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.  
Outline next steps for the working group based on information gathered during the  
white paper and public engagement plan discussions.  
Mr. Foth is also working on a draft public engagement plan to be presented at the next  
meeting.  
Establish agenda items for the April 23, 2025 meeting.  
Mr. Foth will once again join the meeting and present his updated draft information  
paper and draft public engagement plan to the working group and invited city council  
members.  
Adjournment  
Meeting was adjourned at 1:04 p.m.