City Hall  
City of La Crosse, Wisconsin  
400 La Crosse Street  
La Crosse, WI 54601  
Meeting Agenda - Final-revised  
Finance & Personnel Committee  
Thursday, July 7, 2022  
6:00 PM  
Council Chambers, City Hall  
400 La Crosse Street  
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Public hearings before the respective standing committee shall be limited to 15 minutes for the proponents;  
followed by 15 minutes for the opponents and three-minute rebuttal for each side unless such time is extended by  
a majority vote of the committee. All speakers at a public hearing of the standing committees shall speak no more  
than three (3) minutes unless waived by the Chair or a majority of the committee.  
Call To Order  
Roll Call  
Agenda Items:  
NEW BUSINESS  
Resolution to appropriate funds for Council Chambers Equipment.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing the City of La Crosse to submit an application to  
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) for the Idle Sites  
Redevelopment (ISR) Grant Program for the Copper Rocks development.  
Kiel  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving an appropriation of the City's ARPA monies earmarked for  
childcare to go towards a one-year contract with The Parenting Place.  
(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.)  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Resolution approving lease renewal with Rivercrest Village Partners.  
Neumann  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing additional funding for amendments 1 and 2 to design and  
bidding services contract with Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. (SEH) for Phase II  
of River Point District.  
Richmond  
Sponsors:  
Resolution appropriating unused funds to upgrade Water Utility network  
infrastructure for the SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition)  
system.  
Neumann  
Sponsors:  
Resolution authorizing the issuance of not to exceed $11,950,000 aggregate  
principal amount of General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series  
2022A, of the City of La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, in such  
amount, providing details, prescribing the form of bond, awarding the bonds to  
the best bidder, levying taxes, and related matters.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Short-circuited by Mayor Reynolds 6/28/2022  
Resolution authorizing the issuance of not to exceed $3,185,000 aggregate  
principal amount of General Obligation Promissory Notes, Series 2022B, of the  
City of La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, in such amount, providing  
details, prescribing the form of note, awarding the notes to the best bidder,  
levying taxes, and related matters.  
Reynolds  
Sponsors:  
Short-circuited by Mayor Reynolds 6/28/2022  
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.  
NOTICE TO PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY  
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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, Barb Janssen, Mac Kiel, Rebecca Schwarz, Mark  
Neumann