City Hall  
400 La Crosse Street  
La Crosse, WI 54601  
City of La Crosse, Wisconsin  
Meeting Agenda - Final-revised  
Finance & Personnel Committee  
Thursday, July 6, 2023  
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 a partial vacation of Campbell Road between 24th  
Street and La Crosse Street.  
23-0462  
Sponsors: Hameister  
Public Hearing  
Resolution approving, and appropriating funds for, replacement of self-priming,  
submersible pumps at the Valley Brook Sanitary Lift Station.  
23-0466  
Sponsors: Neumann  
Resolution approving funds from the American Rescue Plan Funds (ARPA)  
for the replacement of the roof and HVAC system on the Southside  
Neighborhood Center.  
23-0577  
Sponsors: Woodard  
Resolution approving an Amendment to the Project Plan of Tax Incremental  
District No. 10, City of La Crosse, Wisconsin.  
23-0685  
23-0686  
23-0687  
23-0688  
23-0690  
Sponsors: Reynolds  
Resolution approving an Amendment to the Project Plan and Boundaries of  
Tax Incremental District No. 17, City of La Crosse, Wisconsin.  
Sponsors: Reynolds  
Resolution approving an Amendment to the Project Plan and Boundaries of  
Tax Incremental District No. 18, City of La Crosse, Wisconsin.  
Sponsors: Reynolds  
Resolution Creating Tax Incremental District No. 21, Approving Its Project  
Plan and Establishing Its Boundaries, City of La Crosse, Wisconsin.  
Sponsors: Reynolds  
Resolution approving an appropriation of the City’s ARPA monies  
earmarked for childcare to go towards a second-year contract with The  
Parenting Place.  
Sponsors: Reynolds  
Resolution authorizing the addition of two (2) positions within the Street  
Department.  
23-0691  
23-0759  
Sponsors: Neumann  
Resolution approving the remodel of the bathrooms at the Pumphouse  
Regional Arts Center.  
Sponsors: Reynolds  
Short-circuited by Mayor Reynolds on 6/27/2023.  
Resolution authorizing the issuance of not to exceed $12,050,000 aggregate  
principal amount of General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series  
2023-A, of the City of La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, in such  
amount, providing details, prescribing the form of bond, awarding the bonds to  
the best bidder, levying taxes, and related matters.  
23-0760  
23-0761  
Sponsors: Reynolds  
Short-circuited by Mayor Reynolds on 6/27/2023.  
Resolution authorizing the issuance of not to exceed $5,670,000 aggregate  
principal amount of General Obligation Promissory Notes, Series 2023-B, of  
the City of La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, in such amount,  
providing details, prescribing the form of note, awarding the notes to the best  
bidder, levying taxes, and related matters.  
Sponsors: Reynolds  
Short-circuited by Mayor Reynolds on 6/27/2023.  
Collective Bargaining Update.  
23-0001  
(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, Erin Goggin, Barb Janssen, Rebecca Schwarz, Mark Neumann