City Hall  
City of La Crosse, Wisconsin  
400 La Crosse Street  
La Crosse, WI 54601  
Meeting Agenda - Final  
Common Council  
Thursday, April 11, 2024  
6:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
City Hall, First Floor  
This meeting is open for in-person attendance and will also be available through video conferencing. The meeting  
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Street, La Crosse WI 54601.  
Mayor Mitch Reynolds, Presiding  
Roll Call  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Invocation  
Moment of Silence.  
Approval of Minutes  
Minutes of March 14, 2024.  
Reports  
2023 La Crosse Fire Department Annual Community Report.  
24-0494  
24-0514  
Financial Report from the Director of Finance for the Month of February.  
Notices and Discussions  
COMMON COUNCIL MATTERS  
Resolution approving 2023/2024 Bills and Engineering Estimates paid in April  
2024.  
24-0495  
APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR  
24-0496  
Citizens Board of Review: Paul Bagniefski, Scott Rada. Climate Action  
Plan Steering Committee: Adam Jacobson.  
SUSPENSION OF COUNCIL RULE XV FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:  
(2/3 Vote Required)  
24-0482, 24-0483  
REPORT OF BIDS/QUOTES RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED  
Report of Bids and Resolution awarding contract to Fowler & Hammer, Inc. in  
the amount of $89,442.27 for the Traffic Calming Gladys Street & Main Street  
project.  
24-0192  
Report of Bids and Resolution awarding contract to Fowler & Hammer, Inc. in  
the amount of $131,866.00 for the 2024 Annual Sidewalk & ADA Ramp  
Replacement Program Project.  
24-0197  
Report of Bids and Resolution awarding contract to Fowler & Hammer, Inc. in  
the amount of $113,766.50 for the 2024 Miscellaneous Sidewalk Infill project.  
24-0198  
24-0375  
24-0382  
Report of Bids and Resolution awarding contract to Gerke Excavating Inc. in the  
amount of $85,472.35 for the County B Retaining Wall Project.  
Report of Bids and Resolution awarding contract to Fowler & Hammer, Inc. in  
the amount of $311,453.14 for the 2024 Curb & Gutter with Utilities (South)  
project.  
REPORT OF BIDS/QUOTES RECOMMENDED TO BE REJECTED  
Report of Bids for the Badger-Hickey Park Shelter Project.  
24-0380  
Bids over budget.  
ITEMS RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED  
AN ORDINANCE to repeal Section 115-86 of the Code of Ordinances of the  
City of La Crosse regarding protest against a district change or amendment.  
24-0278  
24-0348  
24-0409  
Vote of 5-2 out of the Judiciary & Administration Committee.  
Resolution regarding sidewalk installation on 27th, 28th & 29th Street between  
Robinsdale Avenue and Diagonal Road.  
Vote of 4-2 out of the Finance & Personnel Committee.  
Resolution allocating funds to update Chapter 115-Zoning of the Municipal  
Code.  
Vote of 5-1 out of the Finance & Personnel Committee.  
CONSENT AGENDA  
ITEMS RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED  
AN ORDINANCE to amend secs. 40-175, 115-90, 115-342(b)(1) of the Code of  
Ordinances of the City of La Crosse regarding property owner notifications.  
24-0349  
24-0350  
AN ORDINANCE to amend Chapter 10, Article V of the Code of Ordinances of  
the City of La Crosse regarding the licensing of cigarettes, tobacco products,  
and electronic vaping devices.  
AN ORDINANCE to amend Subsection 115-110 of the Code of Ordinances of  
the City of La Crosse by transferring certain property from the Commercial  
District to the Multiple Dwelling District allowing residential rental units at 5212  
Mormon Coulee Rd.  
24-0373  
24-0386  
AN AMENDED ORDINANCE to amend Subsection 115-110 of the Code of  
Ordinances of the City of La Crosse by transferring certain property from the  
Multiple District to the Traditional Neighborhood District - General & Specific  
allowing for a single multi-family building at 415 12th Street N., 1117,1119, 1125,  
1129, 1131, & 1135 Pine Street.  
