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Date: January 24, 2011
To: City Clerk
From: Kent Ralston, Acting Traffic Engineering Planner~~
Re: Item for February 15, 2011 City Council meeting; Removal of NO PARKING ANY TIME
signs to permit on-street parking between 3640 and 3734 Lower West Branch Road
As directed by Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 3B of the City Code, this is to advise the City Council
of the following action:
Action:
Pursuant to Section 9-1-3A (10), Remove NO PARKING ANY TIME signage between 3640 and
3734 Lower West Branch Road to allow on-street parking on the south side of street.
Comment:
This action is being taken as a result of a neighborhood petition requesting that vehicles be
permitted to park on the south side of the street'between 3640 and 3734 Lower West Branch
Road. A survey taken of the abutting residences show that a majority (57%) of responding
households favored the requested action. City Fire, Police, and Streets Departments were also
contacted and did not object to the request.
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From: Kevin O'Malley
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 1:51 PM
To: 'wschmooke@CI.North-Liberty.lA.US'
Cc: "City Council
Subject: FW: Public Safety Cuts
Attachments: CityMgrFY12.doc
Good Afternoon Mr. Schmooke,
I want to thank you for your email and appreciate your interest in Iowa City. I am attaching a document
that may clarify how the City Council reached its decision on reducing the city tax levy.
Sincerely,
Kevin
Kevin O'Malley
Director of Finance
City of Iowa City
410 East Washington Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
kevi n-omallevCcil io_ wa-citv.oro
319.356.5053
fax 319.341.4008
Please consider the environment and do not print this email unless absolutely necessary.
From: William Schmooke [mailto:wschmooke@CI.North-Liberty.IA.US]
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 7:12 PM
To: Council
Subject: Public Safety Cuts
City Council,
Please don't cut the fire and police positions. I understand it's budget time, but public safety cannot be compromised
first. The citizens of Iowa City were leeved a tax onto the utility bill to raise the money for the fire department to
hire more firefighters, and it is important to follow throught with this plan. Also, i fear that this opens the door for
future cuts, and this too would be a mistake.
Resectfully,
bill schmooke
1 /26/2011
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Budget Review 2011/12 Fiscal Year
The annual budget preparation process starts in September. The following is a summary of the
process and fiscal assumptions.
The first step in the process is to examine revenues. Property taxes fund 62% of the services
delivered in the General Fund. To determine the property tax rate we review residential,
commercial, and industrial valuations. Unfortunately, there was minimal new growth in
valuations, ,approximately 1.34%. That percentage (1.34%) was less than the collectively
bargained wage increases of 2% for FY2012 which meant other revenue was needed to pay for
the wage increases. The economic conditions of the last two years did not allow for additional
revenue. In fact, a review of interest income revenue resulted in a reduction of $350,000 in
General Fund receipts. Also, building activity in Iowa City was down and therefore building and
development permit revenue was flat.
Upon reviewing the expense side of the budget we found personnel costs increasing faster than
the cost of living, especially public safety pensions. The State of Iowa informed us in December
that public safety pensions were to be increased 25% or $440,000 over FY2011. As noted
earlier, wages are to increase by 2% versus the cost of living increasing only 1.1%. In addition
to wage increases, health insurance costs were up 3% and, administrative and AFSCME
pension costs were up 5%.
This economic equation- resulted in the proposed tax levy increasing by 2.15% to cover the
shortfall of revenue to pay for the increased expenses. The percentage of tax increase to
residents in dollars would have been a 5.6% increase.
Upon a review of this information the City Council directed staff to examine possible expense
cuts to reduce the tax increase impact on taxpayers. Upon detailed analysis the following
recommendations were presented to City Council:
Action Dollar savings
Reduce one police officer $72,000
(Note: six police officers were added in FY 2011)
Reduce one firefighter
(Note: nine firefighters added in FY2011 &
We will still open Station #4)
Reduce travel expenses
Eliminate software and deer control
Reduce Transit employee benefit transfer
Reduce various sustainable expenses
Total savings
$75,500
$77,000
$72,500
$300, 000
$50, 000
$647, 500
The reductions in police and fire staffing (1 position
those were the two tax supported departments that
positions in the Fire Department for FY2011 and 6
in each department) occurred because
had received staffing increases of 9
positions in the Police Department for
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FY2011. The fiscal impact of a full year's salaries and benefits for these positions and the
state's notification of a 25% increase in pension costs for police and fire caused the City to
focus the staff reductions in the Police and Fire Departments. Fire Station #4 will open as
scheduled with its full complement of firefighters. With the return of 3 Police Officers from active
military duty, we will actually have 7 additional police officers on duty over what we had staffed
last year.
