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CITY OF IOWA CITY
'�04 MEMORANDUM
Date: August 28, 2019
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Kellie Fruehling, City Clerk
Re: Council Work Session, August 20, 2019, 5:00 PM in Emma J. Harvat Hall
Council: Cole, Mims, Salih, Taylor, Teague, Thomas, Throgmorton
IJISG: Wu, Lenkaitis
Staff: Fruin, Monroe, Dilkes, Fruehling, Knoche, Havel, Bockenstedt, Fleagle, Brotherton,
Grier, Nurnberg, Carman, Seydell-Johnson, Barker, Rackis, Jennings, Hightshoe,
Ralston, Platz, Weinard, Byers, DeLoach
(A transcription is available in the City Clerk's Office and the City website.)
Discussion of preliminary budaet priorities for FY2021
City Manager Fruin provided an overview of the memo included in the August 15 Information packet
#IP2. The memo summarized the following:
• Budget Climate
• Significant New Expenses
- Significant Personnel Costs for Existing Employees
- Other City Council Priorities
- Core Service Needs
- Capital Budget Considerations
• Discussion Questions for the City Council
Council members discussed questions 1 - 5 from the City Manager's memo. Finance Director
Bockenstedt and City Manager Fruin provided additional information. Individual Council members
expressed their views.
Action: Staff will use notes from the work session discussion to guide budget decisions and will aim for
a moderate reduction in the debt service tax levy, while using other available levies to address as many
of the Council's priorities as possible. Staff will also consider how alternative revenue sources may be
utilized to advance strategic priorities.
Clarification of Agenda Items
• [5.d]... Housing Trust Fund Contribution... Council member Salih requested the item be removed
from the consent calendar for separate consideration.
Information Packet Discussion [August 8. August 151
➢ August 8
1. (IP5, Email from Angie Jordan: RE: National Night Out (NNO)) Council member Mims
thanked Angie Jordan for her correspondence.
2. (IP2, Memo from Police & Fire: 2019 Fireworks Calls for Service) Mayor Pro tem Taylor
thanked the Police & Fire department for the report and noted the decrease in the number of
calls received.
Council Work Session
August 20, 2019
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3. (IP3, Memo from Neighborhood Outreach/Public Art Coordinator: Update on the Iowa City
Public Art Strategic Plan) Council member Cole encouraged citizens to review the update on
the Public Art Strategic Plan.
➢ August 15
1. (IP4, Memo from City Manager: Hourly Position Analysis) City Manager Fruin summarized
the memo regarding hourly position analysis. Individual Council members expressed their
views. Assistant City Manager Monroe and City Attorney Dilkes provided additional
information. Terri Byers, AFSCME Union President, gave input to the analysis.
(Break to Formal meeting 6:44 pm — Returned to Work Session 9:48 p.m.)
1. (IP4 (cont.), Memo from City Manager: Hourly Position Analysis) Mayor Throgmorton
suggested they continue discussion at the next Council meeting.
Action: Staff will prepare a brief memo clarifying the change in the number of temporary
employees for the City from the early 2000s to present and also clarify the scope and
outcome of the 2007 wage and classification study. This memo will be included in the 8/29
IP along with the memos regarding the replacement of hourly positions with permanent
positions.
2. (IP5 & IP6, Memo from City Manager: Update: Blackbird Investments / Forest View Tenants
Association Request for Financial Incentives & Memo from City Manager: Blackbird
Investments / Forest View Tenants Association Request for Financial Incentives [Previously
distributed in 8/1 Information Packet]) Mayor Throgmorton noted the request for a meeting
from Rafael Morataya in the 8-19-19 late handouts and asked for Council input. Individual
Council members expressed their views. City Manager Fruin and City Attorney Dilkes
provided additional information.
Action: Staff will set up a time to meet with the Forest View Tenants Association and the
developer and report back to Council with the outcomes of those meetings.
Mayor Throgmorton suggested deferring discussion on items IP7, IP8, IP9, and IP10 to the next
meeting.
Mayor Pro tem Taylor noted correspondence from David Dixon regarding bike lanes and legal
regulations. City Attorney Dilkes provided information.
Council updates on assigned boards, commissions and committees
No discussion.
Adjourn 10:11 p.m.