City Hall

City of La Crosse, Wisconsin

400 La Crosse Street

La Crosse, WI 54601

Meeting Minutes - Final

Finance & Personnel Committee

Thursday, March 6, 2025

6:00 PM

Council Chambers

City Hall, First Floor

Call To Order

Chair Happel called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

Roll Call

6 -

Present:

Barb Janssen, Douglas Happel, Erin Goggin, Larry Sleznikow, Mark

Neumann,Rebecca Schwarz

Agenda Items:

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

Street (parcel #17-10040-40).

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A motion was made by Janssen, seconded by Schwarz, that the Resolution be

RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 3/13/2025. The

motion carried by the following vote:

6 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz

Yes:

Resolution approving Investment Services Agreements for the period of April

1, 2025 through March 31, 2026.

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A motion was made by Neumann, seconded by Sleznikow, that the Resolution

be RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 3/13/2025. The

motion carried by the following vote:

6 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz

Yes:

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

(parcel #17-10294-31).

A motion was made by Goggin, seconded by Sleznikow, that the Resolution be

RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 3/13/2025. The

motion carried by the following vote:

6 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz

Yes:

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

Department mutual aid partners.

A motion was made by Neumann, seconded by Goggin, that the Resolution be

RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 3/13/2025. The

motion carried by the following vote:

6 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz

Yes:

Resolution authorizing the appropriation of funds for River Point District Phase

A motion was made by Janssen, seconded by Neumann, that the Resolution be

RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 3/13/2025. The

motion carried by the following vote:

6 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz

Yes:

Resolution approving the Fire Department Training Facility Usage Agreement

with external entities.

A motion was made by Janssen, seconded by Goggin, that the Resolution be

RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 3/13/2025. The

motion carried by the following vote:

6 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz

Yes:

Resolution appropriating Utility funds for purchase of Water Utility and Sewer

Utility vehicles from the fleet lease program.

A motion was made by Schwarz, seconded by Sleznikow, that the Resolution

be RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Councilon 3/13/2025. The

motion carried by the following vote:

6 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz

Yes:

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).

A motion was made by Janssen, seconded by Neumann, that the Resolution be

RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 3/13/2025. The

motion carried by the following vote:

6 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz

Yes:

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).

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A motion was made by Schwarz, seconded by Neumann, that the Resolution

be RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 3/13/2025. The

motion carried by the following vote:

6 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz

Yes:

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.

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A motion was made by Neumann, seconded by Schwarz, that the Resolution

be RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Councilon 3/13/2025. The

motion carried by the following vote:

6 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz

Yes:

Resolution allocating Capital Improvement Programs funds for River Point

District park development and marina.

A motion was made by Janssen, seconded by Schwarz, that the Resolution be

RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Councilon 3/13/2025. The

motion carried by the following vote:

6 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz

Yes:

Resolution authorizing the Engineering and Legal Departments to record quit

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

A motion was made by Schwarz, seconded by Janssen, that the Resolution be

RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 3/13/2025. The

motion carried by the following vote:

6 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz

Yes:

Resolution transferring parcels associated with River Point District owned by

the Redevelopment Authority to the City of La Crosse.

A motion was made by Janssen, seconded by Sleznikow, that the Resolution

be RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 3/13/2025. The

motion carried by the following vote:

6 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz

Yes:

Resolution approving city funding to support the air service Minimum Revenue

Guarantee fund development.

A motion was made by Sleznikow, seconded by Schwarz, that the Resolution

be RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 3/13/2025. The

motion carried by the following vote:

6 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz

Yes:

Resolution allocating utility funding for the replacement of watermain in the

2800 to 3100 blocks of Ward Avenue.

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A motion was made by Schwarz, seconded by Janssen, that the Resolution be

RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED.

A motion was made by Sleznikow, seconded by Schwarz, to OPEN public

hearing. The motion carried unanimously.

The following spoke: Brittany Sommerfeldt, Sarah Mosley, and Jeremy Mosley.

Unanimous consent to close public hearing.

The motion that the Resolution be RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the

Common Council on 3/13/2025 carried by the following vote:

6 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz

Yes:

Resolution approving a reorganization to the table of positions and

classifications for the Finance department.

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A motion was made by Schwarz, seconded by Neumann, that the Resolution

be RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 3/13/2025. The

motion carried by the following vote:

6 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz

Yes:

Collective Bargaining Update.

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(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.

No action taken.

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.)

A motion was made by Janssen, seconded by Sleznikow, that the Resolution

be RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 3/13/2025. The

motion carried by the following vote:

6 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz

Yes:

Adjournment

Meeting adjourned at 7:08 p.m.