City Hall  
City of La Crosse, Wisconsin  
400 La Crosse Street  
La Crosse, WI 54601  
Meeting Agenda - Final-revised  
Finance & Personnel Committee  
Thursday, September 4, 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 mobile home leases for residents at Rivercrest Drive  
North.(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.)  
25-0809  
Washington-Spivey  
Sponsors:  
Referred from the August 2025 meetings.  
NEW BUSINESS  
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign State/Municipal  
Agreement for the Citywide Traffic Implementation utilizing the Signal and ITS  
Standalone Program (Project I.D.s #3700-11-64).  
25-0926  
Bedford  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign State/Municipal  
Agreement for the Citywide Traffic Implementation utilizing the Signal and ITS  
Standalone Program (Project I.D.s #3700-11-65) for the installation of  
PROWAG compliant pedestrian push buttons.  
25-0927  
25-0928  
25-0972  
Bedford  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign State/Municipal  
Agreement for the Citywide Traffic Implementation utilizing the Signal and ITS  
Standalone Program (Project I.D.s #3700-11-66) to replace Emergency vehicle  
preemption (EVP) at 42 intersections on connecting highway.  
Washington-Spivey  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving a twenty-year lease extension with J.F. Brennan  
Company Inc., for the property located at 300 St Cloud St. and a portion of the  
property located at 2002 Marco Dr.  
Newberry  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving Green Island Tennis Complex Use Agreement between  
the City of La Crosse and the Coulee Region Tennis Association.  
25-0984  
25-0990  
Trost  
Sponsors:  
Resolution appropriating Utility funds for utility design as part of the WisDOT  
reconstruction project 7575-09-01, STH 16 (La Crosse St) from 7th St to  
12th Street.  
Washington-Spivey  
Sponsors:  
Resolution appropriating additional TID and Utility funds for professional  
services as part of the Causeway Boulevard reconstruction project,  
construction administration and inspection.  
25-0991  
Washington-Spivey  
Sponsors:  
Resolution moving funds from CIP#561 City Hall Plumbing Repairs/Bathroom to  
CIP#563 City Hall Windows, Air Seal Replacements.  
25-0995  
25-0997  
25-0998  
Kahlow  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving Sponsorship Agreement effective September 1, 2025,  
between Marine Credit Union and the City of La Crosse.  
Janssen  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing the use of Capital Improvement Project funding for the  
Downtown Neighborhood Association Paint and Fix Up Grant Program to  
include Washburn Neighborhood.  
Kahlow  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving transfer of Tax Incremental District 18 funds as a  
contribution to the Redevelopment Authority for acquisition of property for River  
Point District.  
25-1022  
25-1023  
Janssen  
Sponsors:  
Resolution to allocate additional funds, previously encumbered for Pammel  
Creek Repairs (CIP #168), to MISC-25-002 (Res. 24-1452).  
Washington-Spivey  
Sponsors:  
Financial Statements with Independent Auditors Report as of December 31,  
2024.  
25-1027  
25-1028  
Resolution approving subordination request by Haven on Main, LLC regarding  
TIF Development Agreement.  
Dickinson  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving a reorganization to the table of positions and  
classifications for the department of the Mayor.  
25-1054  
25-1070  
Washington-Spivey  
Sponsors:  
Short-circuited by Mayor Washington-Spivey on 9/2/2025.  
Resolution declaring official intent to reimburse expenditures from proceeds of  
borrowing through the State of Wisconsin Environmental Improvement Fund for  
the Sanitary Sewer Hagar and Pammel Creek Lift Station upgrade projects.  
Washington-Spivey  
Sponsors:  
Short-circuited by Mayor Washington-Spivey on 9/3/2025.  
Resolution approving agreement with Town of Medary concerning fire protection  
25-1071  
services. (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.)  
Washington-Spivey  
Sponsors:  
Short-circuited by Mayor Washington-Spivey on 9/3/2025.  
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