Minutes_City Conference Board 3 5 12City Conference Board Meeting
March 5, 2012
In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 441.16 of the 2009 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 public hearing and the adoption of the Dubuque City Assessor's budget for
the fiscal year 2012 — 2013.
Meeting was called to order by Chairperson Mayor Roy Buol at 4:00 p.m.
Roll call was taken. Those present were:
City Council: Mayor Roy Buol
Joyce Connors
Ric Jones
Kevin Lynch
School Board: Otto Krueger
Matt Strelo
Supervisors: Eric Manternach
Daryl Klein
Wayne Demmer
Also present was City Assessor Rick Engelken and Conference Board Negotiator John
Ganshirt.
The first order of business was to approve the minutes of January 30. 2012 meeting of the
City Conference Board. A motion was made by Ms. Connors and seconded by Mr.
Demmer to approve the minutes of those meetings. All members voted "Aye." Motion
carried.
lNIr. Manternach made a motion to open the public hearing seconded by Ms. Connors.
All members voted "Aye." Motion carried.
lNIr. Engelken then presented the proof of publication of the fiscal 2012 -2013 City
Assessor's proposed budget. Mr. Manternach made a motion to receive and file the proof
of publication. lNIr. Klein second the motion. All members voted "Aye ". Motion carried.
Mayor Buol then asked if the City Assessor's office had received any protests against the
City Assessor's proposed 2012 — 2013 budget. Mr. Engelken responded that there were
none. Mayor Buol asked for public input on the budget. There being none. Ms. Connors
made a motion to close the public hearing seconded by Mr. Lynch. All members voted
"Aye." Motion carried.
Discussion followed on the Assessor's budget. The main topics were the health
Insurance for the City Assessor's office and the wages for the Assessor and Deputy
Assessor positions. Mr. Klein talked about the raises for the elected officials and other
department heads in the County being mostly 2° 0. Mr. Engelken commented on raises
for other assessors and union personnel in both his office and the Courthouse being an
average of 2° 0 a year for the last two years when his pay has been frozen.
Mr. Klein made a motion for a 2° 0 increase for Mr. Engelken and his Deputy, Mr.
Demmer seconded the motion. The City Council had 1 "Aye" and 3 "Nay" with the nays
being Mr. Buol. Jones and Ms. Connors, the supervisors voted "Aye" and the School
board had 1 "Aye" and 1 "Nay- the nay being Mr. Krueger. Motion fails.
Mr. Jones then made a motion to accept the proposed budget as presented. Ms. Connors
seconded. The City Council had 3 "Ayes" and 1 "Nay- the nay being Mr. Lynch, the
supervisors voted "Nay', the School Board voted "Nay'. Motion fails.
Mr. Lynch made a motion for a 3°0 increase with a reduction in the health Insurance
from $100.975 to $93.756. Mr. Krueger seconded the motion. All members voted "Aye"
except Mr. Demmer voted "Nay'. Motion carried.
The next item on the agenda is the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Mr. Ganshirt was
present and informed the board of his progress with the negotiations. Mr. Demmer made
a motion for Mr. Ganshirt to proceed with the current position. Mr. Klein seconded the
motion. All members voted "Aye." Motion carried.
A discussion was held regarding pictometry hosting. Mr. Jones made a motion to not
have the pictometry available on the website at this time. Ms. Connors seconded the
motion. All members voted "Aye ". Motion carried.
As there was no further business. Mr. Lynch made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Mr.
Klein seconded the motion. All members present voted "Aye." Motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 4:40 p.m.