City Hall  
City of La Crosse, Wisconsin  
400 La Crosse Street  
La Crosse, WI 54601  
Meeting Agenda - Final-revised  
Finance & Personnel Committee  
Thursday, September 5, 2024  
6:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
City Hall, First Floor  
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Call To Order  
Roll Call  
Agenda Items:  
Financial Statements with Independent Auditors Report as of December 31,  
2023.  
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign State/Municipal  
Financial Agreement for the Reconstruction of Green Bay Street from 9th Street  
South to 14th Street South (Project I.D. #5991-07-84/85).  
Schwarz  
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 #3700-10-64).  
Janssen and Sleznikow  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving an agreement between Wisconsin Municipal Mutual  
Insurance Company (WMMIC) and the City of La Crosse for workers  
compensation self-insurance program claim services.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving allocation of funds related to cleanup of areas in La  
Crosse wetland areas and contracted security related to public spaces.  
Kahlow  
Sponsors:  
Resolution appropriating additional funds to the Pump House Regional Arts  
Center in connection with recent expansion and upgrade of the restroom  
facilities.  
Goggin and Kahlow  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving a Short Notice Paramedic Transport Pay Memorandum of  
Understanding (MOU) between the City of La Crosse and the International  
Association of Firefighters, Local #127.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving water and sewer connection agreement for property  
located at 1612 Nakomis Avenue.  
Short-circuited by Mayor Reynolds on 8/29/2024  
Resolution declaring official intent to reimburse expenditures from  
proceeds of borrowing through the State of Wisconsin Environmental  
Improvement Fund for Hagar and Pammel Creek Lift Station projects.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Short-circuited by Mayor Reynolds on 9/4/2024  
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.  
Adjournment  
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scheduled meeting to gather information about a subject over which they have decision-making  
responsibility.  
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Finance & Personnel Members:  
Doug Happel, Larry Sleznikow, Erin Goggin, Barb Janssen, Rebecca Schwarz, Mark  
Neumann