Minutes_City Council Proceedings 7 11 17 Copyrighted
July 17, 2017
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 1.
ITEM TITLE: Minutes and Reports Submitted
SUMMARY: City Council Proceedings of 7/5, 7/10, 7/11; City Council
Compensation Task Force of 6/26; Civil Service
Commission of 6/29; Community Development Advisory
Commission of 6/29; Historic Preservation Commission of
6/15; Library Board of Trustees Council Update#162 of
6/22; Long Range Planning Advisory Commission of 6/20;
Resilient Community Advisory Commission of 6/1 ; Transit
Advisory Board of 6/29; Zoning Board of Adjustment of
6/27; Proof of Publication for City Council Proceedings of
6/12, 6/19, 6/21; Proof of Publication for List of Claims and
Summary of Revenues for Month Ending 5/31;
SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
City Council Proceedings of 7/5/17 Supporting Documentation
City Council Proceedings of 7/10/17 Supporting Documentation
City Council Proceedings of 7/11/17 Supporting Documentation
City Council Compensation Task Force Minutes of Supporting Documentation
6/26/17
Civil Service Commission Minutes of 6/19/17 Supporting Documentation
Community Development Advisory Commission Minutes Supporting Documentation
of 6/29/17
Historic Preservation Commission Minutes of 6/15/17 Supporting Documentation
Library Board of Trustees Minutes of 5/25/17 Supporting Documentation
Library Board of Trustees Update#162 of 6/22/17 Supporting Documentation
Long Range Planning Advisory Commission Minutes of Supporting Documentation
6/20/17
Resilient Community Advisory Commission Minutes of Supporting Documentation
6/1/17
Transit Advisory Board Minutes of 6/29/17 Supporting Documentation
Zoning Advisory Commission Minutes of 7/5/17 Supporting Documentation
Zoning Board of Adjustment Minutes of 6/22/17 Supporting Documentation
Proof of Publication for City Council Proceedings of Supporting Documentation
6/12/17
Proof of Publication for City Council Proceedings of Supporting Documentation
619/17
Proof of Publication for City Council Proceedings of Supporting Documentation
6/21/17
Proof of Publication for List of Claims and Summary of Supporting Documentation
Revenues for ME 5/21/17
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL SESSION
The Dubuque City Council met in special session at 6:00 p.m. on July 11 , 2017 in the
Historic Federal Building, 350 W. 6th Street.
Present: Mayor Buol; Council Members Connors, Del Toro, Lynch, Rios; City Manager
Van Milligen, City Attorney Brumwell
Absent: Council Members Jones and Resnick
Mayor Buol read the call and stated this is a special session of the City Council called
for the purpose of conducting a work session on the St. Ambrose University Traffic Stop
Study Analysis.
WORK SESSIONS
St. Ambrose University Traffic Stop Study Analysis.
Police Chief Mark Dalsing introduced Dr. Chris Barnum, MCJ Program Director of St.
Ambrose University (SAU) who was contracted to conducted an independent traffic study
focusing on evaluating stops made by the Dubuque Police Department (DPD) between
January 1 , 2015 and December 31 , 2015. The study centered on two broad categories of
discretionary police conduct:
1 . racial disparity in vehicle stops—instantiated as racial differences in the likelihood
of being stopped by the DPD.
2. dissimilarities across racial demographics in the outcome or disposition of a stop.
The study's methodology includes using multiple sources of data to establish baselines
on population. Included in this data is the use of point-in-time traffic counts. SAU used a
diverse group of trained observers to gather the driving demographics at various times
during the day and night, in locations where traffic stops generally occur. This data was
used in conjunction with census and other measured demographic data and is compared
with department traffic stop data such as Stop Analyses Results and Stop Outcomes
Results.
Findings from the examination of disproportionality in vehicle stops show little or no
evidence of disparity. Given that the term racial profiling is generally applied to contexts
where the police use race as a factor in deciding whether to stop a vehicle, and that racial
profiling routinely shows up as disparity in traffic stops, the results from this portion of the
analyses provide no evidence that the Dubuque Police Department systematically
engaged in racial profiling in 2015. Dr. Barnum reiterated that he found no evidence for
racial profiling
Dr. Barnum suggest that the City of Dubuque conduct one additional round of analyses.
The proposed work could utilize DPD traffic stop data from 2016 and 2017, with no
updates to observational zone benchmarks needed.
Dr. Barnum responded to questions and comments from the City Council.
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There being no further business, upon motion the City Council adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
/s/Trish L. Gleason, CMC
Assistant City Clerk
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