City Hall  
City of La Crosse, Wisconsin  
400 La Crosse Street  
La Crosse, WI 54601  
Meeting Agenda - Final  
Finance & Personnel Committee  
Thursday, August 3, 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 approving Electrical Underground Distribution Easement.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving the 2024-2028 Capital Improvement Program Budget.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution and report of the Board of Public Works on the costs of operating  
and maintaining the parking system in downtown La Crosse.  
Happel  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing the adding of additional unbudgeted utility funds to  
Brickyard & Millatti Ln Stormwater Drainageway Repairs project.  
Neumann  
Sponsors:  
Resolution accepting a donation from the North La Crosse Business  
Association for surveillance/camera equipment.  
Janssen  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing the Police Department to expand police department  
remodeling using the balance of approved funding from CIP project #21U11.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving and appropriating funds for walk through metal detectors  
for the La Crosse Center.  
Janssen  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing the reclassification of one (1) position in the 2023  
operating budget for the Recycling department.  
Neumann  
Sponsors:  
Resolution declaring certain properties located on Kinney Coulee Rd, parcels  
17-10575-64 and 17-10575-63, as surplus property.  
Goggin  
Sponsors:  
Resolution transferring parcels owned by the Redevelopment Authority to the  
City of La Crosse.  
Janssen  
Sponsors:  
Resolution allocating American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding for the  
Homeless Outreach Team.  
Kiel  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing contract renewal for the State of Wisconsin Hazardous  
Materials Response System Services contract with City of La Crosse for  
2023-2025.  
Janssen  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving additional CIP costs for Riverside South Toilet Rooms  
Project.  
Kahlow  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving Agreement and Acknowledgement between Riverside  
Center III, LLC and the City of La Crosse regarding the parking ramp.  
Reynolds  
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.  
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.  
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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