The City Council enacted a 1% utility franchise tax last year to recoup right of way expenses
and to assist in the funding of the expanded Police and Fire Department personnel. However
that additional revenue is not sufficient to cover the cost of the Fire Station #4. None of that
revenue was available for funding the expanded Police Department personnel.
After due discussion and deliberation, the City Council approved the proposed reductions to
reduce the property tax levy increase to only 0.48%. In addition, the City Council directed staff
to continue to analyze the budget for further savings through out the year to minimize any future
tax increases.
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Marian Karr
From: Kevin O'Malley
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 1:57 PM
To: 'dcchmooke@yahoo.com'
Cc: *City Council
Subject: FW: Public Safety Cuts
Attachments: CityMgrFY12.doc
Good Afternoon Mr. Schmooke,
I want to thank you for your email and appreciate your interest in Iowa City. I am attaching a document
that may clarify how the City Council reached its decision on reducing the city tax levy.
Sincerely,
Kevin
Kevin O'Malley
Director of Finance
City of Iowa City
410 East Washington Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
kevin-omallevna iowa-ciN.ora
319.356.5053
fax 319.341.4008
Please consider the environment and do not print this email unless absolutely necessary.
From: Dana Schmooke [mailto:dschmooke@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 10:10 AM
To: Council
Subject: Public Safety Cuts
Honorable council members,
I am the owner of a business in Iowa City who is very concerned about your decision to
eliminate positions from the Iowa City Fire Department and the Iowa City Police Department.
I value public safety and public works above every other service that the public receives. It is
my view that, when creating a budget, you should prioritize public safety, clean water, and
streets, and fund them adequately. Fire Department and Police Department jobs should be
cut last, and never first. Further, I believe it to be an especially irresponsible political move to
eliminate fire and police jobs the year after a franchise fee was leveed against the community in
order to increase staffing in those departments.
I respectfully and strongly urge you to reconsider your decision to eliminate these jobs.
Dana Schmooke DC
Plumb Tree Family Chiropractic
Owner/Chiropractor
1 /26/2011
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"Restoring Balance and Overall Health"
610 Eastbury Drive Suite 3
Iowa City, IA 52245
Work: 319.887.6992
Cel I: 319.621.4562
www. plumbtree-chiropractic. com
1 /26/2011
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Marian Karr
From: Kevin O'Malley
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 4:05 PM
To: 'bandemiller77@gmail.com'
Cc: "City Council
Subject: FW: firefighters
Attachments: CityMgrFY12.doc
Good Afternoon Mr. Miller,
I want to thank you for your email and appreciate your interest in Iowa City. I am attaching a document
that may clarify how the City Council reached its decision on reducing the city tax levy.
Sincerely,
Kevin
Kevin O'Malley
Director of Finance
City of Iowa City
410 East Washington Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
kevi n-omalleyCa2iowa-city. org
319.356.5053
fax 319.341.4008
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From: Bill Miller [mailto:bandemiller77@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 9:11 AM
To: Council
Subject: firefighters
Please do not cut firefighters or police officers......
1 /26/2011
Marian Karr
From: Kevin O'Malley
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 1:49 PM
To: 'adenuyl@abwe.cc'
Cc: "City Council
Subject: FW: fire and police positions
Attachments: CityMgrFY12.doc
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I want to thank you for your email and appreciate your interest in Iowa City. I am attaching a document
that may clarify how the City Council reached its decision on reducing the city tax levy.
Sincerely,
Kevin
Kevin O'Malley
Director of Finance
City of Iowa City
410 East Washington Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
kevi n-omal lev ~i owa-ciN. ora
319.358.5053
fax 319.341.4008
Please consider the environment and do not print this email unless absolutely necessary.
From: Tom Markus
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 6:00 PM
To: Kevin O'Malley
Subject: Fwd: fire and police positions
Fyi
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Ann Den Uyl" <adenuvl(a~abwe.cc>
Date: January 25, 2011 5:57:22 PM CST
To: <council(a~7iowa-city org>
Subject: fire and police positions
Please, City Council, do not cut the fire and police position! They are needed and
are more important than many other social services. I am a resident and plead for
those services to not be cut.
