Minutes_City Council Proceedings 2 4 15 CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL SESSION
Council met in special session at 6:30 p.m. on February 4, 2015 in the Historic
Federal Building.
Present: Mayor Buol, Council Members Braig, Connors, Jones, Lynch, Resnick,
Sutton; City Manager Michael Van Milligen
Mayor Buol read the call and stated this is a special session of the City Council called
for the purpose of discussing various City departmental Fiscal Year 2016 budgets.
FISCAL YEAR 2016 DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET REVIEW
Fiscal Year 2016 City departmental budgets were presented by staff from the
following departments:
Information Services: Information Services Manager Chris Kohlmann
City Attorney's Office (Legal): City Attorney Barry Lindahl
City Manager's Office: Assistant City Manager Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City
Manager Teri Goodmann, Sustainable Community Coordinator Cori Burbach,
Neighborhood Development Specialist Jerelyn O'Connor, Personnel Manager Randy
Peck, Budget Officer Jenny Larson, Public Information Officer Randy Gehl.
Public Input: Paul Schultz, 1008 Victoria Street, addressed the City Council about his
concerns ensuring continuation of the Sustainable Dubuque brand, the management of
enterprise fund departments, and what he believes is a misperception that Dubuque as
already achieved sustainability. Mr. Schultz encouraged the support of Green Dubuque.
Eric Coffman, 3395 Ashley Lane, requested that the City Council use a percentage of
the forthcoming franchise fees toward energy efficiency efforts.
Raki Giannakouros, 1640 Lawndale Street, encouraged funding of the
Americorps/VISTA position, concurred with Mr. Coffman's comments, and stated that a
delay in action regarding a climate action plan will have no effect on reducing
greenhouse gas emissions by the adopted 2030 deadline.
Chad Oberdoerster, 420 Summit Street, questioned the copying and reproduction
increase in the City Manager's Office budget and supported the decision package to join
the ICMA and Statistical Analysis Systems program.
City Council: City Manager Michael Van Milligen
City Clerk's Office: City Clerk Kevin Firnstahl
Cable TV Division: Cable TV Coordinator Craig Nowack
There being no further action, upon motion the City Council adjourned at 9:25 p.m.
/s/Kevin S. Firnstahl, CMC
City Clerk
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