City Hall  
City of La Crosse, Wisconsin  
400 La Crosse Street  
La Crosse, WI 54601  
Meeting Agenda - Final-revised  
Finance & Personnel Committee  
Thursday, January 4, 2024  
6:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
City Hall, First Floor  
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Call To Order  
Roll Call  
Agenda Items:  
NEW BUSINESS  
Resolution approving a partial vacation of the alley located between Maple  
Street and Weston Street.  
Woodard  
Sponsors:  
Public hearing.  
Employee Handbook Annual Review for 2024. F&P item only, unless otherwise  
directed.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving a Fourth Amendment to the Airport Fixed Base Operator’s  
Lease and Operating Agreement between TDM, Inc., D/B/A Colgan Air Services  
and the City of La Crosse.  
Dickinson  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign State/Municipal  
Financial Agreement for the Citywide Traffic Implementation utilizing the Signal  
and ITS Standalone Program to replace Pedestrian Signal heads at 34  
intersections (ID# 3700-10-60).  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution creating and appropriating funds for Capital Improvement design for  
the Losey Boulevard HSIP projects.  
Trost and Kiel  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign State/Municipal  
Financial Agreements for two Highway Safety Improvement Projects along  
Losey Boulevard (ID# 5991-07-80/81 & 5991-07-82/83).  
Trost and Kiel  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving a reorganization to the table of positions and  
classifications within the La Crosse Regional Airport  
Dickinson  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing the City of La Crosse to submit an application to  
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) for the Idle Sites  
Redevelopment (ISR) Grant Program for the West Channel at Barron Island  
development.  
Woodard  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving a 3-year contract with Coulee Region Humane Society for  
animal impoundment.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Short-circuited by Mayor Reynolds on 1/3/2024  
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  
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  
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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