City Hall

City of La Crosse, Wisconsin

400 La Crosse Street

La Crosse, WI 54601

Meeting Agenda - Final

Common Council

Thursday, December 11, 2025

6:00 PM

Council Chambers

City Hall, First Floor

This meeting is open for in-person attendance and will also be available through video conferencing. The meeting

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Members of the public who would like to provide written comments on any agenda may do so by emailing

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Street, La Crosse WI 54601.

Mayor Shaundel Washington-Spivey, Presiding

Roll Call

Pledge of Allegiance

Moment of Silence

We recognize that the City of La Crosse occupies the land of the Ho-Chunk people.

Please take a moment to celebrate and honor the ancestral Ho-Chunk Land, and the

sacred lands of all indigenous people.

Approval of Minutes

Minutes of November 13 Regular meeting and November 17 Budget meeting.

Reports

Financial Report from the Director of Finance for the Month of October.

25-1427

Notices and Discussions

COMMON COUNCIL MATTERS

Resolution approving 2025 Bills and Engineering Estimates paid in December

2025.

25-1426

APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR

Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee: Kevin Hundt. Climate Action Plan

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Steering Committee: Lauren Fortin. Housing Authority: Christina Beckner. La

Crosse County Convention & Visitors Bureau: Jen Burch. Police & Fire

Commission: Joan Parke. Redevelopment Authority: Phillip Ostrem. Room Tax

Commission: Maureese Godoy, Wayne Delagrave.

SUSPENSION OF COUNCIL RULE XV FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:

(2/3 Vote Required)

25-1392 & 25-1406

REPORT OF BIDS/QUOTES RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED

Report of Bids and Resolution awarding contract to T2 Contracting, LLC in the

amount of $500,562.36 for the Badger-Hickey Park Restrooms and Shelter

project.

25-0850

Report of Bids and Resolution awarding contract to Gerke Excavating Inc. in the

amount of $911,919.28 for the 21st Street N - Vine St to Campbell Rd & Pine St

- 2000 Pine St to Campbell Rd project.

25-1231

25-1347

25-1348

Report of Bids and Resolution awarding contract to BKC Construction LLC in

the amount of $2,471,634.02 for the Highway 16 Water Transmission Line -

North project.

Report of Bids and Resolution awarding contract to Gerke Excavating Inc. in the

amount of $5,174,219.92 for the Highway 16 Water Transmission Line - South

project.

Report of Bids and Resolution awarding contract to Fowler & Hammer, Inc. in

the amount of $588,809.23 for 2025 Signal Replacement at Mormon Coulee

Road and Losey Boulevard project.

25-1350

ITEMS RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign State/Municipal

Agreement for the reconstruction of La Crosse Street from 7th St to 12th St.

(Project I.D.s #7575-09-01/21/71).

25-1352

25-1358

25-1372

Vote of 3-2 out of the Finance & Personnel Committee.

Resolution encumbering additional funds from previous allocations for the Rose

Street Streetscape & Saint James Street Reconstruction projects (contract

CURB-2024-029).

2/3 Vote required of the Council; funds not previously adopted in Capital Budget.

Amended Resolution authorizing the Sanitary Sewer Utility to re-allocate unused

funds from closed capital projects and appropriate additional funds for capital

project and equipment needs.

2/3 Vote required of the Council; funds not previously adopted in Capital Budget.

Resolution authorizing the Water Utility to re-allocate unused funds from closed

capital projects and appropriate additional funds for capital project needs.

25-1373

2/3 Vote required of the Council; funds not previously adopted in Capital Budget.

CONSENT AGENDA

The following consent agenda will be approved with a single voice vote, based on the

recommended actions, unless an item is removed at the request of the Mayor or a

Council Member.

ITEMS RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED

AN AMENDED ORDINANCE to repeal and recreate sec 2-405 of the Code of

Ordinances of the City of La Crosse regarding the sale of surplus land.

25-1097

25-1325

AN ORDINANCE to amend Subsection 115-110 of the Code of Ordinances of

the City of La Crosse by transferring certain property from the Single Family

Residence District to the Residence District, allowing for a duplex and the

construction of an accessory dwelling unit at 1931 George Street & 1126

Livingston Street.

