City Hall

City of La Crosse, Wisconsin

400 La Crosse Street

La Crosse, WI 54601

Meeting Minutes - Final

City of La Crosse Diversity Equity Inclusion Team

Thursday, February 19, 2026

2:30 PM

Miller Room / Zoom

Call to Order

Roll Call

Crossland called the meeting to order at 2:30 p.m.

6 -

Present:

Absent:

Nicole Olson, Marley Crossland, Kristie Marx, Cynthia Arauz, Emma

Latus,William Ives

1 - Gwendolyn Benish

Approval of Minutes

A motion was made by Olson, seconded by Ives, to APPROVE the minutes from

December 11, 2025. The motion carried unanimously.

Agenda Items:

Discussion of Equity Action Plan.

Discussion only. Determined ideas for the Equity Action Plan to discuss at next

meeting.

Discussion of City connections to community organizations.

Discussion only. Decided to revisit City connections to community organizations when

Benish returns.

Discussion of Team vacancies.

Discussion only. Determined questions and ideas to consider when recruiting for

current vacancies.

Adjournment

Meeting adjourned at 3:11 p.m.