City Hall  
City of La Crosse, Wisconsin  
400 La Crosse Street  
La Crosse, WI 54601  
Meeting Agenda - Final-revised  
Finance & Personnel Committee  
Thursday, October 1, 2026  
6:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
City Hall, First Floor  
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Call To Order  
Roll Call  
Agenda Items:  
NEW BUSINESS  
Resolution authorizing public improvement and levying special assessment  
against benefited property in La Crosse, WI, for Non-Compliant Utility Services -  
33rd St S.  
Washington-Spivey  
Sponsors:  
Public hearing.  
Financial Statements with Independent Auditors Report as of December 31,  
2025.  
Resolution regarding Council Member expense accounts and reimbursement  
procedures.  
Washington-Spivey  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing the acquisition of sanitary sewer easements related to  
the Sunset Lane Sanitary Sewer project.  
Goggin  
Sponsors:  
Resolution to re-allocate unused funds from completed Capital purchases  
and/or projects to newly requested capital equipment purchases for the Water  
Utility.  
Padesky  
Sponsors:  
Resolution to re-purpose three fleet trucks that were to be sold in the standard  
capital equipment cycle, and retain and re-purpose as light duty trucks for the  
Water Utility.  
Washington-Spivey  
Sponsors:  
Resolution allocating unencumbered funds for scope change at 16th & State  
Streets to CIP project 2026 #159.  
Sleznikow  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving a one-year contract extension between the City of La  
Crosse and ASI Flex to provide third party administration services for the City's  
IRS Section 125 Plan renewing January 1, 2027, through December 31, 2027.  
Washington-Spivey  
Sponsors:  
Short-circuited by Mayor Washington-Spivey on 9.21.2026.  
Single Audit with Independent Auditors Report as of December 31, 2025.  
Short-circuited by Mayor Washington-Spivey on 9.23.2026.  
Resolution amending a resolution authorizing the issuance of not to exceed  
$13,805,000 aggregate principal amount of General Obligation Promissory  
Notes.  
Washington-Spivey  
Sponsors:  
Short-circuited by Mayor Washington-Spivey on 9.30.2026  
Resolution authorizing Mayor to sign agreement between the City of La Crosse,  
WI and the Department of the Army for the La Crosse, WI Flood Risk  
Management Project, and obligation of funds for same.  
Washington-Spivey  
Sponsors:  
Short-circuited by Mayor Washington-Spivey on 9.30.2026  
Resolution approving CPI-based inflationary adjustment for sewer utility rate for  
2027, based on June 2025 to June 2026 cycle comparison, with possible early  
effective date to meet Clean Water Fund Loan financial review requirements.  
Washington-Spivey  
Sponsors:  
Short-circuited by Mayor Washington-Spivey on 9.30.2026  
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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much advance notice as possible.  
Finance & Personnel Members:  
Erin Goggin, Barb Janssen, Larry Sleznikow, Chris Kahlow, Aron Newberry, Rosanne  
Northwood