Proof Council proceedings 2-19-2009THE CITY OF DUBUQUE,
IOWA
CITY COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS
OFFICIAL
The Dubuque City Coun-
cil met in special session
at 6:30 p.m. on February
19, 2009 in the Historic
Federal Building.
Present: Mayor Buol,
Council Members Braig,
Connors, Jones, Lynch,
Resnick, Voetberg, 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
discussing various City de-
partmental budgets.
PUBLIC HEARING
Upon motion, the rules
were suspended allowing
anyone present to address
the City Council.
2010 Community Devel-
opment Block Grant Annu-
al Action Plan: Community
Development Specialist
Aggie Tauke introduced
several members of the
Community Development
Advisory Commission and
presented the CDBG Fis-
cal Year 2010 Annual Ac-
tion Plan- and budget.
Tauke explained that the
funds provided by the
CDBG program are the
same funds referenced in
the City's Purchase of
Service program for the
Washington Tool Library,
Project Concern, and the
Hills and Dales Senior
Center.
Upon motion the rules
were reinstated limiting
discussion to the City
Council.
DEPARTMENTAL
BUDGET REVIEW
Fiscal Year 2010 Depart-
mental Budgets were pre-
sented by staff from the
following City depart-
ments: Housing and Com-
munity Development, Plan-
ning Services, Economic
Development, Parking Di-
vision, and the Transit Divi-
sion.
Housing and Community
Development Department:
Housing and Community
Development Director Da-
vid Harris introduced sev-
eral commission members
and presented the Housing
and Community Develop-
ment Department's Fiscal
Year 2010 Budget. Upon
questioning by City Coun-
cil, Harris explained that
he did not expect the cur-
rent owners or renters of
the "Eco-Village" program
homes to re -occupy the
homes once they are
moved as part of the pro-
gram since it is a 12- to
18-month process. He
added that it could be an
Planning Services De-
partment: Planning Serv-
ices Manager Laura
Carstens presented the
Planning Services Depart-
ment's Fiscal Year 2010
budget. Upon questioning
by City Council, Carstens
stated that the Unified De-
velopment Code is expect-
ed to be completed June
30, 2009.
Economic Development:
Economic Development
Director Dave Heiar recog-
nized Assistant Economic
Development Director Aar-
on DeJong, public/private
partnerships and present-
ed the Economic Develop-
ment Department's Fiscal
Year 2010 budget.
Parking Division: Parking
System Supervisor Tim
Horsfield recognized the
division's staff and pre-
sented the Parking Divi-
sion's Fiscal Year 2010
budget. Upon questioning
by City Council, Horsfield
stated that the division is
exploring options for bike
racks in combination with
parking meters without
jeopardizing accessibility
as well as placing racks in-
side parking ramps.
Transit Division: Transit
Manager Jon Rodocker
recognized the ' division's
staff and presented the
Transit Division's Fiscal
Year 2010 budget. Upon
questioning by City Coun-
cil, Rodocker stated that
the contract between the
City and First Transit, ex-
pires in 2 years. itCity
Council Members dis-
cussed the budget for the
requested comprehensive
transit study and the ex-
pected results, possible
purchase of hybrid vehi-
cles, and the issue of full-
time and part-time drivers.
Ann Michalski, 1520 Altura
Drive, expressed her con-
cerns regarding the rec-
ommended transit budget
and the reduced number
of meetings of the Transit
Board of Trustees.
Michalski added that she
believed more public input
is needed, full-time em-
ployees should be prefer-
red over part-time employ-
ees, and having only four
fixed -routes is the source
of thesystem's inadequa-
cy. Teamsters Local #120
Eastern Iowa Director and
Business Agent Dave Bak-
er, 3055 Castlewoods
Lane, introduced several
bus operators and ex-
pressed Concerns he has
over converting full-time
operator positions to part-
time, the lag time in filling
approved positions, and
the ' recommendations
against addinn nnsitinnc
Baker requested Council
consider -budgeting for one
fixed -route, full-time oper-
ator position in FY 2010
and added that money
could be saved since addi-
tional training would not be
necessary with
transitioning part-time em-
ployees to full-time. Pat
Healy, 227 Bryant Street,
questioned the cost and
what the advantage would
be of the $15,000 GPS
Tracking System and the
approximate $80,000 com-
prehensive transit study
recommended in the FY
2010 budget. Responding
to questions by City Coun-
cil, Rodocker provided ad-
ditional information regard-
ing the GPS Tracking Sys-
tems and stated that the
study would include staff-
ing recommendations and
customer price point infor-
mation. Van Milligen again
cautioned City Council
Members about funding
recurring budget recom-
mendations with one-time
expenditures but would re-
spect the Council's deci-
sion. Shirley VanDeuser,
2217 Queen Street, stated
that as a user of the transit
system, the buses need to
go more places, have lon-
ger hours, and that she
would be willing to pay
more for the expanded
service. VanDeuser also
stated that she had not
seen the notices request-
ing public input on the
transit system. Union
Steward and Bus Operator
Wayne Strohmeyer, 3403
Waller Street, spoke in
support of adding full-time
positions and questioned
why, in his opinion, the
Transit Department is al-
ways overlooked. Mayor
Buol preferred to wait for
the results of the compre-
hensive transit study be-
fore making any budgetary
changes.
There being no further
business, upon motion the
City Council adjourned at
9:18 p.m.
/s/Jeanne F. Schneider,
CMC, City Clerk
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