City Hall

City of La Crosse, Wisconsin

400 La Crosse Street

La Crosse, WI 54601

Meeting Minutes - Final

Housing Authority of the City of La Crosse

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

12:00 PM

Housing Authority of the City of La Crosse

1307 Badger Street

Call to Order

Ms. Carpenter called the meeting to order.

Roll Call

4 - Judy Carpenter, Kimberly Cable, Kristina Bechtel,Peter Sayner

Present:

Also attending were Commissioners Judy Carpenter, Peter Sayner, Kim

Cable, Kristina Bechtel as well as Executive Director Steve Schauf, Attorney

Sarah Fortune and Tennille Spears.

Approval of Minutes from November 13, 2019.

Ms. Cable moved for approval of the Regular Meeting Minutes held November

13, 2019; Mr. Sayner seconded. Motion Carried.

Agenda Items

Approval of bills.

Ms. Cable presented bills as follows and moved for their approval as well as

the cost of the luncheon: Public Housing, $155,787.81; Voucher Program,

$1,949.54; Capital Fund Program, $22,013.60; Forest Park, $111,436.07; Ping

Manor, $16,479.82; Central Office Cost Center, $6,586.41; Checks to be

approved, $120,957.70; Total, $435,210.95; Mr. Sayner seconded. Motion Carried

Executive Director's Report

The Executive Director's Report was reviewed.

Delinquent Rent Report

The Delinquent Rent Report was reviewed.

New Business

Resolution to write off unusable equipment, building, and land improvements.

19-1794

Ms. Bechtel moved to approve Resolution No 2233 writing off unusable

equipment, building and land improvement; Mr. Sayner seconded. Motion

Carried.

Resolution to write off uncollectible accounts.

19-1795

19-1796

19-1797

Mr. Sayner moved to approve Resolution No 2234 writing off uncollectible

accounts; Ms. Cable seconded. Motion Carried

Resolution to approve 2019 Budget Revision.

The 2019 Budget Revision was reviewed. Ms. Cable moved approval of

Resolution No 2235; Mr. Sayner seconded. Motion Carried.

Resolution to approve 2020 Budget.

The 2020 Budget was reviewed. Ms. Bechtel moved approval of Resolution No

2236. Mr Sayner seconded. Motion Carried.

Discuss Information Handbook for Employees' holiday pay policy.

Ms. Cable made a motion to amend the policy to remove the requirement that the

employee must work on the last regularly scheduled work day prior to the holiday and

must further work on the first regularly scheduled work day after the holiday entirely

from the policy effective January 1, 2020; no second Motion failed.

Ms. Bechtel made a motion to amend the policy to read "In order to be eligible for

holiday pay, qualified employees must work the full last regularly scheduled work day

prior to the holiday and must further work a full day on the first regularly scheduled

work day after the holiday." No second. Motion failed.

Mr. Sayner made a motion to table the discussion item with the request that Attorney

Fortune provide a summary and comparison from the information Handbook for

Employees of the benefits available to eligible full-time employees that are not

immediately available to newly hired full-time employees; Ms Cable seconded. Motion

carried.

Mr. Schauf distributed information regarding the Housing Authority Information

Handbook for Employee's holiday pay policy to everyone in attendance. The

issue was raised by an employee who feels that the policy is unclear. The

relevant portion of the policy reads- "In order to be eligible for holiday pay,

qualified employees must work on the last regularly scheduled work day prior

to the holiday and must further work on the first regularly scheduled work day

after the holiday"

Discuss January meeting date change.

Due to conflict with regular meeting date of January 8, 2020; the board hereby provided

consent to a change in the regular meeting date of the Board of Commissioners of the

Housing Authority of the City of La Crosse to January 9, 2020 at 12:00pm at 1307

Badger St. La Crosse WI. The consent form has been signed and placed on file.

Adjournment

Mr. Sayner moved for adjournment; Ms. Cable Seconded. Motion carried.