03 24 22 City Council Proceedings Official_Budget Hearing No. 7CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL SESSION
OFFICIAL
The Dubuque City Council met in special session at 5:30 p.m. on March 24, 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, City Attorney Brumwell.
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 such business that may properly come before the City Council.
CLOSED SESSION
Motion by Jones to convene in closed session at 5:31 p.m. to discuss Pending Litigation –
Chapter 21.5(1)(c) Code of Iowa. Seconded by Resnick. Mayor Cavanagh stated for the record
that the attorney who will consult with City Council on the issues to be discussed in the closed
session is City Attorney Brumwell. Motion carried 6-0.
The City Council reconvened in open session at 6:20 p.m. stating that staff had been given
proper direction. The City Council began the next order of business at 6:30 p.m.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
FISCAL YEAR 2023 DEPARTMENT BUDGETS
Fiscal Year 2023 City department budgets were presented by staff from the following
departments:
1. Five Flags Civic Center Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Presentation: Marie Ware, Leisure
Services Manager;
2. Grand River Center (Conference Center) Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Presentation: Marie
Ware, Leisure Services Manager;
3. Mystique Community Ice Center Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Presentation : Marie Ware,
Leisure Services Manager;
4. Transportation Services Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Presentation : Ryan Knuckey,
Transportation Services Director;
5. Engineering Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Presentation : Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer; Deron
Muehring, Civil Engineer; Jon Dienst, Civil Engineer; Bob Schiesl, Assistant City Engineer;
and Steve Sampson Brown, Project Manager.
Staff responded to questions from the City Council following their respective presentation.
Following the Mystique Community Ice Center presentation, Alex Dixon, 251 Hidden Oaks
Ct., President and COO of Q Casino and the Dubuque Racing Association, thanked the City
Council for considering the ice center’s budget and commended the city for a great partnership
on the ice center. Beth Remakel, 16888 Cherrywood Hills Dr., spoke in support of funding the
project upgrades to the ice center. City Clerk Breitfelder stated that written input was submitted
for the Mystique Community Ice Center from the following individuals: Shelby White, 15402
Wood Vale Ct.; Brian Ehlers, 3025 N. Grandview; Linda Zick, 1620 S. Grandview; Tasha
Lippold, 2545 Willow Brook Dr.; Alan Temperly, 2955 Saint Ann Dr.; Stephanie Fueger; Allison
White, 1800 Admiral Sheehy Dr.; Cory Meehan, 2523 Broadway St.; Codi Nemmers; Sarah
Bavoux, 3150 Hales Mill Rd.; Angela Puls, 3559 Eclipse Circle; Jannan Steffes; Tyler (no last
name provided), 2715 Windsor Ave; Lisa Moore; and Sarah Hill, 20275 Kruse Ln. All submitted
written input was in favor of funding the upgrades to the ice center . City Council Members
thanked residents for submitting their input and spoke in favor of the upgrades to the ice center.
Following the Transportation Services presentation, Greg Orwoll, 2635 W. 32 nd St.,
Executive Director of DuRide, thanked the city for financially supporting DuRide and
summarized the organization’s ridership history and programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
There being no further business, Mayor Cavanagh declared the meeting adjourned at 10:01
p.m.
/s/Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk