City Hall  
City of La Crosse, Wisconsin  
400 La Crosse Street  
La Crosse, WI 54601  
Meeting Agenda - Final-revised  
Finance & Personnel Committee  
Thursday, October 2, 2025  
6:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
City Hall, First Floor  
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Call To Order  
Roll Call  
Agenda Items:  
UNFINISHED BUSINESS  
Resolution approving a reorganization to the table of positions and  
classifications for the department of the Mayor.  
Washington-Spivey  
Sponsors:  
Referred from the September 2025 meetings.  
NEW BUSINESS  
Resolution approving a Wisconsin Department of Transportation -  
Transportation Alternatives Program State/Municipal Grant Agreement to  
upgrade the 2nd Street Cycle Track.  
Sleznikow  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign State/Municipal  
Agreement for a Highway Safety Improvement Project at the intersection of  
Mormon Coulee Road (USH 14) & Birch Street (Project I.D. #1641-03-07/77).  
Bedford  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing a Development Agreement for the Grandview  
Apartments project regarding a Site Assessment Grant (SAG) award from the  
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC).  
Sleznikow  
Sponsors:  
Resolution amending Appendix C Fee Schedule regarding the Temporary  
Street Privilege Permits for portable toilets.  
Washington-Spivey  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing installation of neighborhood safety street lighting at the  
intersection of 19th Street South & Jackson Street.  
Padesky and Trost  
Sponsors:  
Resolution appropriating additional funds for sidewalk and restoration as part of  
the citywide sidewalk infill program (CIP #762).  
Weston  
Sponsors:  
Resolution to re-allocate unused funds from completed Capital purchases  
and/or projects to previously approved and newly requested capital  
equipment purchases for the Stormwater Utility.  
Trost  
Sponsors:  
Resolution to re-allocate unspent Capital funds from completed purchase and/  
or projects to underfunded and unplanned capital equipment needs for the  
Sanitary Sewer Utility.  
Trost  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving Loan Modification Agreement and other associated  
documents for Upper Floor Loans with Dale Berg d/b/a Jeaneri, Ltd.  
Washington-Spivey  
Sponsors:  
Short-circuited by Mayor Washington-Spivey 9/23/2025.  
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  
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scheduled meeting to gather information about a subject over which they have decision-making  
responsibility.  
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much advance notice as possible.  
Finance & Personnel Members:  
Erin Goggin, Barb Janssen, Larry Sleznikow, Chris Kahlow, Aron Newberry, Rosanne  
Northwood