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Votes at a glance: council approves board appointments, contract awards and project resolutions
Summary
At its June 15 meeting the Dubuque City Council approved multiple board appointments, awarded several public-improvement contracts and adopted resolutions for capital projects and hearings; most measures passed unanimously.
The Dubuque City Council approved a slate of appointments, project contracts and resolutions on June 15. Key votes and outcomes are summarized below.
Appointments (motion by roll call; all passed as noted): - Arts & Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission: Doug Donald and Gail Chauvin appointed to three-year terms (motion passed 7–0). - Board of Library Trustees: Andrew Bland and Tasha Rosenbaum appointed to three-year terms (selection by roll call). - Building Code Advisory & Appeals Board: Rod Schumacher appointed (7–0). - Cable Television Commission: Georgina Guerrero Galvin, Pauline Maloney, and Ronald Tiggis appointed to three-year terms (7–0 for each seat). - Historic Preservation Commission: Matthew Klein, Christina Monk, and Chad Withoff appointed to district-specific three-year terms (7–0). - Long Range Planning Advisory Commission: Aaron Higgins and Mark Ward appointed following roll-call selections (7–0). - Parks & Recreation Advisory Commission: Ron Axeltel and Robin Keninker appointed to three-year terms (7–0). - Zoning Advisory Commission: Jake Koch appointed to a three-year term (7–0).
Contract awards and resolutions (all adopted by roll call): - Asbury, Carter & Chaney Traffic Signal Improvement Project awarded to Portzen Construction for $348,287.98 (17% above estimate); adopted 7–0. - North Schmitt Island Collection System Project Contract #2 awarded to Tschiggfrie Excavation Company for $225,133.80 (45% above estimate); adopted 7–0. - Southwest Arterial (US 52) ITS Corridor Project awarded to Eastern Iowa Directional Drillers LLC for $1,593,173.08 (11% below estimate); adopted 7–0. - Greyhound Park Road Water Main Loop Project awarded to Eastern Iowa Excavating & Concrete LLC for $204,993.75 (29.5% below estimate); adopted 7–0. - Municipal Services Center Roof & HVAC Replacement: staff presented an estimate of probable cost of $3,692,120 and the council adopted the resolution to receive and file (7–0).
Other procedural items: the council set six public hearings for July 6 and approved continuing the fire cost recovery ordinance item to a July meeting to allow contract negotiations to conclude.
All votes referenced above were recorded by roll call in the meeting minutes; unless noted, motions passed unanimously.
