City Hall

City of La Crosse, Wisconsin

400 La Crosse Street

La Crosse, WI 54601

Meeting Agenda - Final

Common Council

Thursday, September 14, 2023

6:00 PM

Council Chambers

City Hall, First Floor

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Street, La Crosse WI 54601.

Mayor Mitch Reynolds, Presiding

Roll Call

Pledge of Allegiance

Invocation

Pastor Pedro Luis, Seventh-Day Adventist Church

Election of one Council Member to the Board of Public Works

Approval of Minutes

Minutes of August 10, 2023

Reports

Engineering Monthly Progress Report

23-1051

23-1087

Financial Report from the Director of Finance for the Month of July 2023.

Notices and Discussions

COMMON COUNCIL MATTERS

Resolution approving 2023 Bills and Engineering Estimates paid in September

2023.

23-1086

APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR

Aviation Board: David Winiecki. Board of Zoning Appeals: Jai Johnson. Ethics

23-1081

Board: Grant Mathu. Floodplain Advisory Committee: Karla Doolittle & Sharon

Hampson. International Committee: Karolyn Bald, Michael De Yoe, and Art

Marson. Room Tax Commission: Stacy Erickson.

SUSPENSION OF COUNCIL RULE XV FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEM:

(2/3 Vote Required)

23-1059

ITEMS WITH NO RECOMMENDATION

Resolution approving the fifth change order to the energy saving performance

23-0978

contract with Johnson Controls, Inc.

Vote of 6-0 out of the Finance & Personnel Committee to move forward with No

Recommendation

ITEMS RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED

AN AMENDED ORDINANCE to amend various sections of the Code of

23-0741

Ordinances of the City of La Crosse to provide code language cleanup and

clarification for code enforcement.

Vote of 6-1 out of the Judiciary & Administration Committee

Resolution establishing absentee voting locations for the 2024 elections.

23-0946

23-0947

Vote of 6-0 (and one abstention) out of the Judiciary & Administration Committee

Resolution approving suspension of Council Rule IX (1) in order to reschedule

the November 2023 Judiciary & Administration meeting.

Vote of 6-0 (and one abstention) out of the Judiciary & Administration Committee

*2/3 vote of the Council Required for suspension of the Council Rule.

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

23-0945

the City of La Crosse by transferring certain property from the Planned

Development District - General to the Light Industrial District allowing for private

development of parcels at Kinney Coulee Rd N.

Resolution approving use of existing, unappropriated project funds for additional

work on the 2022 Curb & Gutter project.

23-0866

Resolution denying application of Stephanie Ward for a Beverage Operator's

License and appeal of denial by the Police Department. (Note: The Committee

and/or Council may convene in closed session pursuant to Wis. Stats. sec. 19.85(1)(a)

to deliberate its decision. Following any closed session, the Committees and/or Council

may reconvene in open session.)

23-0875

Resolution approving 2023 Communication from the City Assessor relative to

corrections of prior year's assessment and tax rolls.

23-0914

23-0929

23-0948

Resolution approving the reorganization of the Parks, Recreation, Forestry,

Building and Grounds and La Crosse Center department.

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

and/or 10 of the La Crosse Municipal Code for the license period 2023-2024

(September).

Resolution authorizing the reclassification of an existing position within the

Planning, Development and Assessors Department.

Resolution approving a Service Agreement for Pest Control Services with

Orkin, LLC.

Resolution authorizing increase in contract amount for Chippewa Concrete

Services for construction services for Phase II (2) of River Point District.

Resolution approving Agreement for Sanitary Sewage Conveyance and

Treatment between the City of La Crosse and the City of La Crescent.

ITEMS RECOMMENDED TO BE RE-REFERRED

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

23-0791

the City of La Crosse by transferring certain property from the Special Multiple

Dwelling District to the Planned Development District - General allowing for

construction of approximately 14 2-bedroom homes at 5917 River Run Rd.

Recommended to be referred 30 days to the October 2023 meetings.

Adjournment

NOTICE TO PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY

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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.

Any invocation that may be offered at the Council meeting shall be the voluntary

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.