City Council Joint Meeting with Legislators

CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION – JOINT MEETING WITH LEGISLATORS Public Safety Center February 3, 2023 The City Council held a joint meeting with local legislators at 2:00 p.m. on February 3, 2023, to discuss the 2023 legislative session. The following persons were in attendance: Mayor Rob Green; Council Members Gil Schultz, Simon Harding, Dustin Ganfield, Dave Sires, and Kelly Dunn; Noah Hackbart, UNI Student Liaison, Local Legislators Eric Giddens, Bob Kressig, and Derek Wulf; City Lobbyists Tom Cope and Jon Murphy; staff members Ron Gaines, Jennifer Rodenbeck, Lisa Roeding, Craig Berte, Stephanie Sheetz, and Kevin Rogers; Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier representative Andy Milone. Mayor Green called the meeting to order, and introductions were made. Tom Cope outlined the various 2023 legislation of interest to the City of Cedar Falls. There was discussion on the various topics. The Mayor also noted of interest will be the legislation regulating the sale of fireworks and legislation related to EMA. There was also discussion about local control and realignment of the State departments. Lastly, there was discussion about University of Northern Iowa and information about attending the UNI Day at the Capitol which is set for February 14, 2023. The meeting was adjourned at 3:25 pm.