1 28 19 City Council Proceedings Official_SpecialCITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL SESSION
OFFICIAL
The Dubuque City Council met in special session at 6:00 p.m. on January 28, 2019, in
the Historic Federal Building, 350 W. 6th Street.
Present: Mayor Buol; Council Members Del Toro, Jones, Larson, Resnick; City Man-
ager Van Milligen, City Attorney Brumwell
Absent: Council Members Rios and Shaw.
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 Inclusive Dubuque Quarterly Report.
WORK SESSION
Inclusive Dubuque Quarterly Report
Paul Duster, Director of Community Initiatives for the Community Foundation of Great
Dubuque (CFGD), opened the work session and introduced presenters Collins Eboh, Eq-
uity Coordinator for the CFGD; Mary Duster and Celena Vesely of Mercy Hospital; Kelly
Larson, City of Dubuque Human Rights Director; and Mary Rose Corrigan City of Dubu-
que Health Services Manager. Mr. Duster noted that the Travel Dubuque staff was unex-
pectedly unavailable and would present their information to Council at a future time. Top-
ics included:
• CFGD focus areas: Academic Achievement, Equity and Inclusion, Economic Op-
portunity
• Barriers to Success: Poverty, Race & Equity:
o Resources - Project HOPE, Inclusive Dubuque
• Introduction and description of duties of the Equity Coordinator:
o Business Leader Equity Cohort, network partners and advisors
• Network Partners at Work:
o Mercy Medical Center: Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Council Highlights,
RACE Forward Training;
o Travel Dubuque (postponed): Vision for Inclusion, Enhance Traveler &
Community Experience;
o Behavior (individual), Programs or Practices (institutional), Outcomes
(structural);
o Equity and the Social Determinants of Health: indicators measured, health
risk index (map), water & moisture issues (map), Healthy Homes & Lead -
Safe Home projects, Pacific Islander Health Project.
There being no further business, upon motion the City Council adjourned at 6:34 p.m.
/s/Kevin S. Firnstahl, CMC, City Clerk