpose of discussing various City departmental budgets.
The budgets for the following City Departments were discussed: Five Flags Civic Center,
Recreation Division, Park Division, Information Services Department and Cable TV
Division.
Civic Center: Leisure Services Manager Gil Spence and SMG Manager Charlie Gardner
provided the Council with an overview the completed renovations at the Center. A
detailed budget will be submitted to the Five Flags Commission and City Council in April.
Michalski spoke of her continued concern regarding the amount of handicapped parking
available around the Five Flags Center and the limited amount of public ice time.
Recreation Division: Connors, Michalski and Braig expressed concern that the
improvement packages related to after-school programs for children at Lincoln and
Marshall Schools and youth sports program were not recommended for funding. City
Manager Van Milligen provided an overview of the budget process and stated he would be
coming back to Council to recommend that $28,000 of improvement packages not be
funded as previously recommended. Michalski requested that Council look closely at the
budget to see what could be given up in order to fund the youth related programs.
Park Division: In response to a questions Leisure Services Manager Gil Spence reported
that the renovation of the Town Clock would not affect any of the festivals held in that
area. Michalski questioned whether there were a sufficient number of Park Rangers.
Information Services Department: Discussion was held concerning the Lead
Applications/Network Analyst position that was not recommended for funding. Information
Services Manager Chris Kohlmann stated that the impact on the department would be that
staff would be putting in a larger amount of paid overtime and would not be able to
provided the amount of support necessary for City departments. Cline requested that a
comparison of overtime costs versus funding of the position be completed and provided to
Council.
Cable TV Division: Public Information Officer Randy Kehl introduced Cable TV
Coordinator Craig Nowack and reviewed future initiatives for the department.
Conference Center: Michalski questioned why the tiles needed to be replaced so soon.
Assistant City Manager Cindy Steinhauser explained that it was because of the porous
limestone material that was used originally and the replacement would be of a more
appropriate material.
There being no further business, upon motion meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m.
/s/ Jeanne F. Schneider, CMC
City Clerk