City Hall  
City of La Crosse, Wisconsin  
400 La Crosse Street  
La Crosse, WI 54601  
Meeting Agenda - Final  
Common Council  
Thursday, November 14, 2024  
6:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
City Hall, First Floor  
Draft until approved by the Common Council on 12/12/2024.  
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Mayor Mitch Reynolds, Presiding  
Roll Call  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Invocation  
Approval of Minutes  
Minutes of October 10, 2024.  
Reports  
Financial Report from the Director of Finance for the Month of September.  
24-1476  
Notices and Discussions  
COMMON COUNCIL MATTERS  
Resolution approving 2024 Bills and Engineering Estimates paid in November  
2024.  
24-1475  
APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR  
24-1442  
Aviation Board: Bill Blank.  
SUSPENSION OF COUNCIL RULE XV FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:  
(2/3 Vote Required)  
24-1436, 24-1387, 24-1469  
REPORT OF BID/QUOTE RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED  
Report of Bids and Resolution awarding contract to Gerke Excavating, Inc. in  
the amount of $1,071,244.22 for the Mormon Coulee Force Main project.  
24-1270  
ITEMS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION  
Resolution approving the Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds  
24-1387  
(ETF) and Securian for a voluntary employee paid accident insurance plan,  
effective January 1, 2025.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Special Finance & Personnel Committee meeting 11/14/2024 5:30 p.m.  
Resolution approving EPA Community Grant Partnership agreement between  
Habitat for Humanity for the Greater La Crosse and the City of La Crosse.  
24-1469  
24-1468  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Special Finance & Personnel Committee meeting 11/14/2024 5:30 p.m.  
Amended Resolution approving Assignment of Lease and Estoppel Certificate  
on behalf of Riverstone Hospitality, LLC for property located at 200 Pearl Street,  
formerly Holiday Inn Express.  
Kahlow  
Sponsors:  
Special Finance & Personnel Committee meeting 11/14/2024 5:30 p.m.  
Resolution creating and defining the membership and duties of a City  
Administrator Working Group.  
24-1376  
24-1385  
Sleznikow  
Sponsors:  
Judiciary & Administration Committee recommendation to adopt failed on a tie vote of  
3-3.  
Resolution authorizing takeover, maintenance, and ownership of ornamental  
neighborhood streetlighting on MacHarley Lane.  
Happel  
Sponsors:  
Finance & Personnel Committee recommendation to adopt failed on a vote of 3-2 with  
one abstention (4 favorable votes were needed for the recommendation to pass).  
ITEMS RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED  
AN ORDINANCE to amend Subsection 115-110 of the Code of Ordinances of  
24-0951  
the City of La Crosse by transferring certain property from the Washburn  
Residential Neighborhood District to the Traditional Neighborhood District -  
Specific allowing for continued use of the property as a professional office  
space at 212 11th Street South.  
Vote of 5-1 out of the Judiciary & Administration Committee.  
AN ORDINANCE to create Section 32-44 of the Code of Ordinance of the City  
of La Crosse regarding trespass to City Parking Facilities.  
24-1375  
24-1380  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Vote of 5-1 out of the Judiciary & Administration Committee.  
AN ORDINANCE to amend Subsection 36-68 (b) and create Subsections 36-38  
(c), -(1), and -(2) of the Municipal Code of Ordinances of the City of La Crosse,  
regarding the Brush Site.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Vote of 5-0 and one abstention out of the Judiciary & Administration Committee.  
Resolution amending Appendix C Fee Schedule regarding the Brush Site.  
24-1381  
24-1383  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Vote of 5-1 out of the Finance & Personnel Committee.  
Amended Resolution allocating unused Sanitary Sewer Utility funds for the  
Mormon Coulee Road Force Main project bid in 2024.  
Trost and Neumann  
Sponsors:  
Two-thirds vote required; change to Capital Budget.  
CONSENT AGENDA  
The following consent agenda will be approved with a single voice vote, based on the  
recommended actions, unless an item is removed at the request of the Mayor or a  
Council Member.  
ITEMS RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED  
AN ORDINANCE to annex a parcel of land from the Town of Shelby to the City  
of La Crosse (approx. 10.75 acres - Shrine Property).  
24-0732  
24-1303  
24-1330  
Neumann  
Sponsors:  
AN ORDINANCE to annex a parcel of land from the Town of Medary to the City  
of La Crosse (Property adjacent to 4224 Meadowlark Lane - Evans).  
Goggin  
Sponsors:  
AN ORDINANCE to amend Subsection 115-110 of the Code of Ordinances of  
the City of La Crosse by transferring certain property from the Planned  
Development District - Specific to the Planned Development District - Specific,  
allowing for the construction of a transient residential and congregate living  
facility at 5250 Justin Road, 6015, 6025, 6105 County Road MM and tax parcels  
17-50365-102 and 11-2003-0.  
