Citizen Correspondence_Nyheim Letter re Pool Concession StandsJuly 3, 2012
Mayor Roy Buol
City Hall, 50 W. 13th Street
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
City Manager Mike Van Milligan
City Hall, 50 W. 13th Street
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
Health Inspector for City of Dubuque
City Hall, 50 W. 13th Street
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
City Council
City Hall, 50 W. 13th Street
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
RE: Concession Stand Health Concerns
After personally given 7 years of faithful service in the concession stands of Sutton and Flora
Pools working for minimum wage, I, and several other employees have collectively resigned due
to unhealthy working conditions. A thermometer recently placed in the concession stand at
Sutton Pool recorded a temperature of 130° and it is even hotter than that at Flora due to the
enormous refrigeration units inside the building (which, I might add, are being used for other
business ventures at the city's expense). There are no vents on the roof to let out the hot air
and no portable fans allowed. Last week employees were dropping like flies, leaving early with
signs of heatstroke and diarrhea. Our repeated pleas to our employer, (Paul Connors of Choo
Choo Charlie Concessions- a free agent who contracts with the city) have fallen on deaf ears
and now after resigning due to personal health fears, our paychecks are being withheld.
Sincerely,
rx-uzZaz
Barbara Nyheim
1798 Washington Court Apt. #308
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
563- 451 -5643