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City Council, Special
Session. ..)February 27,
2007
Council met in Special
Session at 6:30 P.M. in the
Library,Auditorium
Present: Mayor Buol,
Council dMb~ers Craig,
Cline,. , JQhes,
Lynch, Michalski, City
Manager Van Milli9en
Mayor Buol read the call
and stated this re a special
session of the City Council
called for the purpose of
discuesirtg various City de-
partmental .budgets and
conducting a public hear-
ing on the CDBG Fiscal
Year 2008 Annual Action
Plan.
The budgets for the fol-
were discussed: Econom-
ic Development Depart-
ment, Parking Division,
Transit Division, Planning
Services Department, and
Housing and Community
Development Department.
Economic Development
Department: Michalski
questioned how the Down-
town Rehabilitation Loan
Program pool would be re-
capitalized. Economic De-
velopment Dave Heiar ex-
plained that additional
Greater Downtown TIF rev-
enues were added to re-
capitalize this pool of
funds over four years Fis-
cal Year 2009 - 2011).
Transit Division: Braig in-
quired as to the seating
capacity on the City's larg-
er buses, the cost per pas-
senger to the City and why
mini buses were not used
on the fixed routes. Trans-
it Manager Jon Rodocker
explained that the large
buses have a capacity of
35 with each passenger
trip costing the City ap-
proximately $5.00. He fur-
ther explained that the
average fare paid to the
City by passengers is ap-
proximately $.6 . He stat-
ed that mini buses are not
used on fixed routes as the
life expectancy of the
smaller buses is much
shorter and the City re-
ceives more federal/state
funding for the larger bus-
es. Michalski commented
she was pleased to see
the continued commitment
to ADA and the need to
continue fixed route serv-
ice. She also commented
on the marketing approach
for .the Port of Dubuque
and whether more needed
to be done in this area.
Dave Baker; 3055
Castlewood Lane and
President of the Teamsters
Union, gave a brief history
of how the City has been
filling vacant full-time bus
operator positions with
part-time employees and
requested that the City re-
verse this policy and return
to hiring full-time drivers.
City Manager Van Miiligen
replied that the City in-
tends to form a
labor/management com-
mittee in the Transit area
but that he was not ready
to commit to transitioning
to full-time positions at this
time. Bus Operator Pat
Healy spoke of problems
in the dispatch area at
Keyline and requested that
drivers be used in this of-
fice. Bus Operator Wayne
Strohmeyer spoke in sup-
port of transitioning to full-
time drivers.
Parking Division:
Michalski questioned
whether the Parking Disa-
bility Committee still exist-
ed and requested that
Parking Division Manager
Tim Horsfield contact the
Human Rights Department
for assistance in this area.
Jones commented that he
was Impressed by the
friend)y enforcement per-
sonnel in the Division.
Planning Services De-
partment: Connors com-
mented that the past and
future accomplishments of
the department were very
impressive.
Housing and Community
Development Department:
Public hearing on the Fis-
cal Year 2008 (Program
Year 2007) Upon motiop
the rules were suspended
to allow anyone to speak
regarding Community De-
velopment Block Grant
Annual Action Plan.
Dave Stewart, Vice Chair-
person of the Histq~ic
Preservation Commission,
and Keisha Wainwright,
Historic Preservation Com-
mission Member, spoke in
support of restoring funds
to the Historic Preserva-
tion Rehab Grant Program.
Michalski moved to restore
funding of the Historic
Preservation Rehab Grant
Program to $20,000. Mo-
tion died for lack of a sec-
ond.
Upon motion the public
hearing was closed. The
remainder of the Housing
and Community gevelop-
ment Department budget
was then presented.
Housing and Community
Development Manager Da-
vis Harris provided a recap
of the department's suc-
cesses over the past year,
Michalski stated that al-
though the additional part-
time inspector position
had not been recommend-
ed for funding that this po-
sition should continue to
be looked at for funding in
the future.
Joseph Noel, 315 West
Locust, thanked the City
Council for the assistance
received from the Neigh-
borhood Development
Specialist and expressed
his concern about the
need for additional inspec-
tors and COP's in the area.
There being no further
business, upon motion
meeting adjourned at 9:34
p.m.
/s/ Jeanne F. SchneideF;
CMC, City Clerk
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