Proof of Council Proceedings 3 5 08City of Dubuque,
Iowa
Proceedings
Offical
City Council, Special Session, March 5, 2008.
Council met in Special Session at 6:30 P.M. in the Library Auditorium
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I, Suzanne Pike, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications, Inc., an Iowa
corporation, publisher of the Telegraph Herald,a newspaper of general circulation
published in the City of Dubuque, County of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby
certify that the attached notice was published in said newspaper on the following
dates: March 14, 2008, and for which the charge is $38.92.
Subscribed o before m , Notary Public in and for Dubu e County, Iowa,
this day of ~/,~~~~ _ , 20 ~
Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa.
P'^~o M.ARY K. WESTERMEYER
*: Commission Number 154865
My Cnmm Fm FEB. 1, 2n1t
CITY OF 'DUBUQUE,
IOWA
COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS
OFFICIAL
City Council, Special
Session, March 5, 2008
Council met in Special
Session at 6:30 P.M. in the
Library Auditorium
Present: Mayor Buol,
Council Members Braig,
Connors, Jones, Lynch,
Voetberg, City Manager
Van Milligen
Absent: Council Member
Resnick
Mayor Buol read the call
and stated this is a special
session of the City Council
called for the purpose of
discussing various City de-
partmental budgets.
The budgets for the fol-
lowing City Departments
were discussed: Emergen-
cy Communications Cen-
ter, Emergency Manage-
ment Office, Fire Depart-
ment, Police Department,
and Building Services De-
partment.
Emergency Communica-
tions Center - Emergency
Communications Center
Manager Mark Murphy re-
viewed the activities of the
last year. Connors ques-
tioned the training that
could not be held due to
staff shortages. Murphy
replied that currently they
are fully staffed.
John Callahan, Emergen-
cy Communications Dis-
patcher, addressed the
Council regarding the use
of part-time Dispatchers
versus full-time and the
problems this caused with
scheduling vacation and
training hours. He also
stated that the constant
high turn -over rate of part-
time employees was nega-
1 tively impacting the de-
partment's quality of serv-
ice, liability and cost.
Jones commented that the
addition of two full-time
dispatchers through the
Fiscal Year 2009 budget
recommendation should
make a big difference in
this area.
Emergency Management
- Emergency Management
Director Tom Berger re-
viewed the accomplish-
ments of the past year and
provided a summary of the
high speed notification
system - Code Red -
which is being recom-
mended for funding in the
Fiscal Year 2009 budget.
Voetberg requested addi-
tional information on train-
ing for newly elected offi-
cials. Berger explained the
training would include all
the small cities and towns
in the County and would
include a tour of the train-
ing facility in addition to
NIMS training.
Fire Department - Fire
Chief Dan Brown provided
an overview of the depart-
ment's accomplishments
over the past year and the
future initiatives. In re-
sponse to a question, he
did explain they are look-
ing at mutual aid agree-
ments with Galena, Illinois
and Maquoketa, Iowa.
Police Department - Po-
lice Chief Kim Wadding ex-
plained how the additional
fifteen Police Officer posi-
tions being recommended
for funding over the next
five years will be phased in
and how the positions will
be allocated. Braig ques-
tioned the practice of
KeyLine putting students
off the buses for misbe-
havior and asked whether
the School Resource Offi-
cer could be used to meet
the bus and take the stu-
dent to where he/she
needed to go. She felt this
would make more of an
impact on the other stu-
dents who witness a class-
mate being put into a
squad car rather than just
being put off the bus. Van
Milligen explained he
would be meeting with the
Police Department and
Transit regarding this is-
sue.
Building Services Depart-
ment - Building Services
Manager Rich Russell re-
viewed the activities of the
department. He explained
that all permit fees would
be increased by 15 per-
cent in Fiscal Year 2009.
There being no further
business, upon motion
meeting adjourned at 9:04
p.m.
/s/ Jeanne F. Schneider,
CMC, City Clerk
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STATE OF IOWA {SS:
DUBUQUE COUNTY
CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION
I, Suzanne Pike, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications, Inc., an Iowa
corporation, publisher of the Telegraph Herald,a newspaper of general circulation
published in the City of Dubuque, County of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby
certify that the attached notice was published in said newspaper on the following
dates: March 14, 2008, and for which the charge is $38.92.
Subscribed o before m , Notary Public in and for Dubu e County, Iowa,
this /4/7' day of �G�G? C , 20 &Y
otary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa.
MARY K. WESTERMEYER
Commission Number 154885
My Comm Frn FEB. 1, 2011