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CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
OFFICIAL
City Council, Special Session, March 2, 2005
Council met in Special Session at 6:30 P.M. in the Library Auditorium
Present: Mayor Pro-Tern Markham, Council Members Buol, Cline. Connors. Michalski.
Nicholson, City Manager Van Milligen
Absent: Mayor Duggan
Mayor Pro-Tern Markham read the call and stated this is a special session of the City Council
called for the purpose of discussing various City departmental budgets.
Airport Department: Nicholson requested that a work session be scheduled to discuss the
Airport Master Plan. Consensus was reached on this issue and staff directed to schedule the
work session.
Purchase of Services:
Steward Sandstom, America's River, provided an overview of upcoming events.
Sue Czeshinski, Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce - Convention and Visitors Bureau.
provided a brief update on CVB's activities.
Chuck Isenhart, Dubuque Area Labor Management Corporation, highlighted projects
undertaken in the past year.
Dan LoBianco, Dubuque Main Street Ltd., thanked the Council for their support and gave an
update of Main Street's activities.
Rick Dickinson, Greater Dubuque Development Corporation, expressed appreciation for past
and future funding.
Linda Chapman, Director of RSVP - Retired Senior Volunteer Program, expressed
appreciation for past funding and briefly summarized RSVP's activities.
Tom Stovall, Operation: New View, updated the Council on the various programs offered by
Operation: New View and expressed concerns about projected Federal budget cuts. He
requested that City Council submit a letter to Federal legislators in support of continued funding
for the Community Services Block Grant Program. Staff was directed to prepare a letter of
support for the City Council.
Val Akin, Board of Directors of Dubuque Main Street, Ltd., spoke in support of the DMSL
request for funding in the amount of $50,000 for additional staff and spoke of the many
activities that are supported by DMSL. Michalski commented that she was not going to request
a change in the City Manager's recommended funding for Dubuque Main Street, but urged
Council awareness of the work of Dubuque Main Street and to realize how much more could be
accomplished with the necessary tools.
There being no further business, upon motion meeting adjourned at 7:55 p.m.
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0eanne F. Schneider, CMC
City Clerk
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