City Hall  
City of La Crosse, Wisconsin  
400 La Crosse Street  
La Crosse, WI 54601  
Meeting Agenda - Final-revised  
Finance & Personnel Committee  
Thursday, October 5, 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 a professional services agreement with MSA to review  
policies and ordinances for compliance with 2017 Wisconsin Act 67.  
23-1003  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution amending Appendix C Fee Schedule regarding fee for review of  
certified survey maps in the La Crosse Municipal Code.  
23-1049  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving Second Amendment to the Development Agreement  
between Spies Construction, LLC and the City of La Crosse for the former Navy  
Reserve site.  
23-1083  
Schwarz  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving and appropriating funds for the La Crosse Center  
improvements.  
23-1114  
23-1117  
23-1118  
Janssen  
Sponsors:  
Resolution changing the source of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for  
residential development in the floodplain.  
Janssen  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing public improvement and levying special assessments  
against benefited property in La Crosse, Wisconsin - Sanitary Sewer  
Construction on 21st Street S.  
Kiel  
Sponsors:  
Public hearing.  
Resolution authorizing public improvement and levying special assessments  
against benefited property in La Crosse, Wisconsin - Sanitary Sewer  
Construction on Sill Street.  
23-1119  
23-1120  
Dickinson  
Sponsors:  
Public hearing.  
Resolution authorizing public improvement and levying special assessments  
against benefited property in La Crosse, Wisconsin - Water Utility Construction  
on St. Cloud Street.  
Goggin  
Sponsors:  
Public hearing.  
Resolution reallocating funds for the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan  
Update for community engagement and marketing.  
23-1132  
23-1136  
Sleznikow  
Sponsors:  
Resolution to approve adjusted wage rates for part time, seasonal and  
casual city employees effective October 13, 2023, and January 1, 2024.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving Unum for a voluntary employee paid vision plan, effective  
January 1, 2024.  
23-1173  
23-1174  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Short-circuited by Mayor Reynolds on 10/3/2023.  
Resolution approving an agreement between the City of La Crosse and ASI Flex  
to provide third party administration services for the City’s I.R.S. Section #125  
Plan for a three (3) year term beginning January 1, 2024, through December 31,  
2026.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Short-circuited by Mayor Reynolds on 10/3/2023.  
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