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CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL SESSION
OFFICIAL
The Dubuque City Council met in special session at 6:30 p.m. on March 3, 2015 in
the Historic Federal Building.
Present: Mayor Buol, Council Members Braig, Connors, Jones, Lynch, Resnick, Sut-
ton (arrived at 6:32 pm); 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 follow-
ing departments:
Health Services: Public Health Specialist Mary Rose Corrigan
Public Input: Executive Director of Crescent Community Health Center Julie Wood-
yard spoke thanking the council for their continued support for Crescent Community
Health Center.
Emergency Management: Dubuque County Emergency Management Director Tom
Berger
Emergency Communications: Emergency Communications Manager Mark Murphy
Public Input: Mary Mabusth 713 Lincoln Ave. read an email from her brother John
Callahan who could not attend the meeting. The email expressed concerns regarding
the need for more 911 dispatchers.
Police: Police Chief Dalsing
Fire: Fire Chief Rick Steines
City Manager Van Milligen requested Council accept his withdrawing of the recom-
mendation for transport services outside of Dubuque and explained how the withdrawal
of the recommendation would effect the budget process.
Public Input: Andy Ney, 5070 Wolff Rd., thanked the City Manager for withdrawing
the recommendation and thanked the Council for all their hard work and having the best
interest of the city at heart.
City Council had discussion with departments following each presentation.
There being no further business, upon motion the City Council adjourned at 8:47 p.m.
/s/Trish L. Gleason, CMC, Assistant City Clerk
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