A day after La Crosse's council passed creating a city administrator, WIZM's Brad Williams joins to help recap the meeting. 

This was the third time the council voted on the same exact legislation. Williams noted that it was 50 years ago this month that he covered his first city council meeting — and that he couldn't recall really if he'd ever covered a local government meeting where they voted three times on the same bill.

Now, all eyes are on Monday's final budget meeting, where the council could try and work in  a city administrator salary. It also has to decide whether to raise taxes to make up for a budget shortfall — and that number has changed since last month's budget meeting.

The only reason we know that number has changed is because La Crosse Mayor Shaundel Washington-Spivey put out a budget-in-brief, which showed the tax hike went from $13.60 per $100,000 to $18.10 per $100,000. 

The mayor said earlier this week on the show he is in favor of using city reserve funding to, at least, make up some of that budget short fall and not put it on all a tax hike. 

A day after La Crosse's council passed creating a city administrator, WIZM's Brad Williams joins to help recap the meeting.&nbsp;
This was the third time the council voted on the same exact legislation. Williams noted that it was 50 years ago this month that he covered his first city council meeting &mdash; and that he couldn't recall really if he'd ever covered a local government meeting where they voted three times on the same bill.
Now, all eyes are on Monday's final budget meeting, where the council could try and work in&nbsp; a city administrator salary. It also has to decide whether to raise taxes to make up for a budget shortfall &mdash; and that number has changed since last month's budget meeting.
The only reason we know that number has changed is because La Crosse Mayor Shaundel Washington-Spivey put out a budget-in-brief, which showed the tax hike went from $13.60 per $100,000 to $18.10 per $100,000.&nbsp;
The mayor said earlier this week on the show he is in favor of using city reserve funding to, at least, make up some of that budget short fall and not put it on all a tax hike.&nbsp;

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