City Hall  
City of La Crosse, Wisconsin  
400 La Crosse Street  
La Crosse, WI 54601  
Meeting Agenda - Final  
Finance & Personnel Committee  
Wednesday, July 3, 2024  
6:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
City Hall, First Floor  
This meeting is open for in-person attendance and will also be available through video conferencing. The meeting  
can be viewed (no participation) by visiting the Legislative Information Center Meetings calendar  
(https://cityoflacrosse.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx) - find the scheduled meeting and click on the "In Progress"  
video link to the far right in the meeting list.  
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Public hearings shall be limited to 30 minutes when there are opposing viewpoints from the public. In the absence  
of opposing viewpoints, public hearings are limited to 15 minutes. Individual speakers shall speak no more than  
three (3) minutes unless waived by the Chair or a majority of the committee.  
Members of the public who would like to provide written comments on any agenda may do so by emailing  
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La Crosse WI 54601.  
Call To Order  
Roll Call  
Agenda Items:  
NEW BUSINESS  
Resolution approving a partial vacation of public street right-of-way on the West  
side of 8th St North.  
24-0532  
Janssen  
Sponsors:  
Public hearing.  
Resolution reallocating 2022 Capital Equipment Budget funds for replacement  
of fire suppression hoses.  
24-0698  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing acceptance of an American Association of Retired  
Persons (AARP) Community Challenge grant to host a design competition for  
accessory dwelling units (ADUs).  
24-0771  
24-0772  
24-0810  
Trost  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing acceptance of a Wisconsin Public Service Commission  
Energy Innovation Grant to conduct home energy audits for low income  
residents.  
Mindel  
Sponsors:  
Resolution assigning development of projects and programs for American  
Rescue Plan Act housing funds to the Economic and Community Development  
Commission.  
Schwarz, Reynolds and Kiel  
Sponsors:  
Resolution adopting an updated City of La Crosse Travel Policy.  
Reynolds  
24-0850  
24-0851  
24-0855  
Sponsors:  
Resolution adopting an updated Procurement Card Policy.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving an appropriation of the City’s ARPA monies earmarked for  
childcare to go towards a final ARPA-funded contract with The Parenting Place.  
Kiel and Mindel  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing Wisconsin Land Purchase and Sale Contract with  
Huitage, LLC for Lot 9 at 3106 Berlin Drive in the International Business Park.  
24-0857  
24-0858  
Goggin  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving a Wisconsin Department of Transportation -  
Transportation Alternatives Program State/Municipal Agreement for the Drift  
Cycle expansion project and appropriating a funding source to the project.  
Sleznikow  
Sponsors:  
Resolution allocating unused Utility funds for Utility projects bid in 2024.  
Goggin and Trost  
24-0869  
24-0894  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing the issuance of not to exceed $18,425,000 aggregate  
principal amount of General Obligation Promissory Notes, Series 2024-A, of the  
City of La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, for the purpose of completing  
certain capital projects in and for the City and purchasing certain equipment for  
the City, prescribing details of said notes and the form of note, authorizing the  
award of said notes to the best bidder therefor, levying taxes, and related  
matters.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Collective Bargaining Update.  
24-0001  
(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:  
Doug Happel, Larry Sleznikow, Erin Goggin, Barb Janssen, Rebecca Schwarz, Mark Neumann