Tyson Leyendecker

City Manager Executive Recruitment

GMP's flat fee is $20,000, with an estimated $5,000-$7,000 in pass-through advertising and job board costs.

City Hall space needs at 1398 Central Avenue

About $760,000 in annual savings and $9 million over ten years, funded partly by avoiding $6 million in HVAC spending.

Valeria Street Rezone and Housing Density

Urban revitalization plans can enable tax increment financing for housing projects.

School district restructuring impacts

Residents warned of unquantified city budget impacts on traffic and infrastructure from school consolidation.

Lead Service Line Replacement Phase II

$3.32 million project, with funding to be set in the FY27 first budget amendment.

Hyperscale data center moratorium

Potential protections could include letters of credit or bonds from any future data center developer; taxes would flow from assessed property value.

Port of Dubuque hotel development closing

Base rent of ~$94,486 in year one rising 3% annually, plus 10 years of TIF rebates against a $9.5M private investment.

Solidarity Mural covering during presidential visit

Taxpayers could end up covering the cost of policy reviews, staff time, or legal challenges tied to how the city handled the protest.

Housing vouchers for unhoused residents

It's a federal program, so the vouchers use existing HUD budget the city already fully deploys — no big new local cost.

Central Avenue and White Street corridor plan concerns

Removal of on-street parking could impose hardship on residents and businesses along the corridor.

City Manager Transition and Executive Search

The search firm's fees and the next city manager's salary aren't set yet — a salary range will be built from the city's compensation study and the ICMA annual salary survey.

Jule transit network redesign

The study itself is 90% federally funded with a $25,000 city share; any network changes would stay within the existing budget (modeled at plus/minus 10%).

$21.1 million general obligation bond issuance

Roughly $800,000 a year in added principal-and-interest payments, repaid mostly from local option sales tax, refuse fund and downtown TIF.

ImOn Ice Arena cooling tower replacement

Estimated $225,000 construction cost.

Business attraction and site readiness

Site certification can cost around $300,000 per site, but ready sites attract tax base and jobs.

Receiving homes for foster children

Old Mill Road church building reuse

Housing Incentive Policy Direction

Ten years of tax abatement on 73% of the increased value of a ~$12M project; state law limits the city's capture of that growth.

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets to 2050

No direct cost tonight, but future climate action without federal IRA funding likely falls on local budgets and utility ratepayers.

Iowa Senate File 2472 fiscal impacts

Locking in longer TIF capture preserves future incentive money for the city, but developers of market-rate housing can now only be rebated public improvement costs.

Consent Agenda (Items 1-19, 21)

Ruby Sutton Humanitarian Award Plaque and Program (Consent Item 20)

Set Public Hearings: T-Mobile Tower Lease, MacHom Windows Lease, FY2027 Budget Amendment

Sky Blue Housing Urban Renewal Plan, Version 2026.1 (Resolution 421-26)

Dubuque Technology Park Urban Renewal Plan, Version 2026.1 (Resolution 422-26)

ImOn Ice Arena Cooling Tower Replacement (Resolution 423-26)

General Obligation Bonds Series 2026A and 2026B (Resolution 424-26)

Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan Revision — Homeless Preference (Resolution 425-26)

1398 Central Avenue Space Needs Analysis RFQ Authorization

Ordinance No. 48-26 Repealing Ordinance No. 35-19 (Sky Blue Housing TIF)

Ordinance No. 49-26 — Sky Blue Housing Tax Increment Ordinance

Ordinance No. 50-26 — Dubuque Technology Park Tax Increment Ordinance (Subarea D)

Minutes and Reports Submitted

Notice of Claims and Suits

Disposition of Claims

Approval of City Expenditures

Resolution Approving Fund Transfers for Capital Projects and Other Expense Reimbursements in Fiscal Year 2027 – Period 3

Conlon Enterprises LLC 2025 and 2026 Property Tax Appeal Stipulation of Settlement Notice

Walmart, Inc. and Sam's Real Estate Business Trust 2025 and 2026 Property Tax Appeal Stipulation of Settlement Notice

Kwik Trip, Inc. 2025 and 2026 Property Tax Appeal Stipulation of Settlement Notice

receive and file the documents and adopt Resolution No. 425-26 Approving The Revision Of The Public Housing Authority (PHA) Administrative Plan For The Housing Choice Voucher Program

Consent Agenda (Items 1-19, 21)

Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan Revision — Homeless Preference (Resolution 425-26)

Wanted assurance of back-end supportive services and an annual review cap as referrals accumulate year over year.