AN ORDINANCE to amend Subsection 115-110 of the Code of Ordinances of

the City of La Crosse by transferring certain property from the Low Density

Multiple Dwelling District to the Commercial District, allowing for 610 Hagar

Street to be combined with the adjacent parcel of the same zoning.

25-1326

Resolution relocating District 7 polling place effective January 1, 2026.

Resolution establishing absentee voting locations for the 2026-27 elections.

Resolution approving Election Officials for 2026-2027 election term.

Resolution granting various license applications pursuant to Chapter 10,

Articles XIII, XIV, and XVIII of the La Crosse Municipal Code for the 2026 license

period (Public Vehicle for Hire, Horse-Drawn Vehicle, Pedicabs and Pedal

Cars).

Resolution granting various license applications pursuant to Chapters 4, 6,

and/or 10 of the La Crosse Municipal Code for the license period 2025-2026

(December).

25-1264

Resolution approving the partial vacation of public right-of-way along the

western side of the 1800 block of 13th Street South.

Resolution approving twenty-year lease extension with the La Crosse Queen

LLC, for the business at Riverside Park, located at 401 Front St. S.

Amended Resolution allocating Town of Medary Fire Contract escrowed funds

to offset new fire station construction cost overruns.

Resolution authorizing the appointment of an interim La Crosse Regional Airport

Director effective October 24, 2025.

Resolution approving a Lateral Transfer Memorandum of Understanding

("MOU") between the City of La Crosse and the International Association of

Firefighters, Local #127.

25-1332

25-1336

Resolution allocating unspent capital funds, from CIP 2024 #856 (Cottonwood

Trail Culvert Replacement Project) and CIP 2025 and 2026 #551 (Marsh

Hydrology Study and Implementation) to CIP 2024 #857 (Grand Crossing Trail

Reconstruction).

Resolution allocating $2 million to the Employee Benefit Trust Fund.

25-1357

25-1359

Resolution authorizing the Mayor to file application for Transit Operations and

Capital Assistance for 2026 with the Federal Transit Administration.

Resolution authorizing the Mayor to file for 2026 Transit Operations and Capital

Assistance with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

25-1360

25-1364

Resolution approving a Vacation Conversion Memorandum of Understanding

("MOU") between the City of La Crosse and the International Association of

Firefighters ("IAFF"), Local #127.

Resolution approving a Sick Leave and Personal Business Days Conversion

Memorandum of Understanding between the City of La Crosse and the

International Association of Firefighters, Local #127.

25-1366

Resolution approving a collective bargaining agreement between the City of La

Crosse and the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local #519.

25-1367

25-1371

Resolution authorizing the Stormwater Utility to re-allocate unused funds from

closed capital projects and appropriate additional funds for capital project

needs.

Resolution allowing Drift Share Inc. to store bicycles in the currently vacant fire

station located at the former Fire Station #2 on 626 Monitor Street.

25-1392

ITEMS RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED - POSSIBLE CLOSED SESSION

Resolution approving the Settlement Agreement in the case of Valley View

25-1118

25-1354

Realty Holdings, LLC and the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin. (Note: The

Committee and/or Council may convene in closed session pursuant to Wis. Stat.

19.85(1)(g) to confer with legal counsel. Following such closed session, the Committees

and/or Council may reconvene in open session.)

Resolution approving the revised Settlement Agreement in the case of J.P.

Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust and the City of La Crosse,

Wisconsin of La Crosse, La Crosse County Circuit Court Case No. 23-CV-016.

(Note: The Committee and/or Council may convene in closed session pursuant to Wis.

Stat. 19.85(1)(g) to confer with legal counsel. Following such closed session, the

Committees and/or Council may reconvene in open session.)

Resolution approving the Certificate and Consent to Assign with regard to the

property at 101 State Street (The Charmant Hotel). (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.)

25-1376

Resolution approving Second Amendment to 333 Front Street Development

Agreement.(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).

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Adjournment

NOTICE TO PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY

Requests from persons with a disability who need assistance to participate in this meeting should call

the City Clerk's office at (608) 789-7510 or send an email to ADAcityclerk@cityoflacrosse.org, with as

much advance notice as possible.

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offering of a private citizen, to and for the benefit of the Council. The views or beliefs

expressed by the invocation speaker have not been previously reviewed or approved

by the Council, and the Council will not endorse the religious beliefs or views of this,

or any other speaker.