Judiciary & Administration Committee on 2026-01-06 4:00 PM — La Crosse, WI
Date: 2026-01-06

City Hall
 City of La Crosse, Wisconsin 400 La Crosse Street
 La Crosse, WI 54601


 Meeting Minutes - Final

 Judiciary & Administration Committee

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 4:00 PM Council Chambers
 City Hall, First Floor


 Call To Order

 Chair Mindel called the meeting to order at 4:02 p.m.


 Roll Call

 CM Bedford arrived at 4:03 p.m.

 Present: 7 - Crystal Bedford, Gary Padesky, Jennifer Trost, Lisa Weston, Mackenzie
 Mindel, Olivia Stine,Tamra Dickinson

 Agenda Items:

 25-1370 Resolution rescinding Resolution No. 2009-08-022 and discontinuing
 invocation procedures for Common Council meetings.
 A motion was made by Padesky, seconded by Weston, to OPEN public hearing.
 The motion carried unanimously.

 The following spoke: Maureen Freedland, Robert Freedland, Bryan McGrath,
 Diana McGrath, Tim Trailer, Tom Sweeney, Shannon McKinney, Kael
 Clemmerson, and Mario Hristov.

 A motion was made by Weston, seconded by Padesky, to CLOSE public
 hearing. The motion carried unanimously.

 A motion was made by Mindel, seconded by Dickinson, that the Resolution be
 RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 1/8/2026. The
 motion carried by the following vote:

 Yes: 5- Trost, Weston, Mindel, Stine,Dickinson

 No: 1- Padesky

 Abstain: 1- Bedford




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 25-1405 AN ORDINANCE to amend Subsection 115-110 of the Code of Ordinances of
 the City of La Crosse by transferring certain property from the Residence
 District to the Special Residence District, allowing for the property at 1701
 Onalaska Ave. & 1509 Rublee St. to return to use as a triplex.
 A motion was made by Trost, seconded by Dickinson, that the Ordinance be
 RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 1/8/2026. The
 motion carried by the following vote:

 Yes: 7- Bedford, Padesky, Trost, Weston, Mindel, Stine,Dickinson


 25-1469 AN ORDINANCE to amend Secs. 10-393 and 10-394 of the Code of
 Ordinances of the City of La Crosse to include definitions and an exemption
 for community pantries on private property.
 Council member Padesky was excused from the meeting at 4:41 p.m.

 A motion was made by Trost, seconded by Bedford, that the Ordinance be
 RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 1/8/2026. The
 motion carried by the following vote:

 Yes: 6- Bedford, Trost, Weston, Mindel, Stine,Dickinson

 Excused: 1- Padesky


 25-1471 Resolution requesting that the Wisconsin Department of Transportation
 develop additional project alternatives for the Highway 53 Corridor Study that
 maintain on-street parking and add bicycle facilities.
 A motion was made by Bedford, seconded by Mindel, to OPEN public hearing.
 The motion carried unanimously.

 The following spoke: Paul Leithold & Kevin Hundt.

 A motion was made by Trost, seconded by Weston, to CLOSE public hearing.
 The motion carried unanimously.

 A motion was made by Weston, seconded by Trost, that the Resolution be
 RECOMMENDED TO BE ADOPTED to the Common Council on 1/8/2026. The
 motion carried by the following vote:

 Yes: 4- Trost, Weston, Mindel,Stine

 No: 2- Bedford,Dickinson

 Excused: 1- Padesky




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 26-0002 Resolution granting various license applications pursuant to Chapters 4, 6,
 and/or 10 of the La Crosse Municipal Code for the license period 2025-2026
 (January).
 A motion was made by Weston, seconded by Dickinson, that the Application be
 RECOMMENDED RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SAME to the Common Council
 on 1/8/2026. The motion carried by the following vote:

 Yes: 6- Bedford, Trost, Weston, Mindel, Stine,Dickinson

 Excused: 1- Padesky


 Adjournment

 Meeting adjourned at 5:22 p.m.




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