Speaker
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Speaker's Appointments
September 18, 2003
Mr. Patrick Fuller
Chief Clerk, Wisconsin State Assembly
Room 208, Risser Justice Center
17 West Main Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53708
Dear Patrick:
I have appointed Representative Mark Honadel to the Assembly Committee on Insurance. Representative Honadel will be vacating his position on the Assembly Committee on Corrections and the Courts.
Please call Ellen Nowak of my office if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
John G. Gard
Assembly Speaker
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Communications
September 4, 2003
Speaker John Gard
State Capitol 211 West
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Speaker Gard:
I respectfully request the appointment of Representative Louis Molepske to the following committees:
Agriculture
Financial Institutions
Rurual Affairs
Workforce Development
Representative John Steinbrink will be vacating his position on the Agriculture Committee.
Thank you for your consideration of these requests. Please feel free to contact me if you have any concerns or questions.
Sincerely,
Jim Kreuser
Assembly Democratic Leader
September 18, 2003
Mr. Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
Room 208, Risser Justice Center
Madison, WI
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
We have now made a final decision on the Republican seating assignment in regards to our increased majority.
Representative Rob Kreibich will be moving to Seat 92, Representative Dan Meyer will be moving to Seat 44 and Representative Mark Honadel will be sitting in Seat 43.
Also, please note that Representative Mark Pettis had temporarily moved to Seat 92 and Representative Mark Honadel was temporarily seated in Seat 47 while we were in session in August. Representative Mark Pettis will move back to his original seat, Seat 47.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me or Bonnie in my office at 6-3007.
Sincerely,
Daniel P. Vrakas
State Representative
33rd Assembly District
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
August 29, 2003
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
This report is transmitted as required by s.
20.002(11)(f), Wisconsin Statutes, (for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s.
13.172(3), Wisconsin Statutes), and confirms that the Department of Administration has found it necessary to exercise the "temporary reallocation of balances" authority provided by this section in order to meet payment responsibilities and cover resulting negative cash balances during the month of July 2003.
On July 29, 2003, the Information Technology Investment Fund cash balance closed at its monthly low of a negative $1.0 thousand. The negative balance continued through July 31, 2003, when the balance closed at a negative $1.0 thousand. The negative balance was due to the difference in the timing of revenues and expenditures.
On July 1, 2003, the General Fund cash balance closed at a negative $363.0 million. Negative balances persisted throughout the month, with intermittent positive balances. The General Fund closed at an intramonth low of a negative $762.7 million on July 30, 2003. The General Fund closed at a negative $622.4 million on July 31, 2003.
The Information Technology Investment Fund and the General Fund shortfalls were not in excess of the statutory interfund borrowing limitation and did not exceed the balances of the funds available for interfund borrowing.
The distribution of interest earnings to investment pool participants is based on the average daily balance in the pool and each fund's share. Therefore, the monthly calculation by the State Controller's Office will automatically reflect the use of these temporary reallocations of balance authority, and as a result, the funds requiring the use of the authority will effectively bear the interest cost.
Sincerely,
Marc J. Marotta
Secretary
Referred to committee on Ways and Means.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
September 9, 2003
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
In accordance with sec. 1.11 (2)(j) Wis. Stats., the Department of Health and Family Services reports that it conducted one Environmental Assessment during the reporting period of July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2003.
The Environmental Assessment was done for the project to construct a new Administration and Armory Building at the Wisconsin Resource Center in Winnebago, WI. It was determined that the construction of this building does not have a significant negative effect on the environment.
Sincerely,
Helene Nelson
Secretary
Referred to committee on Natural Resources.
