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Proof of Publication_Council Proceedings 3 2 10CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS OFFICIAL The Dubuque City Council met in special session at 6:30 p.m. on March 2, 2010 in the Historic Federal Build- ing. Present: Mayor Buol, Council Members Braig, Connors, Jones, Lynch, Resnick, Voet- berg, City Manager Van Milligen Mayor Buol read the call and stated this is a special session of the City Council called for the purpose of discus- sing various City de- partmental budgets. Fiscal Year 2011 De- partmental Budgets were presented by staff from the follow- ing City departments: Emergency Communi- cations, Emergency Management, Airport, Police, and Building Services. Emergency Communi- cations: Emergency Communications Man- ager Mark Murphy in- troduced staff and pre- sented the Fiscal Year 2011 budget for this department. Respond- ing to questions from City Council, Murphy stated that the 911 Call Center receives a total of 20,000 calls per month with 3.3 actual 911 calls per hour. Emergency Manage- ment: Emergency Man- agement Director Tom Berger presented the Fiscal Year 2011 budg- et for this department. Responding to ques- tions from City Council, Berger stated that ad- ditional outdoor sirens will be added and the outdoor warning sy - tem is more tha" nado warm • public education in combination with the sirens' voice activation element will increase citizen awareness for any type of outdoor emergency, including high -wind events. Airport: Airport Man- ager Bob Grierson in- troduced Airport Com- mission members and staff and presented the Fiscal Year 2011 budg- et for this department. Responding to ques- tions from City Council, Grierson stated that following the terminal relocation, the old ter- minal building will be leased at market value and that the Car Rental and Rental Car ac- counts are the differ- ence between com- mercial and fixed - based uses. Grierson added that while there has been a reduction in overall facility capaci- ty, current flights are full. Police Department: Police Chief Mark Dalsing introduced staff and presented the Fiscal Year 2011 budg- et for this department. Responding to ques- tions from City Council, Dalsing stated that K9 Unit dog handlers have the option of keeping retired police dogs as a pet and agreed that the new blue Commun- ity Oriented Police uni- forms are not as visible and recognizable as the old black and yel- low uniforms. Dalsing added that the majori- ty of background checks can be done electronically, and that the department contin- ues to apply training techniques when faced with intercultural sit- uations. Building Services: Services Man - Russellintro- aff and pre - Fiscal Year t for this Respond - '1`ions from Russell the Fed - •ustodial •d from Com- \urG-51�U- dget avekde Oth 5S a \2o dtt ti45 � �zu S as ∎N` a �� 'u 110� 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 10, 2010, and for which the charge is $45.24. Subscribed to before m; a Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa, this / ,) a day of '��' , 20 ,/) . Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa. MARY K. WESTERMEYER Commission Number 154885 My Comm. Exp,,_FEB. 1, 2011 CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS OFFICIAL The Dubuque City Council met in special session at 6:30 p.m. on March 2, 2010 in the Historic Federal Build- ing. Present: Mayor Buol, Council Members Braig, Connors, Jones, Lynch, Resnick, Voet- berg, City Manager Van Milligen Mayor Buol read the call and stated this is a special session of the City Council called for the purpose of discus- sing various City de- partmental budgets. Fiscal Year 2011 De- partmental Budgets were presented by staff from the follow- ing City departments: Emergency Communi- cations, Emergency Management, Airport, Police, and Building Services. Emergency Communi- cations: Emergency Communications Man- ager Mark Murphy in- troduced staff and pre- sented the Fiscal Year 2011 budget for this department. Respond- ing to questions from City Council, Murphy stated that the 911 Call Center receives a total of 20,000 calls per month with 3.3 actual 911 calls per hour. Emergency Manage- ment: Emergency Man- agement Director Tom Berger presented the Fiscal Year 2011 budg- et for this department. Responding to ques- tions from City Council, Berger stated that ad- ditional outdoor sirens will be added and the outdoor warning sys- tem is more than a tor- nado warning and that public education in combination with the sirens' voice activation element will increase citizen awareness for any type of outdoor emergency, including high -wind events. Airport: Airport Man- ager Bob Grierson in- troduced Airport Com- mission members and staff and presented the Fiscal Year 2011 budg- et for this department. Responding to ques- tions from City Council, Grierson stated that following the terminal relocation, the old ter- minal building will be leased at market value and that the Car Rental and Rental Car ac- counts are the differ- ence between com- mercial and fixed - based uses. Grierson added that while there has been a reduction in overall facility capaci- ty, current flights are full. Police Department: Police Chief Mark Dalsing introduced staff and presented the Fiscal Year 2011 budg- et for this department. Responding to ques- tions from City Council, Dalsing stated that K9 Unit dog handlers have the option of keeping retired police dogs as a pet and agreed that the new blue Commun- ity Oriented Police uni- forms are not as visible and recognizable as the old black and yel- low uniforms. Dalsing added that the majori- ty of background checks can be done electronically, and that the department contin- ues to apply training techniques when faced with intercultural sit- uations. Building Services: Building Services Man- ager Rich Russell intro- duced staff and pre- sented the Fiscal Year 2011 budget for this department. Respond- ing to questions from City Council, Russell clarified that the Fed- eral Building custodial supplies are paid from the Housing and Com- munity Development Department's budget and custodial person- nel is paid from the Building Services De- partment's budget. Van Milligen stated that the former Hous- ing and Community De- velopment Department building at 18th and - Central will be histori- cally remodeled for po- tential use by the Head Start program and would serve as an an- chor to the Washington neighborhood. He .ex- plained that this proj- ect is dependent upon the Dubuque Racing Association profit dis- tribution which cannot be used for property tax relief, but could be used for another CIP project if directed by City Council. There being no fur- ther business, upon motion the City Council adjourned at 8:26 p.m. /s/Jeanne F. Schneider, CMC, City Clerk It 3/10 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 10, 2010, and for which the charge is $45.24. Subscribed to befor a Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa, this /f ®+ day of 4 , 20 A) . '227arpi 4(e_2V' Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa. MARY K. WESTERMEYER Commission Number 154885 M „Comm. Ex•. FES, 1 2011