Thank you,
Ann Den Uyl
Ann Den Uyl
412 Peterson St.
Iowa City, IA 52245
(319) 338-3751
adenuyl(a,abwe.cc
1 /26/2011
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Marian Karr
From: Ann Den Uyl [adenuyl@abwe.cc]
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 5:57 PM
To: Council
Subject: fire and police positions
Please, City Council, do not cut the fire and police position! They are needed and are more important
than many other social services. I am a resident and plead for those services to not be cut.
Thank you,
Ann Den Uyl
Ann Den Uyl
412 Peterson St.
Iowa City, IA 52245
(319) 338-3751
adenuyl@abwe.cc
1/25/2011
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Marian Karr
From: David and Andrea Martin [demalm@mchsi.com]
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 6:49 PM
To: Council
Subject: Budget cuts
am a resident of Iowa City and oppose staffing cuts to the fire department and police department. We
need these public safety positions. There must be other areas the city can consider cutting that does not
leave the citizens they represent under serviced. In general citizens do not recognize the need for these
positions until we find our selves in need of their service. I for one do not want to stand by and the result
being a fellow citizen not getting the service they need due to budget cuts.
Andrea Martin
1/31/2011
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Marian Karr
From: Cleveland, Wayne A [wayne-cleveland@uiowa.edu]
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 10:45 PM
To: Council
Subject: cutting services
Dear council members, although I realize budget cuts are now, have been & will be part of decisions that
need to be made in all forms of government & necessary, I do disagree with the proposed cuts of
firefighters & police officers. They are a vital part of societies need for security & safety. You are in a
position of making decisions that are not popular but I would ask that you reconsider where priorities ly &
what is best overall for the community of iowa city & surrounding communities .thank you. Wayne
Cleveland.
Notice: This UI Health Care a-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic
Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally
privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention,
dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply
to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you.
1/31/2011
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Marian Karr
From: RegalAmuse310@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 5:40 AM
To: Council
Subject: Ticket Machine ordinance
Members of the Iowa City Council:
Hello, My name is Steve Bergerud, I own Regal Amusements in Iowa City.
My business consists of providing amusement machines such as Pool Tables, Pinball Machines,
Juke Boxes, and Video Games to Bars, Restaurants, and other various locations. Mostly in the Iowa
City area.
Back in February 2010 an old ordinance was brought to the attention of Iowa City officials by the
Assistant City Attorney regarding redemption of tickets for alcohol. (I have a link to a DI newspaper
article dated Feb .9 2010 ).
http~//www dail rL~iowan.com/2010/02/09/Metro/15489.html
As an Amusement Machine Operator, I am required to purchase an annual permit from the Iowa
Department Of Inspections and Appeals to have these games in the state of Iowa, Cost of which is
$5,000 per year along with $25 per machine per year. These machines were legalized in Iowa in 2002
and can only be installed in establishments that hold a Class C Liquor License. The Iowa City
Ordinance was drawn up in 2001.
It is understood that the intent of this ordinance was to prevent Binge Drinking. But with the bar entry
age at 21 feel that an exemption or modification of the Iowa City ordinance to allow State
Licensed Machines tickets to be used would be in line with the rest of the businesses in the state.
The Iowa City ordinances (Ticket Redemption, and now 21 entry age) have had a significant impact
on my business and with the economy added in.......
would appreciate the Councils consideration on a modification or exemption to this ordinance.
As stated in the DI article it has also effected the income of the establishments that have these
machines.
Thank You in advance for your consideration.
Steve Bergerud
Regal Amusements
1127 Shirken Dr.
Iowa City, IA. 52246
1 /24/2011
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Marian Karr
From: Tom Markus
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 1:58 PM
To: Marian Karr
Subject: FW: Website usage
Info packet
From: Kevin O'Malley
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 1:37 PM
To: Tom Markus
Subject: FW: Website usage
From: Matt Ewers
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 11:34 AM
To: 'spennebake@aol.com'
Subject: RE: Website usage
Good morning Mr. Pennebaker,
Thank you for taking the time to write in and provide us with this feedback. We've been examining and
evaluating our website for sometime as we plan for our next redesign. At this time, do you have any
specific improvements you'd like to see? For example, you mention losing your place while browsing our
online agendas/minutes. How could we make this a more intuitive experience for you and other users?
