Wednesday, June 5, 1996
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
To the Honorable, the Senate:
Sincerely,
Douglas La follette
Secretary of State
State of Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Senate
May 15, 1996
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Section
15.345 (4) Stats., I am appointing Mr. Thom Ciske to the Public Intervenor Board.
Sincerely,
Michael G. Ellis
Majority Leader
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
June 4, 1996
The Honorable, The Legislature:
We have completed an audit of the Community Relations-Social Development Commission (SDC), as directed by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee and the former Chairman of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors. For efficiency, we have coordinated our respective audit efforts and are issuing a joint report of our findings.
SDC was founded in the 1960's by Milwaukee County, the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee Area Technical College, and the United Way of Greater Milwaukee. Its founders and 12 other groups appoint SDC's Board of Commissioners, which has oversight responsibility for the agency's staff, finances, and programs. In 1995, SDC spent $28.4 million in federal, state, and local funds to operate a variety of anti-poverty and social service programs.
Allegations of mismanagement and problems with agency governance have raised public concern and prompted SDC's founders to withhold over $650,000 in administrative and program support. Our audit found numerous examples of poor management, including instances in which established administrative policies were circumvented by staff. We also found that the Board has not always exercised sufficient staff, financial, and program oversight.
Recently, the Board and the agency's interim Executive Director have begun to take steps to address past management and governance problems at SDC, which include improved training for commissioners and improvements to SDC's fiscal accountability. Our report includes 40 recommendations that support those steps. In addition, it includes options for restructuring the Board, in the event the founding members and the Legislature believe changes to its size and the methods by which commissioners are appointed will increase accountability.
We appreciate the cooperation of the Board of Commissioners and SDC staff. A response from the interim Executive Director is attached.
Sincerely,
Dale Cattanach Jerome j. heer
State Auditor Director of Audits
State of Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources
May 30, 1996
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Pursuant to s.
30.2035 Wis. Stats., I am transmitting a copy of the department's two year study on shore protection and the agency's findings and recommendations from that study. If you would like additional copies please contact Ken Johnson of my staff at 266-8036.
Sincerely,
George E. Meyer
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Department of Corrections
April 30, 1996
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Section
303.019, Wisconsin Statutes, directs that "the Department of Corrections and administration shall report on a quarterly basis, except for the last quarter in a fiscal year, to the Joint committee on Finance providing a cash balance summary for each prison industry and a projected fiscal year-end profit and loss statement for the prison industry program...".
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Attached are the "Projected Accrual Profit and Loss Statement" and "Year to Date Cash Balance Summary by Industry" for the period ending March 31, 1996.
Prison Industries had a cash deficit of $1.07 million through the third quarter ending March 31, 1996. Actual year-to-date expenditures were $10,955,600. These expenditures reflect approximately $685,000 in expenditures related to the previous fiscal year (FY 95) as directed by Joint Finance in an October 26, 1995 s.13.10 meeting.
Revenues for the same time period were $9,882,900. Prison Industries has adequate fixed assets, inventories and receivables to cover the overdraft.
The projected profit on the accrual basis for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996 is $100,000.
Sincerely,
Michael J. SulLivan
Secretary
Department of Corrections
James R. Klauser
Secretary
Department of Administration
Referred to joint committee on Finance.
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
May 24, 1996
The Honorable, The Legislature:
