La Crosse council approves $1.49M park shelter, street contracts, TID changes and mayoral appointments
July 09, 2026 | La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin
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The La Crosse Common Council on July 9 approved a slate of contracts, tax-increment district actions and mayoral appointments during a regularly scheduled meeting at City Hall.
The council awarded a $1,490,000 contract to Fowler and Hammer Inc. for the Copeland Park Shelter building and site improvements. Council member Goggin praised the project, saying it "is just going to be a gem that's already on the North Side." The council also approved street projects: A1 Excavating LLC received a $513,127 contract for Prospect Street (Stoddard to George), and Gehrke Excavating Inc. was awarded $326,782.55 for East Avenue (South Jackson to Mississippi). Motions to adopt these reports of bids were moved and seconded and carried by the council.
On land-use and finance matters, the council passed an ordinance to rezone property at 1325 Saint Andrew Street to allow a mixed-use development including office and warehouse space. The council also acted on several tax-increment district (TID) items: it approved an affordable housing extension for TID 14, adopted a resolution terminating TID 14, created TID 22 (project plan and boundaries approved), and created TID 204 with its project plan (recorded vote 11–1). These resolutions were moved, seconded and approved in succession.
The mayor presented appointments to boards and commissions, including Stephen Duffin to the Aviation Board, Nick Podesky to the Economic and Community Development Committee, Gary Podesky to the Floodplain Advisory Committee, Jim Gallagher and Brandon Yates to the Heritage Preservation Commission, and Kim Cable to the Housing Authority. The council confirmed the appointments by a vote of 10–2.
Other routine business included approval of 2026 bills and engineering estimates for July 2026 and adoption of the consent agenda. The meeting record shows the minutes of June 11, 2026, were approved with one abstention.
What happens next: The adopted contracts, rezoning ordinance and TID actions will proceed to implementation steps identified by city departments; specific start dates and implementation schedules were not specified in the council discussion.
The council awarded a $1,490,000 contract to Fowler and Hammer Inc. for the Copeland Park Shelter building and site improvements. Council member Goggin praised the project, saying it "is just going to be a gem that's already on the North Side." The council also approved street projects: A1 Excavating LLC received a $513,127 contract for Prospect Street (Stoddard to George), and Gehrke Excavating Inc. was awarded $326,782.55 for East Avenue (South Jackson to Mississippi). Motions to adopt these reports of bids were moved and seconded and carried by the council.
On land-use and finance matters, the council passed an ordinance to rezone property at 1325 Saint Andrew Street to allow a mixed-use development including office and warehouse space. The council also acted on several tax-increment district (TID) items: it approved an affordable housing extension for TID 14, adopted a resolution terminating TID 14, created TID 22 (project plan and boundaries approved), and created TID 204 with its project plan (recorded vote 11–1). These resolutions were moved, seconded and approved in succession.
The mayor presented appointments to boards and commissions, including Stephen Duffin to the Aviation Board, Nick Podesky to the Economic and Community Development Committee, Gary Podesky to the Floodplain Advisory Committee, Jim Gallagher and Brandon Yates to the Heritage Preservation Commission, and Kim Cable to the Housing Authority. The council confirmed the appointments by a vote of 10–2.
Other routine business included approval of 2026 bills and engineering estimates for July 2026 and adoption of the consent agenda. The meeting record shows the minutes of June 11, 2026, were approved with one abstention.
What happens next: The adopted contracts, rezoning ordinance and TID actions will proceed to implementation steps identified by city departments; specific start dates and implementation schedules were not specified in the council discussion.
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