03 03 22 City Council Proceedings Official_Budget Hearing No. 21
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL SESSION
OFFICIAL
The Dubuque City Council met in special session at 6:30 p.m. on March 3, 2022, in the
second-floor Council Chambers of the Historic Federal Building, 350 W. 6 th Street.
Present: Mayor Cavanagh; Council Members Farber, Jones, Resnick, Roussell, Sprank; City
Manager Van Milligen.
Vacancy: Ward 4
Mayor Cavanagh read the call and stated this is a special session of the City Council called
for the purpose of conducting public hearings on certain Fiscal Year 2023 Department Budgets.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
FISCAL YEAR 2023 DEPARTMENT BUDGETS
Fiscal Year 2023 City department budgets were presented by staff from the following
departments:
1. Health Services Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Presentation: Mary Rose Corrigan, Public Health
Specialist;
2. Library Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Presentation: Nick Rossman, Library Director;
3. Airport Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Presentation : Todd Dalsing, Airport Director;
4. Office of Shared Prosperity and Neighborhood Support Fiscal Year 2023 Budget
Presentation: Anderson Sainci, Director of the Office of Shared Prosperity and Neighborhood
Support and Temwa Phiri, Community Engagement Coordinator;
5. Office of Equity and Human Rights Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Presentation : Collins Eboh,
Interim Equity and Human Rights Director;
6. Finance Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Presentation: Jennifer Larson, Director of Finance and
Budget.
Staff responded to questions from the City Council following their respective presentation.
Following the Health Services presentation, Council Member Farber proposed amending the
department’s first improvement package from additional overtime for current environmental
sanitarians to an additional part-time environmental sanitarian position. After additional
discussion on the challenges of staffing part-time positions, Council Member Farber modified
the proposal to an additional full-time environmental sanitarian position. Mayor Cavanagh
conducted a straw poll on the amendment and confirmed majority support, with Cavanagh,
Farber, Jones, and Sprank in favor. The amendment will be held until the final budget hearing
on March 29, 2022, for action.
Following the Office of Equity and Human Rights Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Presentation, City
Manager Van Milligen recommended approving the department’s top three improvement
package requests, which were initially not recommended, and withdrawing approval from the
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fourth improvement package request, which City Manager Van Milligen initially recommended.
City Manager Van Milligen stated that the first three improvement packages combined cost less
than the fourth improvement package and are a higher priority to the department, as
departments prioritize the importance of their improvement packages during submission. The
savings from not funding the fourth improvement package could contribute to ward funding the
additional environmental sanitarian position for the health services department. Mayor
Cavanagh conducted a straw poll and confirmed there was majority support for the
recommendation, with all six City Council Members in favor. The recommendation will be held
until the final budget hearing on March 29, 2022, for action.
There being no further business, Mayor Cavanagh declared the meeting adjourned
at 10:01 p.m.
/s/Adrienne N. Breitfelder
City Clerk