City Hall  
City of La Crosse, Wisconsin  
400 La Crosse Street  
La Crosse, WI 54601  
Meeting Agenda - Final-revised  
Finance & Personnel Committee  
Thursday, February 2, 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  
clicking on the video link to the far right in the meeting list.  
Agenda items approved for public hearing by the committee are open to public comment. If you wish to speak on  
an agenda item, arrive early to sign up before the meeting begins. If attending virtually and you wish to speak,  
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 use of existing, unappropriated project funds for additional  
work on the 2022 Curb & Gutter with Utilities (Cliffside Drive) project.  
Neumann  
Sponsors:  
Resolution allocating funds for a car rental concession request for proposal.  
Richmond  
Sponsors:  
Resolution allocating funds for Passenger Facility Charge application.  
Richmond  
Sponsors:  
Resolution appropriating Tax Incremental District (TID) 10 funds for the Wagon  
Wheel Trail.  
Sleznikow  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving reorganization to the table of positions and classifications  
to the Parks, Recreation, Forestry, Building and Grounds Department to include  
additional position; Inclusive Recreation Coordinator.  
Schwarz  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing the purchase of two 35-foot electric buses and two  
charging stations and upgrading electrical grid at facility.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Employee Handbook Annual Review for 2023.  
F&P item only, unless otherwise directed.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving the hire of Rebecca Franzen as Director of Human  
Resources.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Short-circuited by Mayor Reynolds - 1/23/2023  
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  
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