City Hall  
City of La Crosse, Wisconsin  
400 La Crosse Street  
La Crosse, WI 54601  
Meeting Agenda - Final-revised  
Finance & Personnel Committee  
Thursday, November 3, 2022  
6:00 PM  
Council Chambers, City Hall  
400 La Crosse Street  
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followed by 15 minutes for the opponents and three-minute rebuttal for each side unless such time is extended by  
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Call To Order  
Roll Call  
Agenda Items:  
NEW BUSINESS  
Resolution approving the 2022 pay and class study recommendations.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Short-circuited by Mayor Reynolds 10.28.2022  
OLD BUSINESS  
Resolution approving the allocation of funding to the City of La Crosse Facilities  
Assessment.  
Kahlow  
Sponsors:  
Referred from October meetings.  
NEW BUSINESS  
Resolution approving creation of a Creekside Place Slope Stabilization  
Study and recommitment of existing bond funds for same.  
Neumann  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving an Amendment to the Project Plan for Tax Incremental  
District No. 18.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Financial Statements with Independent Auditors Report as of December  
31,2021.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Single Audit with Independent Auditors Report as of December 31, 2021.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution levying Special Charges for Services performed in 2022.  
Happel  
Sponsors:  
Resolution amending Appendix C Fee Schedule regarding fee for burglar or  
robbery false alarms under sec. 14-65 of the La Crosse Municipal Code.  
Happel  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing the Police Department to accept an Office of Justice  
Programs “2022 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health  
Response Program” grant to fund one (1) Police Officer position.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing the Police Department to accept a Wisconsin  
Department of Administration “SAFER Communities LEA” grant.  
Happel  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing the Police Department to accept an Office on Violence  
Against Women “2022 Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic  
Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking” grant.  
Schwarz  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing the Police Department to accept a Wisconsin Office of  
Justice Programs - Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG).  
Happel  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing the City of La Crosse to accept a Wisconsin Economic  
Development Corporation (WEDC) Grant.  
Janssen  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing the reallocation and transfer of funds to the  
Redevelopment Authority of La Crosse for operations budget.  
Richmond  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing the Mayor to file application for Transit Operations and  
Capital Assistance for 2023 with the Federal Transit Administration.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing the Mayor to file for 2023 Transit Operations and Capital  
Assistance with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing a land swap within the First and Second Gerrard  
Additions in the City of La Crosse for the conveyance of storm water in an  
adjacent drainageway.  
Neumann  
Sponsors:  
Resolution appropriating unused TIF 11 funds for additional work on the 10th &  
Cass Lighting project, Phase 3.  
Kahlow  
Sponsors:  
Collective Bargaining Update.  
(Note: The Committee and/or Council may convene in closed session pursuant to Wis.  
Stat. 19.85(1)(e) to formulate & update negotiation strategies and parameters. Following  
such closed session, the Committees and/or Council may reconvene in open session.)  
F&P Item Only, unless otherwise directed.  
Adjournment  
Notice is further given that members of other governmental bodies may be present at the above  
scheduled meeting to gather information about a subject over which they have decision-making  
responsibility.  
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the City Clerk's office at (608) 789-7510 or send an email to ADAcityclerk@cityoflacrosse.org, with as  
much advance notice as possible.  
Finance & Personnel Members:  
Doug Happel, Larry Sleznikow, Barb Janssen, Mac Kiel, Rebecca Schwarz, Mark Neumann