City Hall  
400 La Crosse Street  
La Crosse, WI 54601  
City of La Crosse, Wisconsin  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Finance & Personnel Committee  
Thursday, March 7, 2024  
6:00 PM  
Council Chambers  
City Hall, First Floor  
Call To Order  
Chair Happel called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.  
Roll Call  
6 - Barb Janssen, Douglas Happel, Erin Goggin, Larry Sleznikow, Mark  
Neumann,Rebecca Schwarz  
Present:  
Agenda Items:  
Resolution approving partial vacation of public street Right-of-Way on the  
east side of 28th Street South, near Fairchild Street East.  
23-1487  
A motion was made by Sleznikow, seconded by Janssen, that the Resolution  
be RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 3/14/2024.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
6 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz  
Yes:  
Resolution approving Investment Service agreements for the period of  
April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025.  
24-0237  
24-0262  
A motion was made by Janssen, seconded by Sleznikow, that the Resolution  
be RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 3/14/2024.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
6 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz  
Yes:  
Resolution authorizing the City of La Crosse Arts Board to enter into grant  
agreements.  
A motion was made by Sleznikow, seconded by Neumann, that the Resolution  
be RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 3/14/2024.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
6 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz  
Yes:  
Resolution appropriating ARPA funds in the amount of $60,000 in connection  
with Legal Action of Wisconsin’s project entitled Eviction Defense Project to  
establish a service to provide free legal assistance for families that are at risk  
of eviction.  
24-0279  
A motion was made by Neumann, seconded by Sleznikow, that the Resolution  
be AMENDED AS PROPOSED. The motion carried unanimously.  
A motion was made by Neumann, seconded by Sleznikow, that the Resolution  
be RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED AS AMENDED to the Common Council  
on 3/14/2024. The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - Happel, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz  
2 - Janssen,Goggin  
Yes:  
No:  
Resolution approving a collective bargaining agreement between the City of  
La Crosse and the La Crosse Professional Police Supervisory Association for  
January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2026.  
24-0280  
24-0281  
24-0283  
A motion was made by Goggin, seconded by Sleznikow, that the Resolution be  
RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 3/14/2024. The  
motion carried by the following vote:  
6 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz  
Yes:  
Resolution approving a collective bargaining agreement between the City of  
La Crosse and the La Crosse Professional Police Non-Supervisory  
Association Local #26 for January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2026.  
A motion was made by Goggin, seconded by Janssen, that the Resolution be  
RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 3/14/2024. The  
motion carried by the following vote:  
6 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz  
Yes:  
Resolution directing the advertisement and sale of not to exceed $6,765,000  
aggregate principal amount of Sewer System Revenue Bonds, of the City of  
La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin  
A motion was made by Janssen, seconded by Sleznikow, that the Resolution  
be RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 3/14/2024.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
6 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow, Neumann,Schwarz  
Yes:  
Collective Bargaining Update.  
24-0001  
(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.  
No action taken.  
Adjournment  
Meeting adjourned at 6:37 p.m.