james R. klauser
Secretary, DOA
Referred to committee on Environment and Utilities.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Social Services
Madison
December 29, 1995
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Section
46.03(26) of the statutes requires the Department of Health and Social Services to report annually on information system projects under development. The attached report is a summary of the departmental systems currently under development.
Sincerely,
Joe Leean
Secretary, DHSS
Referred to committee on Health.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Social Services
Madison
January 2, 1996
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
1993 Wisconsin Act 251, Sections
146.53(2), 19
(2)(a)3, 4, 5 and 5m, require the Department of Health and Social Services to submit to the chief clerk of each house of the Legislature the following five reports:
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the state emergency medical services plan;
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recommendation concerning the possible certification and training of emergency dispatchers;
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the financial needs of emergency medical services (EMS) providers;
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a report that explores the consolidation of state EMS agency functions; and
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recommendations concerning EMS training and certification requirements.
Since the subjects of these reports are closely related, the Department is submitting the five reports as one transmittal. Department staff is available if you have any questions or desire any additional information.
Sincerely,
Joe Leean
Secretary, DHSS
Referred to committee on Health.
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State of Wisconsin
Gaming Commission
Madison
January 5, 1995
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Section
565.45 Wisconsin Statutes, requires the Wisconsin Gaming Commission to submit a report to the legislature regarding the impact on lottery operations of limiting expenses to 15% of revenues.
Sincerely,
scott scepaniak
Chair, Wisconsin Gaming Commission
Mark D. Bugher
Secretary, Department of Revenue
Referred to special committee on Gambling Oversight.
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January 5, 1996
TO: Charles Sanders
Assembly Chief Clerk
FROM: Katharine C. Lyall
President, UW System
RE: 1996 Salary Group/Range Assignment Report Required under Section
20.923(5), Wis. Stats.
Section
20.923(5), Wis. Stats., requires that the Board of Regents assign specified titled positions to salary ranges in whatever manner the board determines. The board is required to file a report annually with the Governor and Legislature.
The board has directed that all positions referenced in s.
20.923(5) be assigned to either a State Executive Salary Group or to a UW System salary range based on the following assignment criteria:
I. Positions subject to State Executive Salary Group assignment.
A. All positions referenced in s.
20.923(5) which carry the following titles regardless of annual salary:
Associate Vice Presidents
Assistant Vice Presidents
Associate Chancellors
Associate Vice Chancellors
Assistant Vice Chancellors
Assistant Chancellors
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B. All positions carrying the director or associate director title with over 50 percent of their activities coded as physical plant, general operations and services, and auxiliary enterprises whose fiscal year annual salary rate exceeds the maximum of pay range 1-17 (1995-96 maximum is $57,367) of the general non-represented pay schedule #1.
II. Positions subject to UWS Salary Range Assignment:
All directors or associate directors with over 50 percent of their position assigned to an enumerated activity code in the statute whose annual salary does not exceed the maximum of pay range 1-17.
Part A of the attached report designates those positions assigned to State Executive Salary Groups and Part B provides the minimum and maximum for those positions assigned to a UWS Salary Range. I would note that the number of UW personnel in State Executive Salary Groups declined 5.5% from the previous year and the number of UWS ranges fell 8.2 %. The report is dated January 1, 1996 and serves to fulfill this calendar year's reporting requirement.
Referred to committee on Colleges and Universities.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Social Services
Madison
January 17, 1996
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
In accordance with ss.
46.027 and
13.172(3), Stats., I hereby submit the first annual report of the Gang Violence Prevention Council. The Gang Violence Prevention Council was created by
1993 Wisconsin Act 98, enacted December 10, 1993. Attached to the Department of Health and Social Services, the 15-member Council is charged with three specific functions, one of which is to submit an annual report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature.
The enclosed report conveys the goals, objectives and strategies developed by the Gang Violence Prevention Council and summarizes the Council's activities during the first year of operation. Through this report, the Council attempts to set the groundwork and provide a forum by which existing successful gang prevention and gang intervention strategies and programs can be duplicated, and new ideas and strategies to prevent children from becoming influenced by and involved with gangs can be presented.
Should you have any questions regarding any of the material contained in this report, please feel free to contact me at 267-3691, or Merry Ament, staff to the Council, at 261-6953.
Sincerely,
Silvia R. Jackson
Chair, Gang Violence Prevention Council
Administrator, Divison of Youth Services
Referred to committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Social Services
Madison
January 19, 1996
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
1993 Wisconsin Act 16, Section
9126 (15d) provided funds to establish a pilot program for family preservation intensive in-home services for the purpose of preventing out-of-home placements of children who have been abused and/or neglected. Act 16 also directed the Department of Health and Social Services to evaluate the pilot and to submit an interim report of the evaluation to the governor and to the appropriate committees by July 1, 1996 and a final report by January 1, 1998.
Beginning January 1, 1996, the funding for this pilot was incorporated into the Community Aids allocation for the ten pilot counties. The pilot status ended and, therefore, the evaluation ended. Staff from the Office of Policy and Budget and the Bureau for Children, Youth and Families have agreed to submit a final report of the pilot at this time. The attached report fulfills that agreement.
Sincerely,
Joe Leean
Secretary, DHSS
Referred to committee on Children and Families.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Justice
Madison
January 24, 1996
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Section
165.90, Wisconsin Statutes, requires that you receive an annual report on the progress of the county-tribal law enforcement programs which are funded under this section. Please accept this letter as the report for 1995.
Since 1990, counties and tribes have used these grants to provide law enforcement services on tribal lands. Grants have also been used to support many worthwhile activities including anti-drug and anti-violence community workshops, neighborhood watch programs, youth activities, and joint county-tribal law enforcement committees.
During the fall of 1995, the county-tribal law enforcement coordinator in the Department of Justice concluded field reviews of each county which participates in the county-tribal law enforcement program.
Findings of 1995 Field Reviews
The county-tribal law enforcement program coordinator conducted on-site reviews of the 15 programs funded under s.
165.90, Stats., during September and October of 1995.
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In general, the county-tribal law enforcement programs are working well. Several counties have established or have plans to establish joint county-tribal law enforcement committees which will meet on a regular basis. These committees provide a free flow of information between the county and the tribe on the needs of the Indian community as well as the resources which are available to the sheriff's department to help meet those needs. The committees have also successfully produced neighborhood watch programs and established community workshops on issues such as substance abuse prevention and crime prevention.
Some tribal police departments assist the sheriff's department by providing most of the law enforcement services for a significant geographical area of the county. In such cases, sheriffs have turned to the trained, certified officers of the tribal police department to police communities that are more difficult to reach for sheriff's deputies.
Some county and tribal police departments are dealing with increased criminal activity caused by the return of individuals from urban centers to tribal lands. Some of these returnees bring with them urban problems which have not previously been dealt with in the rural communities of northern and western Wisconsin. This has placed an increased burden on the law enforcement agencies in those areas.
