City Hall  
400 La Crosse Street  
La Crosse, WI 54601  
City of La Crosse, Wisconsin  
Meeting Agenda - Final-revised  
Finance & Personnel Committee  
Thursday, December 4, 2025  
6:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
City Hall, First Floor  
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La Crosse WI 54601.  
Call To Order  
Roll Call  
Agenda Items:  
NEW BUSINESS  
Resolution approving the partial vacation of public right-of-way along the  
western side of the 1800 block of 13th Street South.  
25-1294  
Sponsors: Trost  
Public hearing.  
Resolution approving twenty-year lease extension with the La Crosse  
Queen LLC, for the business at Riverside Park, located at 401 Front St. S.  
25-1319  
Sponsors: Kahlow  
Resolution allocating Town of Medary Fire Contract escrowed funds to offset  
new fire station construction cost overruns.  
25-1327  
25-1328  
25-1329  
25-1332  
Sponsors: Padesky  
Resolution authorizing the appointment of an interim La Crosse Regional  
Airport Director effective October 24, 2025.  
Sponsors: Washington-Spivey  
Employee Handbook Annual Review for 2026.  
F&P item only, unless otherwise directed.  
Sponsors: Washington-Spivey  
Resolution approving a Lateral Transfer Memorandum of Understanding  
("MOU") between the City of La Crosse and the International Association of  
Firefighters, Local #127.  
Sponsors: Washington-Spivey  
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).  
25-1336  
25-1352  
Sponsors: Janssen  
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).  
Sponsors: Washington-Spivey  
Resolution allocating $2 million to the Employee Benefit Trust Fund.  
Sponsors: Washington-Spivey  
25-1357  
25-1358  
Resolution encumbering additional funds from previous allocations for the  
Rose Street Streetscape & Saint James Street Reconstruction projects  
(contract CURB-2024-029).  
Sponsors: Goggin  
Resolution authorizing the Mayor to file application for Transit Operations and  
Capital Assistance for 2026 with the Federal Transit Administration.  
25-1359  
25-1360  
25-1364  
Sponsors: Washington-Spivey  
Resolution authorizing the Mayor to file for 2026 Transit Operations and  
Capital Assistance with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.  
Sponsors: Washington-Spivey  
Resolution approving a Vacation Conversion Memorandum of  
Understanding ("MOU") between the City of La Crosse and the International  
Association of Firefighters ("IAFF"), Local #127.  
Sponsors: Washington-Spivey  
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  
Sponsors: Washington-Spivey  
Resolution approving a collective bargaining agreement between the City of La  
Crosse and the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local #519.  
25-1367  
25-1371  
Sponsors: Washington-Spivey  
Resolution authorizing the Stormwater Utility to re-allocate unused funds from  
closed capital projects and appropriate additional funds for capital project  
needs.  
Sponsors: Washington-Spivey  
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.  
25-1372  
25-1373  
25-1392  
Sponsors: Washington-Spivey  
Resolution authorizing the Water Utility to re-allocate unused funds from  
closed capital projects and appropriate additional funds for capital project  
needs.  
Sponsors: Washington-Spivey  
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.  
Sponsors: Washington-Spivey  
Short-circuited by Mayor Washington-Spivey 12.1.2025.  
Resolution approving the Settlement Agreement in the case of Valley View  
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.)  
25-1118  
25-1354  
Sponsors: Washington-Spivey  
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.)  
Sponsors: Washington-Spivey  
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  
Sponsors: Washington-Spivey  
Resolution approving Second Amendment to 333 Front Street Development  
25-1406  
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).  
Sponsors: Washington-Spivey  
Short-circuited by Mayor Washington-Spivey 12.3.2025.  
Collective Bargaining Update.  
25-0001  
(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.  
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.  
Finance & Personnel Members:  
Erin Goggin, Barb Janssen, Larry Sleznikow, Chris Kahlow, Aron Newberry, Rosanne  
Northwood