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IOWA COUNCIL
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`City Council, „Special
Session,. , Febi^uary 26,
2007
Courrcli Atet in Special
Session aY(i:30 P.M. in the
Library Auditorium
Present: Mayor Buol,
Council Members Braig,
Cline, Connors, Jones,
Lyndh, Michalski, -City
Manager Van Milligan
ftAayor Buol read the call
and stated this is a special
session oflhe City Council
csiled''for, fhc purpbse of
discus§in'g various City de-
partmental budgets.
The budgets tor. the fol- '
lowing City Departments
were discussed: Five Ft$gs
Civic Center, Recreation
Division, Park Division, In-
formation Services Depart-
ment and Cable N Divi-
sion.
Five Flags Civic Center:
Leisure Services Manager '
Gil Spence provided the
Cour{cil with an overview
of activities and projects at
the Center. A detailed
budget will b'e submitted
to the Five Flags Commis-
sion in March and to the
City Council in April for ap-
proval. Michalski spoke of
her continued concern re-
garding the amount of
handicapped parking
avarlable around the Five
Rags Center.
Recreation Division: Rec-
reation- Division Manager .
Pat Prevenas provided a
summary - of the past
year's accomplishments
and activities. Michalski
suggested thaFpartnership
opportunities be looked at
for funding of the Prescott
and Lincoln after-school
programs.. Connors ques-
tioned why Sutton Rool
was closed prior to Flora
Pool in the fall. It was ex-
plained that Flora Pool had
the larger capactty and
was more centralty.tacated
than Sutton Pool.
Park Divlst n• Park 177vi-
sioll MBrii>i~r fob i=tltsch
and explained the pro-
posed overall re-
organization of the mainte-
nance staff to improve effi-
ciency and quality of work
performed. Connors
questioned whether pro- ~
spective users would have
input on what would or
would not work at the pro-
posed BMX Park.
Michalski asked whether
the Port of Dubuque Park
could be moved up. City
Manager Van Milligan re-
sponded that the schedule
is being coordinated with
construction of the parking
ramp. Braig questioned
whether dogs would be al-
lowed in the Port of Dubu-
que Park and whether
there were any plans for
construction of a second
dog park. Leisure Serv-
ices Manager Gil Spence
stated that a location has
been selected for the sec-
ond dog park and that
plans would be developed
this spring with construc-
tion either this year or
next. A decision has not
yet been made as to
whether dogs would be al-
lowed in the new park at
the Port of Dubuque.
Charles Winterwood, Tri-
State Trail Vision, spoke in
support of funding for the
Catfish Creek trail study
and requested that, if pos-
sible, this be moved up
from 2010 to allow earlier
construction of the trail.
Mike Heitz, 1085 Universi-
ty Avenue, expressed ap-
preciation to the City
Council for their response
to the need for updated /
additional skate board fa-
cilities. Justin DeMuth,
1780 Garfield, spoke in
support of the skate board
parks and requested the
inclusion of water foun-
tains and restrooms at the
parks.
Information Services De-
partment: Information
Services Manager Chris
Kohimann expressed ap-
preciation for the recom-
mended funding of the
Lead Applications/Network
Analyst position and ex-
plained how the position
would be utilized. Jones
questioned whether it
would be possible to have
dog and cat license infor-
mation on-line to assist
with tracking owner infor-
mation when City Hall is
not open.
Cable N Division: Cable
TV Coordinator Craig
Nowack reviewed past and
future initiatives for the de-
partment, which include
the televising of Zoning
Advisory Commission
meetings. Buol ques-
tioned whether the City
.Council would be allowed
lieu of the recent Iowa Su-
preme Court ruling.
There being no further
business, upon motion
meeting adjourned at 8:05
p. m.
1sf Jeanne F. Schneider,
CMC, City Clerk
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DUBUQUE COUNTY
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published in the City of Dubuque, County of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby
certify that the attached notice was published in said newspaper on the following
dates: March 9, 2007, and for which the charge is $43.58.
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