3 5 02 Minutes this meetingCITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
OFFICIAL
City Council, Special Session, March 5, 2002
Council Met at 6:30 P.M. in the Public Library Auditorium
Present: Mayor Duggan, Council Members Buol, Cline, Connors, Markham,
Michalski, Nicholson, City Manager Michael Van Milligen, Corporation Counsel Barry
Lindahl.
Mayor Duggan read the call and stated this is a Special Session of the City Council
called for the purpose of conducting a Public Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2003 Budget
and Five Year Capital Improvement Program.
Proofs of Publication on Notice of Public Hearing on Budget Estimate for Fiscal Year
2003 and Notice of Public Hearing on Five Year Capital Improvement Program
beginning July 1, 2002 through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, upon motion
received and filed.
Upon motion it was resolved to suspend the rules to allow anyone present to address
the Council if they so desire.
Public input and discussion on departments in the following order: Human Rights - no
comments; Finance Department - no comments; City Manager's Office - no comments;
City Council - no comments; City Clerk's Office - no comments; Legal Department - no
comments; Engineering Department - no comments; Water Pollution Control Plant - no
comments; Operations and Maintenance Department - no comments; Building Services
Department - no comments; Civic Center - no comments; Recreation Division - Mary
Lou Baal, Cottingham and Butler, spoke regarding the condition of the Town Clock and
stating that it would be in the best interest of the City to relocate the clock to the Town
Clock Building; Park Division - no comments; Information Services Department - no
comments; Cable TV Division - no comments; Economic Development Department-
Rhodes Isenhart addressed the Council regarding the use of Tax Increment Financing;
Transit Division - no comments; Parking Division - no comments; Planning Services
Department - Dave Rusk spoke in support of the downtown planning process; Housing
and Community Development Department - no comments; Airport Department - no
comments; Library Department - no comments; Water Department - no comments;
Purchase of Services no comments; Emergency Communications Center no
comments; Emergency Management - no comments; Fire Department - no comments;
Health Services Department - no comments; and Police Department - no comments;
Capital Improvement Program - no comments.
Upon motion the public hearing portion on the Budget was closed.
Buol moved adoption of Resolution No. 141-02 Adopting Annual Budget for the Fiscal
Year ending June 30, 2003 including the addition of the Golf Starter position upgrade
($310), the increased certified lifeguard pay ($3,164), and reimbursement for lifeguard
certification and recertification costs ($1,500); Resolution No. 142-02 Adopting Five
Year Capital Improvement Program budget; Resolution No. 143-02 Adopting the
Program Year 2002 (Fiscal Year 2003) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Annual Plan. Seconded by Markham. The vote upon the motion was: ayes -
Markham, Michalski, Nicholson, Buol, Cline, Connors; nays- Duggan. Motion carried
6-1.
Ordinance No. 11-02 Amending the City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances Section 44-
201(a) fixing water rates for residential and industrial uses; Ordinance No. 12-02
Amending the City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances Section 44-202 Fire Sprinkler
Service; Ordinance No. 13-02 Amending the City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances
Section 44-83(a)(2) establishing the schedule of sewer rates; and amending Section
44-83(a)(3)g. establishing the minimum sewer service charge; Ordinance No. 14-02
Amending City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances Chapter 40-18(b) establishing
specifications for solid waste containers; amending Section 40-37 establishing charges
for special collection services for large and bulky rubbish; and amending Section 40-39
establishing fees for yard waste collection; Ordinance No. 15-02 Amending the City of
Dubuque Code of Ordinances Section 40-37(a) establishing charges for the collection
and disposal of solid waste and recyclable materials increasing the monthly fee from
$7.50 per dwelling unit per month to $8.20; Ordinance No. 16-02 Amending the city of
Dubuque Code of Ordinances by repealing Section 40-36 providing for a limitation on
the quantity of solid waste collected from a Class I premises; and by amending Section
40-37 establishing fees for the collection of solid waste from Class I, Class II and Class
III premises providing for unit based pricing for Class I, II and III premises and
establishing charges for the collection of large and bulky rubbish; and Ordinance No.
17-02 Amending the City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances Establishing a fee for the
redemption of seized or impounded dogs and cats by increasing the fee from twenty-
five dollars ($25.00) to thirty dollars ($30.00) and by increasing the fee for a
subsequent impoundment of the same animal within three hundred sixty-five days from
thirty-five dollars ($35.00) to sixty dollars ($60.00), presented and read. Buol moved
that the requirement that a proposed Ordinance be considered and voted on for
passage at two Council Meetings prior to the meeting at which it is to be finally passed
be suspended and further moved final consideration and passage of the three
Ordinances. Seconded by Markham. The vote upon the motion was: ayes -
Markham, Michalski, Nicholson, Buol, Cline, Connors; nays- Duggan. Motion carried
6-1.
Buol moved that the Capital Improvement Project dealing with the Bee Branch Creek
Restoration from 24th Street to railroad tracks in the amount of $11,018,000 in Fiscal
Year 2005 be removed from the budget. Seconded by Cline. Motion passed 7-0.
There being no further business, upon motion meeting adjourned at 7:14 p.m.
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Jeanne F. Schneider, CMC
City Clerk
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