While it is a standard practice to open a document (such as a PDF) in a new window, does this provide
some of the confusion, or would it be easier for you if we were to open the document "in page" so to
speak? Please feel free to respond directly to me with any and all suggestions!
Also, I looked into the E-alert issue you described below but I was unable to find any instance of
spennebake aol.com in our database. Did you by chance supply a different email?
Best Regards,
Matt Ewers
Web Developer
City of Iowa City
From: spennebake@aol.com [mailto:spennebake@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 10:15 AM
To: Council
Subject: Website usage
Council members,
am sending this communication in reference to your city website. I am very impressed with the amount
of info on your site and I thank you for that.. The navigation of the site seems to be very confusing and not
user friendly when looking in on information about city council agendas, minutes, information packets and
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the sort. It opens up different windows and makes you loose track where you are at and what will be disussed,
and when it will be discussed. I visit quite a few city web pages though out the state and out of all of them that I
visit, Iowa City's site is the hardest to determine what is going on. I know you are a very busy community and
there is a lot of information that needs to be put out there but I think that people that are not computer savy are
being pushed away from getting involved because of the shere complexity of finding out pertinent info that they
seek. I hope that this will be thought about so as to better communicate with your constituents.
On another note, I have been signed up for you E-alert for a few months now and have not recieved one
communication.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Scott Pennebaker
Cedar Rapids
1 /24/2011
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Marian Karr
From: Michael hogan [irish_hawk6776@yahoo.comj
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 1:03 PM
To: Matt Hayek
Cc: Council
Subject: Regarding Iowa City Housing
Attachments: Regarding Michelle R Hogan.docx
Matt Hayek
Iowa City Mayor
14 Heather Drive
Iowa City, Iowa 52245
Cc: Connie Champion, Terry Dickens, Susan Mims, Regenia Bailey, Mike Write, Steve Rackis, Tom Harkin, Chuck
Grassley, Terry Branstad, Elizabeth Norris, Kym Reynolds
Dear: Mayor Hayek,
I am writing in order to ask for your help. My children and their mother have recently been discriminated against in
regards to their housing assistance. They have been recently kicked off housing. This is an action done do to a
disagreement by Steve Rackis and myself. And because of this Steve has abused his authority.
On the 16~h of December 2010, my ex wife asked for my assistance in paying a fee at housing. She called and talked
with Virginia on whether or not I am able to pay by credit card on the phone. I called and gave my credit card. After
giving her my credit card she informed me that I have a past due according to Steve Rackis. I informed her that
Steve had received a copy of my bankruptcy that I hand delivered to Steve Rackis in his office. Virginia Stroud then
informed me that Steve had informed her that if I did not pay it would only hurt my children.
I owed $610.00 from 2004 to Iowa City Housing Authority. In 2005 I went bankrupt in Ohio. United States
Bankruptcy Court case number 2:05-bk-54008. It was discharged in 2005 and a month later we made a visit to Iowa
and we stopped in and hand delivered a copy of the discharge. At that time he said it does not count that I still owed
him. I told him to take it to the Iowa City attorney to clarify that this was indeed discharged. At that point he asked
me to leave his office and as we walked out he used profanity. I followed up a month later by email and he emailed
back.
After calling Virginia back and informing her that I will not pay the discharged amount, my children was kicked off
housing. My ex wife lived on housing for a couple of years in the same unit. She did everything her worker Denise
said. She did have a problem at one point and she was order to repay, and she has done this. There is no system in
place to prevent any problems with paperwork. The workers can do whatever they want. In this case they accused
my Ex wife Michelle not turning in paperwork that she never received. They also accused her about money that she
was going to get that the housing worker was the one who told her she was going to get. The housing worker printed
off records to show Michelle that she was going to get from my social security and then they said Michelle did not
turn it in. They Steve and Denise openly discussed confidential material with her current landlord as well as an open
door discussion with Michelle's name being used and the whole lobby to hear. Now I get a letter from Virginia
attempting to make payment arrangements. Once again, called and she said this is from Steve Rackis. Once again,
Steve trying to bully me because of the situation regarding my children. If you look at the dates you will find that
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everything was fine until 1 refused to pay on December 16th. There where no problems with Michelle Hogan and
they where not getting kicked off of housing.
My ex wife works very hard to work and provide for these children. She had our eldest son graduate from high
school. The other four are in school and Michelle makes sure they are at school everyday.
