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

Thursday, January 9, 2020

12:00 PM

Housing Authority of the City of La Crosse

1307 Badger Street

Call to Order

Mr. Sayner called the meeting to order.

Roll Call

4 - Portialee Armstrong, Kimberly Cable, Kristina Bechtel,Peter Sayner

Present:

Also present was Executive Director Steve Schauf

Approval of Minutes

Ms. Armstrong moved for approval of the Regular Meeting Minutes held

December 11, 2019

Agenda Items:

Approval of Bills

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

as the cost of the luncheon; Public Housing $58,228.14; Voucher Program,

$75.78; Capital Fund Program, $5,061.90; Forest Park, $10,466.79; Ping Manor,

$12,280.64; Non-Assisted Account $300.00; Central Office Cost Center, $4,270.37;

Checks to be approved, $206,268.52; Ms. Bechtel seconded; Motion carried.

Executive Director's Report

a. Administrative Department

b. Resident Services Department

c. Occupancy Department

d. Maintenance Department

The Executive Director's Report was reviewed

Delinquent Rent Report

New Business

The Delinquent Rent Report was reviewed.

All Commissioners acknowledged having received and reviewed the City of La Crosse

Code of Ethics.

Review and Approve Stoffel Court Bathroom Remodel Bids.

20-0020

20-0021

20-0022

LHA #10036 bids were reviewed. Ms. Armstrong moved to accept the bid

received from Coulee Region Mechanical in the amount of $9,200.00; Ms. Cable

seconded. Motion carried.

Review and Approve Stoffel Court Tub Surround Replacement Bids.

LHA #10035 bids were reviewed. Ms. Armstrong moved to accept the bid

received from The Board Store Home Improvements, Inc. in the amount of

$5,800.00; Ms. Cable seconded; Motion carried.

Review and Approve On-Line Wait List Policy Revisions to Public Housing

ACOP, Housing Choice Voucher Admin Plan and Forest Park & Ping Manor

Tenant Selection Plans.

The revised Housing Authority policies that implement the new on-line wait list

application software were reviewed. Ms. Cable moved to approve the revised

Public Housing Admissions and Continued Occupancy Plan, Housing Choice

Voucher Administrative Plan and the Forest PArk and Ping Manor Tenant

Selection Plans as distributed with the addition of including that the LHA will

have computers available for application use in all policies. Ms. Armstrong

seconded; Motion carried

Review Information Handbook for Employees Summary.

20-0023

The Information Handbook for Employees summary was reviewed. The

following motions were made to amend the policy:

Ms. Cable made a motion to amend the "Holiday Pay" portion of the policy to

remove the requirement that full-time and part-time 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 entirely from

the policy. Ms. Armstrong seconded; motion carried.

Ms. Cable made a motion to amend the policy to make part-time employees

eligible to receive the "Leave of Absence Without Pay" benefit. Ms. Armstrong

seconded. Motion carried.

Ms. Armstrong made a motion to amend the "Sick Leave" portion of the policy

to include the following:

I. Allow employees to be eligible to use the sick leave benefit as soon as time

has been earned in lieu of starting at six-month anniversary.

II. Shall extend the use of sick leave from employee illness only to the use for

employee illness as well as the are for employee family members

III. Sick leave must be taken with a one hour minimum

Ms. Cable seconded; motion carried.

Ms.Cable made a motion to amend the "Personal Business" portion of the

policy to allow employees to be eligible to use the personal business benefit at

start of employment in lieu of starting at six-month anniversary. Ms. Armstrong

seconded; motion carried.

I. Personal Business time must be taken with a one hour minimum.

II. If hire date falls between January 1 - April 30, employee will receive 3 days.

III. If hire date falls between May 1 - August 31, employee will receive 2 days.