East Dubuque City Council Offers City Manager A Contract

East Dubuque City Council members on Monday moved to offer a three-year contract to City Manager Loras Herrig and grant him the ability to appoint an assistant city manager. Council members voted, 3-1, to draft the contract for Herrig, who has worked without a contract since he joined the city staff in December 2018. Council Member Tim Fluhr, who previously called for Herrig to resign because he lives in Bellevue and not in East Dubuque, cast the lone dissenting vote. Council Member Robin Pearson did not attend Monday’s meeting because she resigned earlier in the day. Pearson is the third council member to resign in the past 30 days, following Brett Muir and Chad Biermeier.