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Home My WebLink About2023-01-26 Info Packet City Council I nformation Packet J anuary 26, 2023 IP1.Council Tentative Meeting S chedule Miscellaneous IP2.Memo from Assistant Finance Director: L ong-term Debt Disclosure Report IP3.J oint Emergency Communication Services A ssociation (J E C C) F Y2022 A nnual Report IP4.Civil S ervice E xamination: Systems Engineer IP5.Civil S ervice E xamination: Volunteer Program Assistant - A nimal Services Draft Minutes IP6.Ad Hoc Truth & Reconciliation Commission: J anuary 19 IP7.Community P olice Review Board: J anuary 10 IP8.Human Rights Commission: J anuary 24 January 26, 2023 City of Iowa City Page 1 Item Number: 1. J anuary 26, 2023 Council Ten tative Meeting Sched u l e AT TAC HM E NT S : Description Council Tentative Meeting S chedule City Council Tentative Meeting Schedule Subject to change January 26, 2022 Date Time Meeting Location Tuesday, February 7, 2023 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Thursday, February 9, 2023 7:00 PM Joint Meeting with University of Iowa Old Capital Museum Student Government (USG)Senate Chambers (2nd Floor) 21 N. Clinton Street Tuesday, February 21, 2023 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Tuesday, March 7, 2023 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Tuesday, March 21, 2023 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Tuesday, April 4, 2023 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Monday, April 17, 2023 4:30 PM Joint Entities Meeting TBD Hosted by City of University Heights Tuesday, April 18, 2023 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Tuesday, May 2, 2023 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Tuesday, May 16, 2023 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Tuesday, June 6, 2023 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Tuesday, June 20, 2023 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Tuesday, July 11, 2023 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Monday, July 17, 2023 4:30 PM Joint Entities Meeting TBD Hosted by Johnson County Tuesday, August 1, 2023 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Tuesday, August 15, 2023 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Tuesday, September 5, 2023 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Tuesday, September 19, 2023 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Tuesday, October 3, 2023 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Monday, October 16, 2023 4:30 PM Joint Entities Meeting TBD Hosted by Iowa City Community Sch Dist Tuesday, October 17, 2023 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Monday, November 6, 2023 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Tuesday, November 21, 2023 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Tuesday, December 12, 2023 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E. Washington Street Item Number: 2. J anuary 26, 2023 Memo from Assistan t F inan ce Director: Long-term Debt Discl osure Rep ort AT TAC HM E NT S : Description Memo from Assistant Finance Director: L ong-term Debt Disclosure Report Item Number: 3. J anuary 26, 2023 Joint Emergen cy Commu n ication Services Association (J E C C) F Y2022 An n u al Report AT TAC HM E NT S : Description J oint Emergency Communication Services A ssociation (J E C C) F Y2022 A nnual Report Item Number: 4. J anuary 26, 2023 Civil Service Examin ation : Systems Engin eer AT TAC HM E NT S : Description Civil S ervice E xamination: Systems Engineer Item Number: 5. J anuary 26, 2023 Civil Service Examin ation : Vol u n teer Prog ram Assistan t - An imal Services AT TAC HM E NT S : Description Civil S ervice E xamination: Volunteer Program Assistant - A nimal Services Item Number: 6. J anuary 26, 2023 Ad Hoc Truth & Recon ciliation Commission: January 19 AT TAC HM E NT S : Description Ad Hoc Truth & Reconciliation Commission: J anuary 19 Item Number: 7. J anuary 26, 2023 Community Pol ice Review Board : Jan u ary 10 AT TAC HM E NT S : Description Community P olice Review Board: J anuary 10 COMMUNITY POLICE REVIEW BOARD ATTENDANCE RECORD YEAR 2022-2023 (Meeting Date) NAME 01/11/22 02/08/22 03/08/22 04/08/22 04/20/22 FORUM 05/10/22 06/14/22 07/12/22 08/16/22 09/13/22 10/11/22 11/15/22 12/13/22 01/10/23 Ricky Downing ---- ---- ---- X X X X X X X X X X O/E Melissa Jensen ---- ---- ---- X X X O X X X X X X X Jerri MacConnell X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Saul Mekies X X X X X X X X X X O X X X Amanda Remington X X X O/E X X X X O/E O/E X X O/E O/E Theresa Seeberger O ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----- ----- ----- Orville Townsend X X X X X X X X X X O/E X X O/E Stuart Vander Vegte ---- ---- ---- X X O/E O/E X O/E X O X X X KEY: X = Present O = Absent O/E = Absent/Excused NM = No meeting --- = Not a Member Item Number: 8. J anuary 26, 2023 Hu man Rights Commission: January 24 AT TAC HM E NT S : Description Human Rights Commission: J anuary 24 Draft Minutes Human Rights Commission January 24, 2023 Helling