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La Crosse city council group begins discussion over adding city administrator
A new study group began its work Wednesday over whether the city of La Crosse should hire an administrator.
Back in October, the council voted to put off a vote to create an administrator position until May, which comes after the election where half the council and the mayor are on the ballot.
The group is made up of city council members Larry Sleznikow, Mac Kiel, Barb Janssen, Mark Neumann and Erin Goggin. Sleznikow was chosen to chair the study panel.
One thing being planned is a public survey over hiring an administrator.
Sleznikow said city department heads will be contacted first, before public comments are gathered.
The committee will seek out opinions on “what they think the benefit would be, perhaps some drawbacks or concerns, and it was decided to reach out to department heads, to hopefully meet with them in person,” Sleznikow added.
The council meets at 6 p.m. Thursday. On that agenda, current rules for off-street parking lots in La Crosse is up for discussion.
On Tuesday, people spoke at a public hearing on how much parking space is needed in certain areas of La Crosse. Critics of the current parking regulations suggest that some of the off-street lots could be better used for new housing.
Char
December 12, 2024 at 10:19 am
IF you add a city administrator, you should cut the mayor’s salary in half at least since that person would no longer have the duties as before. OR you pay a set amount per appearance and meeting like a lot of cities do.
All duties and compensation should be set for both positions before you do any changes.
nick
December 13, 2024 at 6:36 am
When they prepare the citizen survey, the initial cost of the position should be included. This would include salary and benefits. Since this an important change, maybe the LaCrosse can do its job and educate the citizens with a series of articles on how this would change city government and affect the people