I have not been a very good father and due to health issues I have, I receive social security. This is not right and I
ask for your help. Steve has abused his authority and he all my Michelle wants is to raise our children in a good
environment and Steve is out to make sure because I am not required to pay he will hurt my children. I am a
Christian, and a Mason. I have started a homeless ministry in Columbus (lightofsalvation.us). All I am asking for is
that this is looked into and my children are not treated unfairly because of the disagreement between Steve Rackus
and myself.
Sincerely,
Michael J. Hogan
For everyone that I was not able to get an email I will send this off in hard copy. Thanks for reading this letter
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Matt Hayek January 24th , 2011
City Mayor -Iowa City
410 E Washington Street
Iowa City IA 52240
Your Honor:
Our Country's Citizens Transportation Needs
If we would get our passenger trains back into our country, it would make me very happy and appreciative. I
feel our country should develop a modern train system to help accommodate our nation's growing
population with their transportation needs.
Airports and automobile highways are not a complete answer for our country's citizen transportation needs.
We do not want to keep making our highways wider and our airports more crowded.
Our country truly needs another mode of travel, a train system, where it is updated to a modern style,
which is made of a concrete road base, with concrete rail ties and completely welded iron tracks. This would
make this railway a very smooth ride for the passengers and also generate a more efficient railroad system.
My opinion is that our country should start spending more money to develop a modern train system, then
adding more costly lanes onto our already over crowded highways and other costs for larger airports.
If we do not start getting trains back in motion at this time, I truly believe our country will be forced into this
system years later, when our highways get to a point where they are terribly bottle necked (overcrowded) to
where there will be long delays in making trips on our public roads.
I strongly feel our country really needs another mode of travel now, not later.
Best Regards
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3425 Center Point Rd. N.E.
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Dear City Council Members,
The following letters were signed by members of First Mennonite Church of Iowa
City who long for Iowa City to be a place of safety, justice, and welcome for all
residents regardless of national origin or federal immigration status. We urge you
to work toward that goal by adopting a Sanctuary City Ordinance Like the one
proposed by the Sanctuary City Committee of the Consultation of Religious
Communities.
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Dear City Council member,
When called upon to summarize the most important principles of life, Jesus said, 'Love the Lord your God
with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind,' and 'Love your neighbor as yourself."
(Matthew 22:37)
It's pretty basic: look out for each other; have the interest of your neighbors in mind as much as your own,
because your welfare and their welfare are intertwined. This wisdom shines at the center of every major
religion. It shapes communities of diverse people into havens of safety, care, and abundant life.
Lest we falter in our understanding of who our neighbor is, the God of the Hebrew Bible offers this
wisdom: The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for
you were aliens in Egypt. (Leviticus 19:34)
Love for the neighbor and stranger living together in the same place are the driving principles behind Iowa
City's Sanctuary City movement. We recognize that all residents of Iowa City share the same basic needs
for food, shelter, safety, and belonging. Whether or not we possess documents that declare us to be
"legal" or "illegal" in the eyes of the United States government, we are neighbors who seek to live at
peace and unafraid.
Some of our immigrant neighbors, like some of our citizen neighbors, are perpetrators of crime. The
community's well-being is served when they-are called to account by ourjudicial system. However, many
of our neighbors who happen to be first-generation immigrants (rather than second- or third- or fourtti-
generation immigrants like many residents of our city) are trustworthy, hard-working participants in our
community. They provide labor in vital industries that support our economy; they pay taxes without
reaping many of the benefits that citizen taxpayers do. But because they lack legal documentation, they
live in fear of systems that have been put in place to keep us all safe. Rather than seeing public officials
like police officers as allies, they feel compelled to steer clear of anyone who might question their legal
status.
A Sanctuary City policy would not attract dangerous criminals to Iowa City, but would rather deter them by
strengthening cooperation betvveen immigrants and police. It would free police to focus their resources on
crimes that truly threaten the well-being of the community.
Mutual trust and respect within our diverse population cannot flourish until people feel safe to participate
in the public arena regardless of immigrant status. Justice cannot be served nor safety achieved when a
segment of the population is afraid to report crimes they have seen or to which they have fallen victim.
We urge the City Council of Iowa City to work with leaders of our faith communities and the labor
movement to foster a' more just and safe environment for people of all ethnicities and national origins in
Iowa City. Adopting a Sanctuary City policy like the one proposed by the Sanctuary City Committee would
be one small but significant step in that direction.
