City Hall  
City of La Crosse, Wisconsin  
400 La Crosse Street  
La Crosse, WI 54601  
Meeting Agenda - Final  
Finance & Personnel Committee  
Thursday, January 5, 2023  
6:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
City Hall, First Floor  
This meeting is open for in-person attendance and will also be conducted through video conferencing. The meeting  
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Agenda items approved for public hearing by the committee are open to public comment. If you wish to speak on  
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contact the City Clerk at the email or phone number below so we can provide you with information to join.  
Members of the public who would like to provide written comments on any agenda may do so by emailing  
cityclerk@cityoflacrosse.org, using a drop box outside of City Hall or mailing the City Clerk, 400 La Crosse Street,  
La Crosse WI 54601. Questions, call 608-789-7510.  
Public hearings before the respective standing committee shall be limited to 15 minutes for the proponents;  
followed by 15 minutes for the opponents and three-minute rebuttal for each side unless such time is extended by  
a majority vote of the committee. All speakers at a public hearing of the standing committees shall speak no more  
than three (3) minutes unless waived by the Chair or a majority of the committee.  
Call To Order  
Roll Call  
Agenda Items:  
NEW BUSINESS  
Resolution approving a revised Tax Increment Financing policy.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution incorporating American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding as a grant  
to the Affordable Housing Revolving Loan policy.  
Trost  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to support  
Replacement Housing Program for 2023.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing submission of an application to Wisconsin Economic  
Development Corporation (WEDC) for the Vibrant Spaces Grant Program.  
Neumann  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving a Wisconsin Department of Transportation -  
Transportation Alternatives Program State/Municipal Grant Agreement to  
construct the Wagon Wheel Trail.  
Sleznikow  
Sponsors:  
Resolution creating project and appropriating funds for Capital Improvement  
project in the 800 block of Sill Street.  
Richmond and Neumeister  
Sponsors:  
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.  
Resolution regarding Harry J. Olson Multipurpose Senior Center, Inc.  
(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 and Wis.  
Stat. 19.85(1)(g) to confer with legal counsel.  
Committees and/or Council may reconvene in open session.)  
Richmond  
Following such closed session, the  
Sponsors:  
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  
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.  
Finance & Personnel Members:  
Doug Happel, Larry Sleznikow, Barb Janssen, Mac Kiel, Rebecca Schwarz, Mark  
Neumann