2 15 07 City Council Proceedings OfficialCITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
OFFICIAL
City Council, Special Session, February 15, 2007
Council met in Special Session at 6:30 P.M. in the Library Auditorium
Present: Mayor Roy Buol; Council Members Karla Braig, Patricia Cline, Joyce Connors, Ric
Jones, Kevin Lynch, Ann Michalski, City Manager Michael 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 departments were discussed: Human Rights Department;
Finance Department; Legal Department, City Manager's Office; City Council; and City Clerk's
Office.
Human Rights Department: Buol thanked the Human Rights Director and staff for their
continued efforts during the past year. In response to a question Human Rights Director Kelly
Larson stated that no cases had been filed in the past year with regard to sexual orientation.
Katrina Wilberding spoke in support of the Human Rights budget.
Finance Department: Cline questioned on whether the Finance Department was going to
pursue the usage of credit cards for payment of utility bills. Finance Director Ken TeKippe
replied that they were looking into this. He also stated that the City's contract with Aquila for
meter reading services would be expiring in 2009 and they would be looking at this to see if any
changes needed to be made or if it would be more economical to bring this activity back to the
City.
Legal Department: City Attorney Lindahl reviewed the past year's accomplishments and
explained the Information Management Policy that was currently being worked on. Michalski
requested that when the policy is ready it be shared with the City Council.
City Manager's Office: Cline questioned the increase in overtime and the City Manager
explained that this was due primarily to the budget workload. Michalski asked why the new
Assistant City Manager position was not listed on the organization chart and requested that this
be brought up-to-date prior to the final public hearing on the budget.
City Council: City Manager Van Milligen explained the one decision package recommended
for funding in the City Council budget which provided for membership to the International
Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI).
City Clerk's Office: Kevin Firnstahl was introduced to the City Council as the new Assistant
City Clerk and an overview of the requested office reconfiguration was explained.
There being no further business, upon motion meeting adjourned at 8:04 p.m.
/s/ Jeanne F. Schneider, CMC
City Clerk
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