Recommended Additions to Fiscal Year 2000 Budget
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CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
MEMORANDUM
February 1 7, 1 999
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Recommended Additions to Fiscal Year 2000 Budget
The purpose of this memorandum is to recommend the funding of three additional
decision packages for Fiscal Year 2000 that do not impact property tax askings.
The first addition is an increase in contract janitorial service hours at the Airport.
The Airport Manager has reviewed his revenue projections since submitting the
budget and feels that there will be additional long term parking revenues in excess
of his original estimate sufficient to cover the projected cost of the decision
package ($10,480). The need for this package is the direct result of continued
growth in passenger counts which also has a positive impact on parking revenues.
The additional janitorial hours is needed to keep up with the growth in passenger
traffic and related need for increased cleaning, in particular in the restrooms and
high traffic areas.
The second decision package that I would ask you to consider as part of my Fiscal
Year 2000 budget recommendation is decision package 2 of 3 in Housing Services
which provides for a twelve month information gathering, planning and assessment'
effort culminating in a "Housing Summit" to be held in the Spring of 2000. This
process was initiated in Fiscal Year 1999 with City Council's approval of funds for
a customer services survey. A planning committee of Housing Department staff,
Commissioners, and interested citizens has been established to sponsor and
monitor this initial effort. A three-day summit for 50 to 75 participants will be
based on the "Future Search" model which seeks to develop community consensus
around controversial issues such as housing. If approved, the work of the existing
planning committee will be expanded to convene a community-wide housing needs
assessment process. Iowa Department of Economic Development funds are
available to pay half of the estimated $30,000 cost of the process and a grant from
Alliant is anticipated for $2,000. Section 8 Administrative fees are available to
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cover half of the remaining balance or $6,500. Since the budget was submitted to
City Council, we received word from HUO that our Fiscal Year 2000 allocation of
block grant funds will be $10,000 more than the original budget projection. I
would recommend that City Council take $6,500 of the additional funds to match
the Section 8 and IDEO funds to support this decision package.
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A third decision package recommended by the Community Development
Commission was $3,000 for a Fair Housing Conference for landlords, tenants,
property managers, and realtors. Although submitted to the Community
Development Commission, the budget request was somehow missed in the overall
budget process. I support the Commission's recommendation and request City
Council take $3,000 of the additional COBG funds to support the proposed
conference.
If you have questions regarding these additions to my budget recommendation, we
will be reviewing the Housing budget on Monday, February 22, at which time we
will be reviewing all CDBG funded projects and programs, and the Airport budget
on Tuesday, February 23.
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Michael C. V'an Milligen
cc: Airport Commission
Ken Kraemer, Airport Manager
Community Development Commission
Jim Burke, Community and Economic Development Director
Housing Commission
David Harris, Housing Services Manager
Human Rights Commission
Kelly Larson, Human Rights Director