Resolution Approving Development Agreement and Sale Agreement with Jeff  
Murphy and Jill Murphy for Former Fire Station #4 at 906 Gillette St.  
24-1007  
24-1131  
Goggin  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving the partial vacation of the public street right-of-way on  
Chestnut Place.  
Goggin  
Sponsors:  
Resolution amending Appendix C Fee Schedule regarding release of raze and  
remove orders filed with the Register of Deeds under Chapter 103 of the La  
Crosse Municipal Code.  
24-1306  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution amending the Floodplain Relief Program.  
24-1320  
24-1327  
24-1328  
Janssen  
Sponsors:  
Resolution levying Special Charges for Services performed in 2024.  
Happel  
Sponsors:  
Resolution granting various license applications pursuant to Chapters 4, 6,  
and/or 10 of the La Crosse Municipal Code for the license period 2024-2025  
(November).  
Resolution approving application of A1 Hospitality LLC for a Conditional Use  
Permit at 210 Jay Street, allowing permission to apply for a Combination "Class  
B" Beer & Liquor license.  
24-1329  
24-1333  
Resolution approving the sale of City owned property at 800 Moore St to Taylor  
William DeFrang and Brian DeFrang.  
Dickinson  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving Certified Survey Map - Located in the NE 1/4 & the SE 1/4  
of the SW 1/4 and the NW 1/4 & SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 23, and the  
NE 1/4 & SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 and the NW 1/4 & SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 and the  
NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 and the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 26, T15N, R7W,  
City of La Crosse and Town of Shelby, La Crosse County, Wisconsin.  
24-1353  
24-1355  
Resolution approving the Agreement between the Redevelopment Authority and  
the City of La Crosse to obligate ARPA funds for housing development in the  
floodplain.  
Janssen  
Sponsors:  
Resolution declaring the Statement of Project Intentions for the La Crosse  
Regional Airport.  
24-1368  
24-1370  
Dickinson  
Sponsors:  
Resolution Petitioning the Secretary of Transportation for Airport  
Improvement Aid.  
Dickinson  
Sponsors:  
Resolution appropriating ARPA funds to pay for the remediation required on  
detached garages which violate the current floodplain standards per FEMA.  
24-1371  
24-1386  
24-1436  
Dickinson  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving a reorganization to the table of positions and  
classifications for the Community Risk Management department.  
Janssen  
Sponsors:  
Resolution re-appropriating Operating Budget funds for purchase of Public  
Works vehicles from the fleet lease program.  
ITEM RECOMMENDED TO BE RE-REFERRED  
AN ORDINANCE to amend Subsection 115-110 of the Code of Ordinances of  
24-0977  
the City of La Crosse by transferring certain property from the Local Business  
and Commercial Districts to the Traditional Neighborhood District - General,  
allowing for the combination of parcels and construction of commercial and  
residential mixed-use buildings at 1822 State Road 16 and adjacent parcels at  
State Road 16.  
Recommended to be referred 6 months to May 2025 meetings.  
ITEMS RECOMMENDED TO BE ACCEPTED AND FILED  
Petition for Direct Annexation by Unanimous Approval pursuant to Sec.  
24-0731  
66.0217(2), Wis. Stats. of land from the Town of Shelby to the City of La  
Crosse (approx. 10.75 acres - Shrine Property).  
Neumann  
Sponsors:  
Petition for Direct Annexation by Unanimous Approval pursuant to Sec.  
66.0217(2), Wis. Stats. of land from the Town of Medary to the City of La  
Crosse (4224 Meadowlark Lane - Evans).  
24-1302  
Goggin  
Sponsors:  
ITEM RECOMMENDED TO BE RECEIVED AND FILED  
Single Audit with Independent Auditors Report as of December 31, 2023.  
24-1092  
ITEM RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED  
Noticed for possible closed session.  
Amended Resolution Allocating Funding for Development of Specialized  
Housing Capacity Utilizing American Rescue Plan Act Funds.(Note: The  
Committee and/or Common Council may convene in closed session pursuant to Wis.  
Stats. sec. 19.85(1)(e) to consider the investing of public funds, or conducting other  
specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require a closed  
session. Following any closed session, the Committee and/or Council may reconvene in  
open session.)  
24-1343  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Vote of 4-2 out of the Finance & Personnel Committee.  
Adjournment  
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.  
Any invocation that may be offered at the Council meeting shall be the voluntary  
offering of a private citizen, to and for the benefit of the Council. The views or beliefs  
expressed by the invocation speaker have not been previously reviewed or approved  
by the Council, and the Council will not endorse the religious beliefs or views of this, or  
any other speaker.  
Council Members:  
Tamra Dickinson, Erin Goggin, Barb Janssen, Larry Sleznikow, Christine Kahlow, Mac Kiel,  
Mackenzie Mindel, Chris Woodard, Rebecca Schwarz, Jennifer Trost, Douglas Happel, Mark  
Neumann, Vacancy (Dist. 5)