AN ORDINANCE to amend Sec. 2-585(1) of the Code of Ordinances of the City  
of La Crosse regarding membership of the Board of Review.  
24-0399  
24-0408  
AN ORDINANCE to amend Sec. 40-15 of the Code of Ordinance of the City of  
La Crosse regarding adoption by reference of the Public Right-of-Way  
Accessibility Guidelines (PROWAG).  
Resolution approving Request of Kwik Trip, Inc. dba Kwik Trip #819 to Amend  
Premise Description at 921 Losey Blvd. S. to allow for store remodel.  
24-0269  
Resolution establishing the 2025-2029 Capital Equipment Budget.  
24-0311  
24-0315  
Resolution approving Application of The Charmant Hotel LLC dba The  
Charmant Hotel for Expansion of Alcohol Beverage License & Street Privilege  
Permit for special event at the 100 Block of State Street on Friday, August 16,  
2024.  
Resolution approving the five-year Lease Agreement extension between the  
City of La Crosse and City Brewing Company, LLC for parking spaces near  
Marco Drive.  
24-0317  
24-0318  
24-0351  
Resolution approving the five-year Lease Agreement extension between the  
City of La Crosse and City Brewing Company, LLC for parking spaces near  
Joseph Houska Drive and Hood St.  
Resolution granting various license applications pursuant to Chapters 4, 6,  
and/or 10 of the La Crosse Municipal Code for the license period 2023-2024  
(April).  
Resolution approving Application of Goehner Investments LLC for a Conditional  
Use Permit at 5212 Mormon Coulee Rd allowing for a rooming house.  
24-0372  
24-0391  
Resolution approving Certified Survey Map - Located in parts of the NE-NW and  
SE-NW of Section 19, T15N, R7W, Town of Shelby, La Crosse County,  
Wisconsin (Breidel Coulee Rd).  
Resolution approving the carryover of unexpended appropriations from the 2023  
Operating Budget to the 2024 Operating Budget and 2023 year-end budget  
adjustments for department cost overruns.  
24-0400  
Resolution approving Plat of River Point District II to the City of La Crosse, La  
Crosse County, Wisconsin.  
24-0419  
24-0434  
Resolution electing to self-insure for worker’s compensation liability in  
accordance with Wisconsin Administrative Code, Department of Workforce  
Development (DWD) Section 80.60(3).  
Resolution reallocating unused capital funds from 2022 and 2023 to 2024 traffic  
calming and sidewalk projects.  
24-0442  
24-0460  
Resolution approving a Lateral Transfer Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)  
between the City of La Crosse and the International Association of Firefighters,  
Local #127.  
A Resolution providing for the issuance and sale of approximately $6,005,000  
aggregate principal amount of Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2024-A,  
of the City of La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, providing details,  
prescribing the form of bond, awarding said revenue bonds to the best bidder,  
and providing for the payment of said revenue bonds and other details and  
covenants with respect thereto.  
24-0482  
Resolution approving and ratifying a collective bargaining agreement between  
the City of La Crosse and the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local #519 for  
2023-2025.  
24-0483  
Adjournment  
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.  
Any invocation that may be offered at the Council meeting shall be the voluntary  
offering of a private citizen, to and for the benefit of the Council. The views or beliefs  
expressed by the invocation speaker have not been previously reviewed or approved  
by the Council, and the Council will not endorse the religious beliefs or views of this,  
or any other speaker.  
Council Members:  
Tamra Dickinson, Erin Goggin, Barb Janssen, Larry Sleznikow, Jenasea Hameister, Christine  
Kahlow, Mac Kiel, Mackenzie Mindel, Chris Woodard, Rebecca Schwarz, Jennifer Trost,  
Douglas Happel, Mark Neumann