Minutes Conference Bd 3 14 03
City Conference Board Meeting
March 14,2003
In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 441.16 of the 2001 Code of Iowa, the
Dubuque City Conference Board met in the Dubuque County Supervisors Chambers,
4th Floor Court House, 720 Central Ave., Dubuque, Iowa at 4:00 p.m. The purpose of
the meeting is the adoption of the Dubuque City Assessor's budget for the fiscal year
2003 - 2004.
Meeting was called to order by Mayor Terry Duggan at 4:00 p.m.
Roll call was taken. Those present were:
City Council: Mayor Terry Duggan
Joyce Connors
John Markham
Ann Michalski
Dan Nicholson
School Board: Donna Bauerly
Karen Behr
Ted Stieber
Supervisors: Eric Manternach
Donna Smith
Jim Waller
Also present were City Assessor Rick Engelken and Deputy Assessor Kim Reittinger.
The first order of business was to approve the minutes of February 19, 2003 meeting of
the City Conference Board. A motion was made by Mr. Nicholson, and seconded by
Mr. Waller to approve the minutes of that meeting. All members present voted "Aye."
Motion carried.
Rick Engelken then presented the Proof of Publication of the fiscal 2003-2004 City
Assessor's proposed budget. A motion was made my Mr. Waller to receive and file the
Proof of Publication. Mr. Nicholson seconded the motion. All members present voted
"Aye." Motion carried.
The next item on the agenda is the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Mr. Engelken
indicated that the contract had been settled, and he had handed out copies of the
contract. Ms. Smith made a motion and Ms. Michalski seconded the motion to approve
the collective bargaining agreement. All members present voted "Aye." Motion carried.
Mayor Duggan asked if the City Assessors office had received any protests against the
City Assessors proposed 2003 - 2004 budget. Mr. Engelken responded that there were
none.
Mr. Nicholson then made a motion to adopt the budget and Mr. Waller seconded the
motion. All members present voted "Aye." Motion carried.
The next agenda item was old business. Mr. Engelken informed the board that Cole
Layer and Trumble is moving along right on schedule with the reappraisal. Right now
Mr. Engelken does not foresee any problems, but he is planning on sending the
conference board a report in Januray on value changes made by the reappraisal. If
there are any problems that come up he will notify the Chairperson Duggan and set up
a conference board meeting.
Mr. Engelken then informed the conference board on how he intends to dispose of any
old computers. A discussion was held on the new web site for the City Assessor's
Office. He stated that the new web site will hopefully be up and running in January.
As there was no further business, Mr. Waller made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Ms
Michalski seconded the motion. All members present voted "Aye." Motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 4:24 p.m.