Roy D. Buol

Roy D. Buol
Roy Buol presenting sailors with a flag of Dubuque in 2007
Mayor of Dubuque, Iowa
Incumbent
Assumed office 2005
Personal details
Born	Dubuque, Iowa
Political party	Democratic

Roy D. Buol is the current mayor of the city of Dubuque, Iowa. A native of Dubuque, Buol served as the Second Ward's city council representative from 1995 through 2005. In 2005 he was elected as mayor. He was reelected in both 2009 and 2013.

Buol worked at John Deere Dubuque Works for over 30 years until his retirement. In 2002 he accepted a position as building and grounds director at the University of Dubuque.

In 1995, Buol was elected as a city councilman of Dubuque, where he served for ten years until his election as mayor in 2005.

Coming into the mayor's job, Buol espoused a vision of making Dubuque one of the most "environmentally sustainable" cities in the U.S. Buol's vision is one of the main reasons that IBM chose Dubuque as a test city of its "Insights in Motion" program. Mayor Buol established an annual "Growing Sustainable Communities" Conference in Dubuque. In 2013 Dubuque won the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's annual National Award for Smart Growth Achievement, thanks in large part to Mayor Buol, who is also a member of Smart Growth America’s Local Leaders Council. Through Mayor Buol’s work with America’s River Project, the Port of Dubuque has been developed with nearly $400 million for educational, entertainment, and historic riverfront projects. This has included the Mississippi Riverwalk, the River's Edge Plaza, and the Alliant Energy Amphitheater.

Included in Mayor Buol's vision were goals for economic prosperity, culture and heritage, quality of life, and healthy living. In a 2010 "Blueprint America report" by Jim Lehrer, reporter Miles O'Brien is quoted as saying that Dubuque's drive to become a sustainable city is being noticed "far beyond the banks of the Mississippi" and that Mayor Buol was leading the charge.