Approving Closing Documents Pursuant to the Development Agreement with Kinseth Hospitality Company, Inc.

Approving the Third Amendment to Development Agreement with Kinseth Hospitality Company, Inc.

Consent Agenda (Items 1-22)

Motion by Roussell to receive and file the documents and 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

Motion by Roussell for final consideration and passage of Ordinance No. 47-26 An Ordinance Amending Title 16 Of The City Of Dubuque Code Of Ordinances, Unified Development Code, By Reclassifying Herei

Items Set for Public Hearing (Bonds, Ice Arena, Five Urban Renewal Areas)

Text Amendment for Receiving Homes (Ordinance No. 46-26)

Old Mill Road Rezoning (Ordinance No. 47-26)

Abstaining due to a banking client relationship with the applicant.

Thunder Valley Urban Revitalization Plan (Resolution No. 399-26)

Eastgate Court Urban Revitalization Plan (Resolution No. 400-26)

Water Revenue Loan Notes — Lead Service Line Replacement Phase II (Resolution No. 401-26)

Purchase of 1398 Central Avenue and 148 Parking Spaces

City Manager Compensation and Total Rewards Structure

receive and file the documents and adopt Resolution No. 377-26 Approving The Amended And Restated Urban Renewal Plan, Version 2026.3, For The Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District

receive and file the documents and adopt Resolution No. 379-26 Approving The Amended And Restated Urban Renewal Plan, Version 2026.1, For The Switch Homes Housing Urban Renewal Area

receive and file the documents and 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 passed be sus

receive and file the documents and 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 passed be sus

receive and file the documents and adopt Resolution No. 380-26 Selecting The Consultant For The Downtown Master Plan Update And Authorizing The City Manager To Negotiate And Execute A Contract

receive and file the documents and 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 passed be sus

final consideration and passage of Ordinance No. 42-26 Repealing Ordinance No. 34-23 Providing For The Division Of Taxes Levied On Taxable Property In The Switch Homes Housing Urban Renewal Area, City

final consideration and passage of Ordinance No. 43-26 Providing That General Property Taxes Levied And Collected Each Year On All Property Located Within The Switch Homes Housing Urban Renewal Area,

final consideration and passage of Ordinance No. 44-26 An Ordinance Correcting And Amending Ordinance No. 14-26, Previously Amended, Providing That General Property Taxes Levied And Collected Each Yea

Consent agenda (Items 1-17)

Setting public hearings on water loan and two urban renewal necessity resolutions

Peru Road Urban Renewal Plan, Version 2026.1 (Resolution 375-26)

Dubuque Industrial Center plan, Version 2026.2 (Resolution 376-26)

Dubuque Industrial Center plan, Version 2026.3 (Resolution 377-26)

Banking client relationship

North Jackson Urban Renewal Plan (Resolution 378-26)

Switch Homes Housing Urban Renewal Plan, Version 2026.1 (Resolution 379-26)

Banking client relationship

Consultant selection for Downtown Master Plan update (Resolution 380-26)

Cost and questioned whether now is the right time given recent plans

Tax Increment Ordinance 40-26, Peru Road Urban Renewal Area

Tax Increment Ordinance 41-26, North Jackson Urban Renewal Area

Ordinance 42-26 repealing Ordinance 34-23, Switch Homes

Banking client relationship

Tax Increment Ordinance 43-26, Switch Homes Housing Urban Renewal Area

Banking client relationship

Ordinance 44-26 amending TIF Ordinance 14-26, Dubuque Industrial Center (2026.2)

Banking client relationship

Tax Increment Ordinance 45-26, Dubuque Industrial Center sub-area Z

City Manager recruitment — job description, timeline and stakeholders

Work session request: Community Foundation Housing Data Walk

September 2026 Housing Creation Update video

Motion to Receive and File GMP Kick-Off Materials and Discuss

receive and file the documents and adopt Resolution No. 355-26 Approving An Assignment Of Loan Agreement And Assumption Of Mortgage Agreement Of The Downtown Rehabilitation Loan Agreement By And Betwe

Consent Agenda (except Item 4)

Austin Bodenhofer Claim Appeal — Denied

Public Hearings Set: Eastgate Court, Thunder Valley, Housing Choice Voucher Plan

Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend Lease (Resolution 352-26)

Sale of City Property on Valeria Street (Resolution 353-26)

Off-Premise Sign Text Amendment (Ordinance 36-26)