La Crosse Board of Public Works Meeting Summary – April 6, 2026
Board of Public Works Meeting Summary – April 6, 2026
The Board of Public Works met on Monday, April 6, 2026, at La Crosse City Hall. The meeting was called to order at 10:08 AM (transcript) with all five members present: Andrea Trane, Erin Goggin, Matt Gallager, Mayor Shaundel Washington-Spivey, and Tamra Dickinson. The board approved minutes from March 30, 2026, and handled a series of street privilege permits, construction change orders, and an intersection closure. Several items were approved unanimously or by consent.
Consent Calendar
- Approval of minutes from March 30, 2026 (unanimous).
- Xcel Energy Street Privilege Permits (agenda items 26-0356 through 26-0362 and 26-0369): All seven permits approved unanimously, including renewals for gas lines, transformer replacements, and service conversions.
- Charter Communications Street Privilege Permits (agenda items 26-0363 through 26-0368): All six permits approved unanimously, including requests for communications infrastructure and power supply cabinets.
- Brightspeed of Wisconsin, LLC Permits (26-0370, 26-0371, 26-0374): Three permits approved unanimously for communications in right-of-way.
- Metro Fibernet LLC Permit (26-0372): Approved unanimously for communications near 3000 South Ave.
- Win, LLC Permit (26-0373): Approved unanimously for communications in right-of-way west of 26th Street.
Public Comments & Testimony
- No public comments were recorded.
Discussion Items
- Street Department Updates (26-1456): Referred to the next Board of Public Works meeting on April 13, 2026, without a formal motion. Director Gallagher noted crews are cleaning up on George Street.
- Review of 2025 Stormwater MS4 Annual Report to Wisconsin DNR (26-0334): Presented by Stormwater Coordinator Claire Champs. The report summarizes compliance with the permit. The board voted to receive and file the report unanimously.
- Construction Contract Change Orders (26-0336): Three change orders were considered: (1) La Crosse Public Library Furniture (increase of $9,460, final change for the contract); (2) 2025 Carroll Park Improvements (change order #4, used contingency for ADA compliance and concrete work, expected completion in 4-6 weeks); (3) Highway 16 Water Transmission Main South (net addition of $20,904.66). Board members requested clearer documentation of contingency usage in the forms. Approved unanimously.
- Review of 2nd Street and King Street Intersection Closure (26-0352): Presented by Jamie. The closure is needed for a sanitary connection as part of the neighborhood greenway extension. Closure expected to last 2 to 3 weeks, weather dependent. Businesses notified. Approved unanimously.
Key Outcomes
- Referral: Street Department Updates referred to April 13, 2026.
- Receive and File: 2025 Stormwater MS4 Annual Report.
- Approved (all unanimous): All three construction change orders; 2nd & King Street intersection closure; 7 Xcel Energy permits; 6 Charter Communications permits; 3 Brightspeed permits; 1 Metro Fibernet permit; 1 Win LLC permit.
- Directive: Staff to revise change order forms to clearly show remaining contingency after usage.
- Meeting adjourned at 10:26 AM.
Note: There is a slight discrepancy between the meeting start time: official minutes record 10:00 AM, while the raw transcription indicates a call to order at 10:08 AM.
Meeting Transcript
Good morning, everyone. Apologize for the delay. Thank you all for waiting. I'm gonna call this meeting to order at 10 08 a.m. on April 6, 2026. All Board of Public Work members are present. We'll move to the approval of the minutes from March 30th, 2026. Motion made by Council President Dickinson. Second by Director Train. Any corrections or discussion? CNN, please vote. Do I do that first? No. Okay. All right. Moving to our first agenda item 251173, bidder's proof of responsibility. We have none today, Mayor. Thanks. Thank you. Moving to our next agenda item 251456 street department updates. They are busy cleaning up George Street and I would like to go one week later. Since it's an update item, I don't think we have to make a motion to refer. All right. Councilmember Gogan. Do you mind if I just ask Director Gallagher a question? Yeah. Is it just the Viaduct that they're working on? I don't know. Thank you. They're doing it all. Primarily, yes. Yes. All right, moving to our next agenda item 260334. Review of 2025 stormwater MS4 annual report to Wisconsin DNR. Yeah, good morning. Can you guys hear me okay? Yes. Who's speaking? Oh, this is Claire Champs and Stormwater Coordinator. Sorry. How are you doing? Um good. So yeah, last week our 2025 MS4 report was submitted to the DNR. Um that just basically goes over a summary of everything that we were doing in the last year to comply with that permit. Um, so this is just basically to give you guys a chance to review the document, make it publicly available, and answer any questions you might have. Uh next week I'll be presenting my quarterly stormwater utility updates at the council meeting, so I can go over some of it in more detail at that time, but I'm happy to answer any questions you have today as well. Thank you. Any questions from Board of Public Work members? Seeing none. Are we this is a motion to approve and file or nothing?
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