Sincerely,
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Jeanette Christner
Bill and Rosie Hochstetler
Robert and Margaret Smith
Donna and Paul. ?nliebe
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Dear City Council member,
When called upon to summarize the most important principles of life, Jesus said, 'Love the Lord your God
with al! your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind,' and 'Love your neighbor as yourself. "
(Matthew 22:37)
It's pretty basic: look out for each other; have the interest of your neighbors in mind as much as your own,
because your welfare and their welfare are intertwined. This wisdom shines at the center of every major
religion. It shapes communities of diverse people into havens of safety, care, and abundant life.
Lest we falter in our understanding of who our neighbor is, the God of the Hebrew Bible offers this
wisdom: The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for
you were aliens in Egypt.(Leviticus 19:34)
Love for the neighbor and stranger living together in the same place are the driving principles behind Iowa
City's Sanctuary City movement. We recognize that all residents of Iowa City share the same basic needs
for food, shelter, safety, and belonging. Whether or not we possess documents that declare us to be
"legal" or "illegal" in the eyes of the United States government, we are neighbors who seek to live at
peace and unafraid.
Some of our immigrant neighbors, like some of our citizen neighbors, are perpetrators of crime. The
community's well-being is served when they are called to account by ourjudicial system. However, many
of our neighbors who happen to be first-generation immigrants (rather than second- orthird- or fourth-
generation immigrants like many residents of our city) are trustworthy, hard-working participants in our
community. They provide labor in vital industries that support our economy; they pay taxes without
reaping many of the benefits that citizen taxpayers do. But because they lack legal documentation, they
live in fear of systems that have been put in place to keep us all safe. Rather than seeing public officials
like police officers as allies, they feel compelled to steer clear of anyone who might question their legal
status.
A Sanctuary City policy would not attract dangerous criminals to Iowa City, but would rather deter them by
strengthening cooperation between immigrants and police. It would free police to focus their resources on
crimes that truly threaten the well-being of the community.
Mutual trust and respect within our diverse population cannot flourish until people feel safe to participate
in the public arena regardless of immigrant status. Justice cannot be served nor safety achieved when a
segment of the population is afraid to report crimes they have seen or to which they have fallen victim.
We urge the City Council of Iowa City to work with leaders of our faith communities and the labor
movement to foster a more just and safe environment for people of all ethnicities and national origins in
Iowa City. Adopting a Sanctuary City policy like the one proposed by the Sanctuary City Committee would
be one small but significant step in that direction.
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Dear City Council member,
When called upon to summarize the most important principles of life, Jesus said, 'Love the Lord your God
with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind,' and 'Love your neighbor as yourself. "
(Matthew 22:37)
It's pretty basic: look out for each other; have the interest of your neighbors in mind as much as your own,
because your welfare and their welfare are intertwined. This wisdom shines at the center of every major
religion. It shapes communities of diverse people into havens of safety, care, and abundant life.
Lest we falter in our understanding of who our neighbor is, the God of the Hebrew Bible offers this
wisdom: The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for
you were aliens in Egypt.(Leviticus 19:34)
Love for the neighbor and stranger living together in the same place are the driving principles behind Iowa
City's Sanctuary City movement. We recognize that all residents of Iowa City share the same basic needs
for food, shelter, safety, and belonging. Whether or not we possess documents that declare us to be
"legal" or "illegal" in the eyes of the United States government, we are neighbors who seek to live at
peace and unafraid.
Some of our immigrant neighbors, like some of our citizen neighbors, are perpetrators of crime. The
community's well-being is served when they are called to account by ourjudicial system. However, many
of our neighbors who happen to be first-generation immigrants (rather than second- orthird- or fourth-
generation immigrants like many residents of our city) are trustworthy, hard-working participants in our
community. They provide labor in vital industries that support our economy; they pay taxes without
reaping many of the benefits that citizen taxpayers do. But because they lack legal documentation, they
live in fear of systems that have been put in place to keep us all safe. Rather than seeing public officials
like police officers as allies, they feel compelled to steer clear of anyone who might question their legal
status.
A Sanctuary City policy would not attract dangerous criminals to Iowa City, but would rather deter them by
strengthening cooperation between immigrants and police. It would free police to focus their resources on
crimes that truly threaten the well-being of the community.
