Dubuque City Manager Mike Van Milligan is recommending the hiring of the city’s first female fire chief. On Monday, the Dubuque City Council will vote on approving Van Milligan’s recommendation to hire Amy Scheller, deputy fire chief for the city of Naperville, Ill., as the new chief of the Dubuque Fire Department, succeeding Rick Steines. Scheller would be the first woman in the fire department’s history to become Fire Chief. If approved by City Council members, Scheller will officially start on June 6th. She will be paid an annual salary of just over $137,000, the same salary Steines was paid. Steines retired March 31st after 37 years with the fire department.
