City admin

He’s free of “The Mitch Reynolds’ Ordinance.”

After a year and a half of debate and study on creating a city administrator position, it failed in council last week, and La Crosse Mayor Shaundel Washington-Spivey feels like he can finally move forward.

On the show, Washington-Spivey dubbed the plan “The Mitch Reynolds’ Ordinance" — it was first put out to council in September of 2024 and proceeded to get pushed back over and over until it finally landed on February’s agenda.

But the council essentially voted down the plan(s) — a position Washington-Spivey campaigned and won an election for mayor on, but also one that he admitted, a few months ago on WIZM, he hoped would fail.

We dove into where the city goes now, along with other things the mayor is doing to set a path for La Crosse’s future with strategic planning sessions, budget sessions and his fourth "Your City, Your 15" interviews.

We also discussed the expansion of the airport — and it was suggested to him that maybe they need a Culver's if airlines are going to keep coming there.

We began the show, though, recapping Gov. Tony Evers’ State of the State address. Washington-Spivey was an invited guest and got to go to what was jokingly called the “after party at the governor’s mansion.” So, of course, we had to ask him about the spread — the highlight of which was seafood and New Glarus.

Ultimately, though, a lot of the show focused on the city administrator issue, and what Washington-Spivey hopes to see going forward now that the council and government officials aren’t "hamstrung" by having to discuss the old ordinance.

He&rsquo;s free of &ldquo;The Mitch Reynolds&rsquo; Ordinance.&rdquo;
After a year and a half of debate and study on creating a city administrator position, it failed in council last week, and La Crosse Mayor Shaundel Washington-Spivey feels like he can finally move forward.
On the show, Washington-Spivey dubbed the plan &ldquo;The Mitch Reynolds&rsquo; Ordinance" &mdash; it was first put out to council in September of 2024 and proceeded to get pushed back over and over until it finally landed on February&rsquo;s agenda.
But the council essentially voted down the plan(s) &mdash; a position Washington-Spivey campaigned and won an election for mayor on, but also one that he admitted, a few months ago on WIZM, he hoped would fail.
We dove into where the city goes now, along with other things the mayor is doing to set a path for La Crosse&rsquo;s future with strategic planning sessions, budget sessions and his fourth "Your City, Your 15" interviews.
We also discussed the expansion of the airport &mdash; and it was suggested to him that maybe they need a Culver's if airlines are going to keep coming there.
We began the show, though, recapping Gov. Tony Evers&rsquo; State of the State address. Washington-Spivey was an invited guest and got to go to what was jokingly called the &ldquo;after party at the governor&rsquo;s mansion.&rdquo; So, of course, we had to ask him about the spread &mdash; the highlight of which was seafood and New Glarus.
Ultimately, though, a lot of the show focused on the city administrator issue, and what Washington-Spivey hopes to see going forward now that the council and government officials aren&rsquo;t "hamstrung" by having to discuss the old ordinance.

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