Minutes_City Council Proceedings 2 7 19 Copyrighted
February 18, 2019
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 1.
ITEM TITLE: Minutes and Reports Submitted
SUMMARY: Arts and Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission of 2/6; City
Council Proceedings of 2/4, 2/7, 2/11, 2/13; Airport
Commission of 1/28; Catfish Creek Watershed
Management Authority of 2/7; Five Flags Civic Center
Commission of 2/4; Investment Oversight Advisory
Commission of 1/23; Library Board of Trustees City
Council Update #179 of 1/24; Zoning Advisory
Commission of 2/6; Zoning Board of Adjustment of 1/24;
Proof of Publication for City Council Proceedings of 1/22,
1/28.
SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
Arts and Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission Minutes Supporting Documentation
of 2/6/19
City Council Proceedings of 2/4/19 Supporting Documentation
City Council Proceedings of 2/7/19 Supporting Documentation
Airport Commission Minutes of 1/28/19 Supporting Documentation
Caffish Creek Watershed ManagementAuthority Supporting Documentation
Minutes of 2/7/19
Five Flags Civic Center Commission Minutes of 2/4/19 Supporting Documentation
InvestmentOvesightAdvisory Commission Minutesof Supporting Documentation
1/23/19
Library Board of Trustees City Council Update#179 of Supporting Documentation
1/24/19
Zoning Advisory Commission Minutes of 2/6/19 Supporting Documentation
Zoning Board of Adjustment Minutes of 1/24/19 Supporting Documentation
Proof of Publication for City Council Proceedings of Supporting Documentation
1/22/19
Proof of Pubicaton for City Council Proceedings of Supporting Documentation
1/25/19
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL SESSION
The Dubuque City Council met in special session at 6:00 p.m. February 7, 2019 in the
Historic Federal Building, 350 W. 6�h Street.
Present: Mayor Buol, Council Members Del Toro, Jones, Larson, Resnick, Rios (Joined at
6:12 p.m.); Shaw; City Manager Michael Van Milligen, City Attorney Brumwell.
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 Fiscal Year 2020 budgets.
FISCAL YEAR 2020 DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET REVIEW
Prior to the budget hearings, Mayor Buol reviewed a memo from City Attorney Crenna
Brumwell regarding options for City Council Members to call out budget items for further
discussion, removal from, or inclusion in the final budget recommendation.
Motion by Jones to adopt Option #2 calling for an informal poll of Council to call out such
items. Mayor Buol confirmed that an individual Council Member can call for the poll. Seconded
by Resnick. Motion carried 6-0.
Fiscal Year 2020 City departmental budgets were presented by staff from the following
departments.
1 . Information Services: Chris Kohlmann, Information Services Manager.
2. City Attorney's Office (Legal): Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney.
3. City Clerk's Office: Kevin Firnstahl, City Clerk
4. Cable TV Division: Craig Nowak Cable TV Division Coordinator
5. City Manager's Office: Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager; Cori Burbach, Assistant
City Manager.
a) Sustainable Dubuque: Gina Bell, Sustainable Community Coordinator
b) Neighborhood Development: Jerelyn O'Connor, Neighborhood Development
Specialist.
c) Budget Office: Jenny Larson, Finance/Budget Director
d) Personnel: Gina Noel, Personnel Assistant.
e) Public Information Office: Randy Gehl, Public Information Officer.
� Geographic Information System: Nikki Rosemeyer, GIS Coordinator
6. City Council: City Manager Mike Van Milligen
Presenters responded to questions from the City Council. Following the City Clerk's
presentation and discussion of the Sister City improvement package request, City Manager
Van Milligen stated that some flexibility is built into the budget allowing for changes that would
not impact the recommended and published tax levy amount. A poll of Council requested by
Council Member Shaw to include the request for additional Sister City funding failed 3-4 with
Shaw, Larson and Rios voting yay.
Mayor Buol called for public input on each departmenYs respective budget presentation.
Public Input
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Nino Erba, 1505 Fairview PI., asked what was being done by the Information Services
Department to help reduce carbon emissions related to the 50°k reduction by 2050 climate
goal. Information Services Manager Chris Kohlmann stated that many of the projects that the
department is engaged with and the IT equipment choices are energy efficient and produce
measurable outcomes related to the climate goal. Mr. Erba also asked about the possibility of
archived cable programs being closed-captioned as part of the Division's improvement
package request. Cable TV Coordinator stated that due to the cost of closed-captioning and
the turn-around time, they will be selective in which programs are of priority for captioning.
Following the City Manager's Office budget presentation, Mr. Erba expressed his concerns for
allocating funds for stafft-shirts at thisyear's lowa League of Cities conference held in Dubuque
while the salaries of Council and staff inembers was not part of the budget discussion.
There being no further business, upon motion the City Council adjourned at 933 p.m.
/s/Kevin S. Firnstahl, CMC
City Clerk
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