City Hall

City of La Crosse, Wisconsin

400 La Crosse Street

La Crosse, WI 54601

Meeting Agenda - Final

Common Council

Thursday, October 9, 2025

6:00 PM

Council Chambers

City Hall, First Floor

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Street, La Crosse WI 54601.

Mayor Shaundel Washington-Spivey, Presiding

Roll Call

Pledge of Allegiance

Invocation

Pastor Steven Larrabee, La Crosse Community Church of the Nazarene

We recognize that the City of La Crosse occupies the land of the Ho-Chunk people. Please

take a moment to celebrate and honor the ancestral Ho-Chunk Land, and the sacred lands of

all indigenous people.

Approval of Minutes

Minutes of the September 11, 2025 regular & September 23, 2025 special meeting.

Reports

Financial Report from the Director of Finance for the Month of August.

25-1235

Notices and Discussions

COMMON COUNCIL MATTERS

Resolution approving 2025 Bills and Engineering Estimates paid in October

2025.

25-1234

APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR

Heritage Preservation Commission: Eric Garland. International Committee:

Irene Barmore. Municipal Transit Utility Board: Andrew Ericson.

25-1230

SUSPENSION OF COUNCIL RULE XV FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:

(2/3 Vote Required)

25-1108, 25-1157, 25-1158

REPORT OF BIDS/QUOTES RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED

Report of Bids and Resolution awarding contract to Market & Johnson, Inc. in

the amount of $719,359.00 for the City of La Crosse Fire Station #3

Renovations project.

25-0038

ITEMS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION

Special F&P Meeting 10/9/2025 - 5:50 p.m.

Resolution authorizing Capital Equipment purchases for the Street Department

as part of the approved 2026 Capital Improvement Plan

25-1157

25-1158

Washington-Spivey

Sponsors:

Resolution authorizing use of Street Department operating budget funds for the

purchase of large Capital Equipment in 2025 for multi-department use

Washington-Spivey

Sponsors:

ITEMS RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED

Resolution appropriating additional funds for sidewalk and restoration as part of

the citywide sidewalk infill program (CIP #762).

Weston

25-1130

Sponsors:

2/3 vote of Council required for a change to the current Capital Budget

Resolution to re-allocate unused funds from completed Capital purchases

and/or projects to previously approved and newly requested capital

equipment purchases for the Stormwater Utility.

25-1134

Trost

Sponsors:

2/3 vote of Council required for a change to the current Capital Budget

Resolution to re-allocate unspent Capital funds from completed purchase and/

or projects to underfunded and unplanned capital equipment needs for the

Sanitary Sewer Utility.

25-1135

Trost

Sponsors:

2/3 vote of Council required for a change to the current Capital Budget

ITEM RECOMMENDED TO BE NOT ADOPTED

Resolution approving a reorganization to the table of positions and

classifications for the department of the Mayor.

25-1054

Washington-Spivey

Sponsors:

Vote of 4 to 2 out of the Finance & Personnel Committee.

CONSENT AGENDA

ITEMS RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED

AN AMENDED ORDINANCE amending various sections of Chapter 4 of the

Code of Ordinances of the City of La Crosse relating to alcohol beverage

licensing.

25-1018

25-1127

25-1053

Mindel

Sponsors:

AN ORDINANCE to amend Section 40-13(a) and (b) of the Code of Ordinances

of the City of La Crosse regarding temporary use of streets by businesses

renting dumpsters or storage containers.

Washington-Spivey

Sponsors:

Resolution approving a Wisconsin Department of Transportation - Carbon

Reduction Program State/Municipal Grant Agreement to upgrade the 2nd Street

Cycle Track.

Sleznikow

Sponsors:

Resolution approving Loan Modification Agreement and other associated

documents for Upper Floor Loans with Dale Berg d/b/a Jeaneri, Ltd.

25-1108

25-1109

Washington-Spivey

Sponsors:

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign State/Municipal

Agreement for a Highway Safety Improvement Project at the intersection of

Mormon Coulee Road (USH 14) & Birch Street (Project I.D. #1641-03-07/77).

Bedford

Sponsors:

Resolution authorizing a Development Agreement for the Grandview

Apartments project regarding a Site Assessment Grant (SAG) award from the

Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC).

25-1119

Sleznikow

Sponsors:

Resolution amending Appendix C Fee Schedule regarding the Temporary

Street Privilege Permits for portable toilets.

25-1128

25-1129

Washington-Spivey

Sponsors:

Resolution authorizing installation of neighborhood safety street lighting at the

intersection of 19th Street South & Jackson Street.

Padesky and Trost

Sponsors:

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, Olivia Stine, Christine Kahlow,

Gary Padesky, Mackenzie Mindel, Aron Newberry, Jennifer Trost, Crystal Bedford, Lisa

Weston, Rosanne Northwood