Mutual trust and respect within our diverse population cannot flourish until people feel safe to participate
in the public-arena regardless of immigrant status. Justice cannot be served nor safety achieved when a
segment of the population is afraid to report crimes they have seen or to which they have fallen victim.
We urge the City Council of Iowa City to work with leaders of our faith communities and the labor
movement to foster a more just and safe environment for people of all ethnicities and national origins in
Iowa City. Adopting a Sanctuary City policy like the one proposed by the Sanctuary City Committee would
be one small but significant step in that direction.
Sincerely,
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Dear City Council member,
When called upon to summarize the most important principles of life, Jesus said, 'Love the Lord your God
with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind,' and 'Love your neighbor as yourself. "
(Matthew 22:37)
It's pretty basic: look out for each other; have the interest of your neighbors in mind as much as your own,
because your welfare and their welfare are intertwined. This wisdom shines at the center of every major
religion. It shapes communities of diverse people into havens of safety, care, and abundant life.
Lest we falter in our understanding of who our neighbor is, the God of the Hebrew Bible offers this
wisdom: The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for
you were aliens in Egypt.(Leviticus 19:34)
Love for the neighbor and stranger living together in the same place are the driving principles behind Iowa
City's Sanctuary City movement. We recognize that all residents of Iowa City share the same basic needs
for food, shelter, safety, and belonging. Whether or not we possess documents that declare us to be
"legal" or "illegal" in the eyes of the United States government, we are neighbors who seek to live at
peace and unafraid.
Some of our immigrant neighbors, like some of our citizen neighbors, are perpetrators of crime. The
community's well-being is served when they are called to account by ourjudicial system. However, many
of our neighbors who happen to be first-generation immigrants (rather than second- orthird- or fourth-
generation immigrants like many residents of our city) are trustworthy, hard-working participants in our
community. They provide labor in vital industries that support our economy; they pay taxes without
reaping many of the benefits that citizen taxpayers do. But because they lack legal documentation, they
live in fear of systems that have been put in place to keep us all safe. Rather than seeing public officials
like police officers as allies, they feel compelled to steer clear of anyone who might question their legal
status.
A Sanctuary City policy would not attract dangerous criminals to Iowa City, but would rather deter them by
strengthening cooperation between immigrants and police. It would free police to focus their resources on
crimes that truly threaten the well-being of the community.
Mutual trust and respect within our diverse population cannot flourish until people feel safe to participate
in the public arena regardless of immigrant status. Justice cannot be served nor safety achieved when a
segment of the population is afraid to report crimes they have seen or to which they have fallen victim.
We urge the City Council of Iowa City to work with leaders of our faith communities and the labor
movement to foster a more just and safe environment for people of all ethnicities and national origins in
Iowa City. Adopting a Sanctuary City policy like the one proposed by the Sanctuary City Committee would
be one small but significant step in that direction.
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Dear City Council member,
When called upon to summarize the most important principles of life, Jesus said, 'Love the Lord your God
with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind,' and 'Love your neighbor as yourself. "
(Matthew 22:37)
It's pretty basic: look out for each other; have the interest of your neighbors in mind as much as your own,
because your welfare and their welfare are intertwined. This wisdom shines at the center of every major
religion. It shapes communities of diverse people into havens of safety, care, and abundant life.
Lest we falter in our understanding of who our neighbor is, the God of the Hebrew Bible offers this
wisdom: The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for
you were aliens in Egypt. (Leviticus 19:34)
Love for the neighbor and stranger living together in the same place are the driving principles behind Iowa
City's Sanctuary City movement. We recognize that all residents of Iowa City share the same basic needs
for food, shelter, safety, and belonging. Whether or not we possess documents that declare us to be
"legal" or "illegal" in the eyes of the United States government, we are neighbors who seek to live at
peace and unafraid.
Some of our immigrant neighbors, like some of our citizen neighbors, are perpetrators of crime. The
community's well-being is served when they are called to account by ourjudicial system. However, many
of our neighbors who happen to be first-generation immigrants (rather than second- orthird- or fourth-
generation immigrants like many residents of our city) are trustworthy, hard-working participants in our
community. They provide labor in vital industries that support our economy; they pay taxes without
reaping many of the benefits that citizen taxpayers do. But because they lack legal documentation, they
live in fear of systems that have been put in place to keep us all safe. Rather than seeing public officials
like police officers as allies, they feel compelled to steer clear of anyone who might question their legal
status.
