City Hall
City of La Crosse, Wisconsin
400 La Crosse Street
La Crosse, WI 54601
Meeting Minutes - Final
City Administrator Working Group
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Call to Order
12:00 PM
Grandad Conference Room - City Hall
The meeting was called to order by the Working Group Chair, Larry Sleznikow at 12:02
p.m.
Welcome
Roll Call
5 - Barb Janssen, Larry Sleznikow, Mac Kiel, Mark Neumann,Erin Goggin
Present:
Approval of Minutes
A motion was made by Neumann, seconded by Kiel, to APPROVE the minutes
of March 26, 2025. The motion carried unanimously.
Agenda Items:
Proposed City Administrator position.
No action taken.
The working group will review and discuss the draft city administrator white paper and
public engagement plan created by Daniel Foth, JD, Director, Certified Public Manager
Program and Local Government Specialist, Local Government Education at University
of Wisconsin-Madison Extension. Mr. Foth plans to attend the meeting in person.
Daniel Foth, JD, Director, Certified Public Manager Program and Local Government
Specialist, Local Government Education at University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension
joined the meeting in person and provided an overview of the document he created for
the working group members titled Draft 4-7-25 City of La Crosse - Mayor vs. City
Administrator Information Paper.
Mr. Foth noted several areas in the information paper to be updated with information
from the "More than Mayor or Manager" book and additional International City/County
Management Association (ICMA) research.