City Hall

City of La Crosse, Wisconsin

400 La Crosse Street

La Crosse, WI 54601

Meeting Agenda - Final-revised

Finance & Personnel Committee

Thursday, March 6, 2025

6:00 PM

Council Chambers

City Hall, First Floor

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Call To Order

Roll Call

Agenda Items:

NEW BUSINESS

Resolution approving lease with Gary Arneson for the property at 500 Rose

Street (parcel #17-10040-40).

25-0089

Janssen

Sponsors:

Resolution approving Investment Services Agreements for the period of April 1,

2025 through March 31, 2026.

25-0146

Reynolds

Sponsors:

Resolution to rescind the declaration of surplus property of 626 Monitor Street

(parcel #17-10294-31).

Reynolds

Sponsors:

Resolution authorizing the sale of Motorola dual-band radios to La Crosse Fire

Department mutual aid partners.

Reynolds

Sponsors:

Resolution authorizing the appropriation of funds for River Point District Phase

Janssen

Sponsors:

Resolution approving the Fire Department Training Facility Usage Agreement

with external entities.

Woodard

Sponsors:

Resolution appropriating Utility funds for purchase of Water Utility and Sewer

Utility vehicles from the fleet lease program.

Mindel

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 #3700-11-60).

Reynolds

Sponsors:

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

Agreement for the Reconstruction of State Rd from Losey Blvd to East City

Limit (Project I.D. #5120-03-04/-74).

25-0226

25-0227

Happel

Sponsors:

Resolution appropriating additional Utility funds for construction inspection as

part of the STP-Urban project on 6th Street, from State St to Cass St and

Green Bay Street from 22nd St S to Losey Blvd.

Reynolds

Sponsors:

Resolution allocating Capital Improvement Programs funds for River Point

District park development and marina.

Janssen

Sponsors:

Resolution authorizing the Engineering and Legal Departments to record quit

claim deeds with Oak Grove Cemetery Association to clarify land boundaries.

Janssen

Sponsors:

Resolution transferring parcels associated with River Point District owned by

the Redevelopment Authority to the City of La Crosse.

Janssen

Sponsors:

Resolution approving city funding to support the air service Minimum Revenue

Guarantee fund development.

Dickinson

Sponsors:

Resolution allocating utility funding for the replacement of watermain in the 2800

to 3100 blocks of Ward Avenue.

25-0244

25-0247

25-0001

Happel

Sponsors:

Resolution approving a reorganization to the table of positions and

classifications for the Finance department.

Reynolds

Sponsors:

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.

Resolution approving 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.)

25-0239

Reynolds

Sponsors:

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.

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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:

Doug Happel, Larry Sleznikow, Erin Goggin, Barb Janssen, Rebecca Schwarz, Mark Neumann