City Hall

City of La Crosse, Wisconsin

400 La Crosse Street

La Crosse, WI 54601

Meeting Minutes - Final

Finance & Personnel Committee

Thursday, December 5, 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

5 -

Present:

Excused:

Barb Janssen, Douglas Happel, Erin Goggin, Larry Sleznikow,Rebecca

Schwarz

1 - Mark Neumann

Agenda Items:

Resolution authorizing an application to the Wisconsin Economic

Development Corporation (WEDC) for the Community Development

Investment (CDI) Grant Program for the Haven on Main development.

24-1389

A motion was made by Goggin, seconded by Sleznikow, that the Resolution be

RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 12/12/2024. The

motion carried by the following vote:

5 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow,Schwarz

1 - Neumann

Yes:

Excused:

Resolution approving the sale of City owned property at 626 Monitor Street to

Property Logic III.

24-1437

A motion was made by Goggin, seconded by Sleznikow, to OPEN public

hearing. The motion carried unanimously.

The following spoke: Karl Schilling, Tiffany Smith, and Marty Walleser.

A motion was made by Schwarz, seconded by Janssen, to CLOSE public

hearing. The motion carried unanimously.

A motion was made by Sleznikow, seconded by Janssen, that the Resolution

be RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 12/12/2024.

The motion failed by the following vote:

1 - Sleznikow

Yes:

No:

3 - Janssen, Happel,Goggin

1 - Neumann

Excused:

Abstain:

1 - Schwarz

Resolution declaring certain property at 713 St. James St. (parcel

#17-10010-90) as surplus property.

24-1453

24-1498

24-1506

A motion was made by Goggin, seconded by Janssen, that the Resolution be

RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 12/12/2024. The

motion carried by the following vote:

5 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow,Schwarz

1 - Neumann

Yes:

Excused:

Resolution reallocating American Rescue Plan Funds (ARPA) to the ARPA

interest revenue account.

A motion was made by Schwarz, seconded by Janssen, that the Resolution be

RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 12/12/2024. The

motion carried by the following vote:

5 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow,Schwarz

1 - Neumann

Yes:

Excused:

Resolution authorizing the creation and uses of special revenue funds for the

Street Department.

A motion was made by Sleznikow, seconded by Schwarz, that the Resolution

be RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 12/12/2024.

The motion failed by the following vote:

1 - Schwarz

Yes:

No:

4 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin,Sleznikow

1 - Neumann

Excused:

Resolution approving subordination request by Ocean Fin, LLC on Upper

Floor Renovation Loan.

24-1520

A motion was made by Janssen, seconded by Goggin, that the Resolution be

RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 12/12/2024. The

motion carried by the following vote:

5 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow,Schwarz

1 - Neumann

Yes:

Excused:

Resolution to re-allocate unused funds from closed projects and

re-appropriate additional funds to open projects for the Water Utility.

24-1521

A motion was made by Sleznikow, seconded by Goggin, that the Resolution be

RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 12/12/2024. The

motion carried by the following vote:

5 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow,Schwarz

1 - Neumann

Yes:

Excused:

Resolution to re-allocate unused funds from closed projects and

re-appropriate additional funds to open projects for the Stormwater Utility.

A motion was made by Schwarz, seconded by Sleznikow, that the Resolution

be RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 12/12/2024.

The motion carried by the following vote:

5 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow,Schwarz

1 - Neumann

Yes:

Excused:

Resolution to re-allocate unused funds from closed projects and

re-appropriate additional funds to open projects for the Sewer Utility.

A motion was made by Schwarz, seconded by Janssen, that the Resolution be

RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 12/12/2024. The

motion carried by the following vote:

5 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow,Schwarz

1 - Neumann

Yes:

Excused:

Resolution to authorize Sanitary Sewer Utility to purchase used dump truck

from the Street Department.

A motion was made by Schwarz, seconded by Sleznikow, that the Resolution

be RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 12/12/2024.

The motion carried by the following vote:

5 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow,Schwarz

1 - Neumann

Yes:

Excused:

Resolution re-appropriating Operating Budget funds for purchase of Street

Department and Refuse & Recycling vehicles from the fleet lease program.

A motion was made by Janssen, seconded by Sleznikow, that the Resolution

be RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 12/12/2024.

The motion carried by the following vote:

5 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow,Schwarz

1 - Neumann

Yes:

Excused:

Resolution approving Federal transit operations and capital assistance

application.

A motion was made by Janssen, seconded by Schwarz, that the Resolution be

RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 12/12/2024. The

motion carried by the following vote:

5 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow,Schwarz

1 - Neumann

Yes:

Excused:

Resolution approving State transit operating and capital assistance

application.

A motion was made by Schwarz, seconded by Janssen, that the Resolution be

RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 12/12/2024. The

motion carried by the following vote:

5 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow,Schwarz

1 - Neumann

Yes:

Excused:

Resolution appropriating additional Utility funds for design and environmental

documentation as part of the STP-Urban project on 6th Street, from State

Street to Cass Street.

24-1530

A motion was made by Schwarz, seconded by Sleznikow, that the Resolution

be RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 12/12/2024.

The motion carried by the following vote:

5 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow,Schwarz

1 - Neumann

Yes:

Excused:

Resolution to approve adjusted wage rates for part time, seasonal and casual

city employees effective January 1, 2025.

24-1537

24-1542

24-1557

A motion was made by Janssen, seconded by Sleznikow, that the Resolution

be RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 12/12/2024.

The motion carried by the following vote:

5 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow,Schwarz

1 - Neumann

Yes:

Excused:

Resolution re-allocating and appropriating unused roadway funds for

additional funding on HSIP and Signal Replacement projects.

A motion was made by Schwarz, seconded by Sleznikow, that the Resolution

be RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 12/12/2024.

The motion carried by the following vote:

5 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow,Schwarz

1 - Neumann

Yes:

Excused:

Resolution authorizing application for and participation in the 2024

pre-disaster flood resilience grant program with Wisconsin Emergency

Management (WEM) and designation of funding for same.

A motion was made by Janssen, seconded by Goggin, that the Resolution be

RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 12/12/2024. The

motion carried by the following vote:

5 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow,Schwarz

1 - Neumann

Yes:

Excused:

Resolution approving a collective bargaining agreement between the City of

La Crosse and the International Association of Firefighters, Local #127 (IAFF)

for January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2027.

24-1563

A motion was made by Goggin, seconded by Janssen, that the Resolution be

RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 12/12/2024. The

motion carried by the following vote:

5 - Janssen, Happel, Goggin, Sleznikow,Schwarz

Yes: