9 09 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 September 9, 2019
in the second-floor Council Chambers of the Historic Federal Building, 350 W. 6 th Street.
Present: Mayor Buol; Council Members Del Toro (Joined at 6:04 p.m.), Jones, Resnick,
Rios, Shaw; City Manager 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 conducting a work session on the Inclusive Dubuque Quarterly Report.
WORK SESSION
Inclusive Dubuque Quarterly Report
Collins Eboh, Equity Coordinator for the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque,
700 Locust Street, introduced the work session and the other presenters: Paul Duster,
Angie Brandel, Geri Shafer and Kelly Larson. Topic included:
• Description of 3 impact areas: Academic achievement, equity and inclusion, eco-
nomic development
• Barriers to success: Poverty (Project HOPE) with focus on race and equity (Inclu-
sive Dubuque)
• Network Partner meeting update
• Website update: Resources, events, network partner updates
• Advancing equity report
• Best practices in diversity, equity and inclusion training series
• Business Leader Equity Cohort Goals
o Foster an inclusive workplace that supports recruitment and retention
▪ Strengthen partnership with education
▪ Expand to address community, systemic-level issues
• Master in Management Organizational Diversity and Inclusion Leadership
• Arts & Culture Sector Group
o Dubuque’s equity profile
o Master Plan for Arts and Culture Task Force
o Mission: Accessibility, equity and inclusion
▪ Input, guidance, professional development
o Fountain of Youth Event (September 14, 2019, Dubuque)
• Vision Statement
• Race in the Heartland Conference and schedule (October 18-19, 2019, Dubuque
hosting). www.raceintheheartland.org
The presenters responded to questions from the City Council following the presenta-
tion.
There being no further business, upon motion the City Council adjourned at 6:30 p.m.
/s/Kevin S. Firnstahl, CMC, City Clerk