City Hall  
400 La Crosse Street  
La Crosse, WI 54601  
City of La Crosse, Wisconsin  
Meeting Agenda - Final-revised  
Finance & Personnel Committee  
Thursday, February 1, 2024  
6:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
City Hall, First Floor  
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La Crosse WI 54601.  
Call To Order  
Roll Call  
Agenda Items:  
NEW BUSINESS  
Resolution authorizing the acquisition of property interests for a street  
opening and infrastructure improvements for the River Point District  
property and appropriation of funds.  
Sponsors: Janssen  
Resolution approving Communications Utility Easement with the Board of  
Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.  
Sponsors: Reynolds  
Resolution authorizing the appointment of an interim Airport Director effective  
January 18, 2024.  
Sponsors: Dickinson  
Resolution amending capital projects at the La Crosse Regional Airport.  
Sponsors: Dickinson  
Resolution approving a reorganization to the table of positions and  
classifications within the City of La Crosse Planning, Development and  
Assessment department.  
Sponsors: Happel  
Resolution declaring certain property located at 1307 16th St S (Parcel  
#17-50265-10) as surplus property.  
Sponsors: Reynolds  
Resolution adopting Sanitary Sewer Utility Rate Review and Cash Reserve  
Policy.  
Sponsors: Schwarz  
Resolution approving a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the  
City of La Crosse Fire Department and the La Crosse County Historical  
Society regarding a renewable loan of historical apparatuses.  
Sponsors: Goggin  
Resolution authorizing funding for Utility Infrastructure Work at River Point  
District for Phase 3.  
Sponsors: Janssen  
Resolution approving lease renewal with Rivercrest Village Partners.  
Sponsors: Reynolds  
Resolution authorizing the reallocation of remaining 2020 Capital Equipment  
Budget funds to 2024 approved Capital Equipment Budget funds to replace  
Rescue Boat.  
Sponsors: Woodard  
Resolution providing for the redemption and payment prior to maturity of the  
Note Anticipation Notes, Series 2021, of the City of La Crosse, La Crosse  
County, Wisconsin, and, in connection therewith, the execution of related  
documents necessary to effectuate such redemption.  
Sponsors: Reynolds  
Resolution approving a change in funding source and scope for the fifth  
change order to the energy saving performance contract with Johnson  
Controls, Inc.  
Sponsors: Reynolds  
Short-circuited by Mayor Reynolds on 1.29.2024  
Resolution approving a development agreement for War Eagle, LLC.  
(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.)  
Sponsors: Janssen  
Short-circuited by Mayor Reynolds on 1.30.2024  
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