Conference Room Commissioners present: Sylvia Jons, Bijou Maliabo, Jahnavi Pandya, Roger Lusala, Ahmed Ismail, Doug Kollasch, Badri Kuku, Kelsey Paul Shantz, Suyun Channon. Staff present: Stefanie Bowers, Veronica May. Recommendation to City Council: No. Meeting called to order: 5:32 PM. Native American Land Acknowledgement: Kollasch read the Land Acknowledgement. Public comment of items not on the agenda: None. Approval of meeting minutes of November 22, 2022: Paul Shantz noted some grammatical errors that staff updated. Lusala moved, and Jons seconded. Motion passed 9-0. Elections for Chair and Vice Chair for 2023: Maliabo nominated Lusala, Kollasch seconded. Lusala accepted the nomination. Motion passed 9-0. Lusala nominated Jons, Paul Shantz seconded. Jons accepted the nomination. Motion passed 9-0. Correspondence Letter from Indigenous Community Members of Iowa City: The commission wants to be part of the solution and prevent incidents like this from reoccurring. Kollasch serves on the School District’s Equity Committee and will follow up with them on the letter. Commissioners will actively seek to get information from the authors as to how the School Board responded. Letter from Coalition to Abolish Prison Slavery & Change U-Iowa English: Commissioners decided to take it under advisement. The correspondence was received a few hours prior to the meeting time and as a result, the commission has not had the opportunity to read it. Racial Equity and Social Justice Grant: Lusala went over the history of the grant and the process for evaluation. Four commissioners have conflicts and will not be participating. Kuku-Sudanese Center of Iowa City (member) Ismail-Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County (on the board) Pandya-United Action for Youth and IC Compassion (doing practicum and programming) Maliabo-Center for Worker Justice (on the board) Committee Updates: Breaking Bread –Kollasch Reciprocal Relationships – Lusala and Jons Building Bridges – Maliabo and Paul Shantz Lusala, Paul Shantz, and Kollasch went over the role of each committee. Staff noted that the facilitator for the strategic plan will be reaching out to members newly appointed to provide the context of the plan and the resulting committees. The commission will make appointments on the vacancies for the committees at its February meeting date. In the meantime, Kuku, Ismail, Channon, and Pandya will send staff their preferred committee appointment. Per direction from Mayor Teague, the commission will invite members of a specific community to come to accept proclamations with them at Council meetings. For example, for Black History Month, Lusala will reach out to the Black Voices Project. Ismail and Pandya volunteered to accept the proclamation alongside the Black Voices Project representatives. Announcements of commissioners: Lusala accepted the proclamation for Martin Luther King Day for the city and for Johnson County. Lusala also participated in the MLK march on January 16. Lusala, Jons, and Channon attended the Lunar New Year celebration held at The Englert Theatre. Jons has begun the second session of the Executive MBA program. Channon spoke on a Dragon & Lion Dance presented by the Iowa City Area Chinese Association at the Iowa City Public Library held on January 23. Kollasch attended a candlelight vigil for those who lost their lives in the LGBTQ nightclub shooting in November. Kollasch also mentioned two bills currently being considered by the Iowa legislature, House Files 8 & 9, related to gay and transgender youth. Kollasch attended Iowa’s Justice Summit & Disparities held in Ankeny in December. Paul Shantz reminded commissioners that International Holocaust Remembrance Day is this Friday and that the First Cities Summit of the Americas will be held in April in Denver. Maliabo spoke on one of the world’s longest wars occurring in DR Congo and the haunting effect that the war has had not only on persons still there but also on persons who have immigrated to the United States, specifically, to Iowa City to relocate. Announcements of staff: May highlighted the tour done by her with consumers of Caring Hands, participating in the MLK march and celebration held on January 16, and the new 988 suicide & crisis lifeline. She ended her comments by providing notice of upcoming EDI training for first responders. Bowers asked commissioners who have not yet signed up for orientation to contact her to schedule a time and provided the dates for the youth human rights commission awards, May 10, and the human rights awards breakfast, October 25. Adjourned: 8:05 PM. The meeting can be viewed at https://citychannel4.com/video.html?series=Local%20Government. Human Rights Commission ATTENDANCE RECORD YEAR 2023 (Meeting Date) NAME TERM EXP. 1/24 2/28 3/28 4/25 5/23 6/27 7/25 8/22 9/26 10/24 11/28 Roger Lusala 2023 P Bijou Maliabo 2023 P Kelsey Paul Shantz 2023 P Jahnavi Pandya 2024 P Sylvia Jons 2024 P Doug Kollasch 2024 P Suyun Channon 2025 P Ahmed Ismail 2025 P Badri Kuku 2025 P KEY: P = Present A = Absent R = Resigned