A Sanctuary City policy would not attract dangerous criminals to Iowa City, but would rather deter them by
strengthening cooperation between immigrants and police. It would free police to focus their resources on
crimes that truly threaten the well-being of the community.
Mutual trust and respect within our diverse population cannot flourish until people feel safe to participate
in the public arena regardless of immigrant status. Justice cannot be served nor safety achieved when a
segment of the population is afraid to report crimes they have seen or to which they have fallen victim.
We urge the City Council of Iowa City to work with leaders of our faith communities and the labor
movement to foster a more just and safe environment for people of all ethnicities and national origins in
Iowa City. Adopting a Sanctuary City policy like the one proposed by the Sanctuary City Committee would
be one small but significant step in that direction.
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Dear City Council member,
When called upon to summarize the most important principles of life, Jesus said, 'Love the Lord your God
with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind,' and 'Love your neighbor as yourself."
(Matthew 22:37)
It's pretty basic: look out for each other; have the interest of your neighbors in mind as much as your own,
because your welfare and their welfare are intertwined. This wisdom shines at the center of every major
religion. It shapes communities of diverse people into havens of safety, care, and abundant life.
Lest we falter in our understanding of who our neighbor is, the God of the Hebrew Bible offers this
wisdom: The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for
you were aliens in Egypt. (Leviticus 19:34)
Love for the neighbor and stranger living together in the same place are the driving principles behind Iowa
City's Sanctuary City movement. We recognize that all residents of Iowa City share the same basic needs
for food, shelter, safety, and belonging. Whether or not we possess documents that declare us to be
"legal" or "illegal" in the eyes of the United States government, we are neighbors who seek to live at
peace and unafraid.
Some of our immigrant neighbors, like some of our citizen neighbors, are perpetrators of crime. The
community's well-being is served when they are called to account by our judicial system. However, many
of our neighbors who happen to be first-generation immigrants (rather than second- orthird- or fourth-
generation immigrants like many residents of our city) are trustworthy, hard-working participants in our
community. They provide labor in vital industries that support our economy; they pay taxes without
reaping many of the benefits that citizen taxpayers do. But because they lack legal documentation, they
live in fear of systems that have been put in place to keep us all safe. Rather than seeing public officials
like police officers as allies, they feel compelled to steer clear of anyone who might question their legal
status.
A Sanctuary City policy would not attract dangerous criminals to Iowa City, but would rather deter them by
strengthening cooperation between immigrants and police. It would free police to focus their resources on
crimes that truly threaten the well-being of the community.
Mutual trust and respect within our diverse population cannot flourish until people feel safe to participate
in the public arena regardless of immigrant status. Justice cannot be served nor safety achieved when a
segment of the population is afraid to report crimes they have seen or to which they have fallen victim.
We urge the City Council of Iowa City to work with leaders of our faith communities and the labor
movement to foster a more just and safe environment for people of all ethnicities and national origins in
Iowa City. Adopting a Sanctuary City policy like the one proposed by the Sanctuary City Committee would
be one small but significant step in that direction.
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reference check of Slavin Management Consultants
Marian Karr
From: Matt Hayek
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 9:19 PM
To: Marian Karr
Subject: FW: reference check of Slavin Management Consultants
From: Kimberly Holloway [mailto:kholloway@cityofcasperwy.com]
Sent: Sat 1/29/2011 6:34 PM
To: Matt Hayek; Ross Wilburn; Regenia Bailey; Susan Mims; Mike Wright
Subject: reference check of Slavin Management Consultants
Mayor Hayek, Council Members Wilburn, Bailey, Mims and Wright,
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The city of Casper, Wyoming's city council has been tasked with hiring a new city manager this year. Our current
manager of twenty years has been tapped by our new governor to serve as head of the Department of Health for the
state.
The council has decided to use a third party search firm to recruit candidates for the position.
Iowa City was listed in the Slaving Management proposal's top 5 recent searches.
if you have any information to share regarding their performance and your satisfaction with their services, at your
convenience 1 would appreciate your input. If you would suggest I speak with Members Champion and Dickens,
who do not have an email address listed on your city's website, would you let me know I should contact them via
telephone?
Thank you for your time and attention.
Sincerely,
Kimberly Holloway, Casper City Councilwoman Ward 1
307-237-0373
1/31/2011