April 9, 1998
The Honorable, The Legislature:
I am submitting the quarterly report of the Wisconsin Lottery for the quarter ending March 31, 1998. As required by s.
565.37(3), Wis. Stats., the attached materials contain Wisconsin Lottery year to date sales and financial information.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this report, please feel free to contact me at (608) 266-6466.
Sincerely,
Cate Zeuske
Secretary of Revenue
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
April 2, 1998
The Honorable, The Legislature:
The biennial budget bill,
1983 Wisconsin Act 27, created s.
46.275, Community Integration Program (CIP) for Residents of State Centers. The intent of this program "is to relocate persons from the state centers for the developmentally disabled into appropriate community settings with the assistance of home and community-based services and with continuity of care. The intent of the program is also to minimize its impact on state employees through redeployment of employees into vacant positions." S.
46.275(5m) requires the Department to submit a report to the Joint Committee on Finance and to the Chief Clerk of each house of the Legislature describing the program's impact during the preceding calendar year on state employees, including the Department's efforts to redeploy employees into vacant positions and the number of employees laid off.
For the period of January 1, 1997 to December 31, 1997, there were 75 placements of center residents into the community. For fiscal year 1997, reductions of $4,817,271 and 107.80 FTE were made in the budget for the purpose of CIP placements. For the period July 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997, sufficient reductions will be made in the fiscal year 1998 operating budget to reflect reductions for CIP placements. Reductions of positions and dollars have been made for calendar year 1997 with only two employees being laid off during the year. Six layoffs have occurred at the centers due to the CIP program since the program began in 1983. All other reductions have been absorbed through attrition of employees.
For calendar year 1998, there will be a significantly greater number of employees placed at risk and actually laid off. For the period, January 1, 1998 through March 31, 1998, 115 employees have been placed at risk with 19 layoffs to date. Additional employees will be placed at risk and laid off between April 1 and June 30, 1998.
Sincerely,
Joe Leean
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
April 14, 1998
The Honorable, The Senate:
At the direction of s.
13.685(7),
Wisconsin Statutes, I am furnishing you with the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board that employ one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules, and notifying you of changes in the Ethics Board's records of licensed lobbyists and their employers. For each recently registered organization I have included the organization's description of the general area of legislative or administrative action that it attempts to influence and the name of each licensed lobbyist that the organization has authorized to act on its behalf.
Organizations recently registered:
Below are the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board as employing one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules.
Glidden Company The
Subject(s): Any and all matters pertaining to (1) the environment and/or conservation, (2) public health and/or (3) public safety.
Peshek, Peter
Wiley, Lawrence A
Millennium Holdings Inc
Subject(s): Any and all matters pertaining to (1) the environment and/or conservation, (2) public health and/or (3) public safety.
Peshek, Peter
Wiley, Lawrence A
Stone Street Capital Incorporated
Subject(s): Structured settlements of lottery winnings, specifically Assembly Bill 729, Assembly Bill 942 and Senate Bill 428.
Kuehn, Ronald W
Peshek, Peter
Organization's authorization of additional lobbyists:
The following organizations previously registered with the Ethics Board have authorized to act on their behalf these additional licensed lobbyists:
Center District, Wisconsin
Pickart, Joseph A
Electric Power Co, Wisconsin
Bognar, Jennifer
Also available from the Wisconsin Ethics Board are reports identifying the amount and value of time state agencies have spent to affect legislative action and reports of expenditures for lobbying activities filed by the organizations that employ lobbyists.
Sincerely,
Roth Judd
Director
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 6, 1998
The Honorable, The Senate:
This is to inform you that I am withdrawing the nomination of Nancy Schraufnagel for appointment to the Savings and Loan Review Board.
Mrs. Schraufnagel notified my office that she cannot accept the nomination at this time.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Tommy G. Thompson
Governor
Office of the Governor
April 10, 1998
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following bill(s), originating in the Senate, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 13, 1998
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following bill(s), originating in the Senate, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 14, 1998
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following bill(s), originating in the Senate, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
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The committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations reports and recommends:
Relating to kennel license fees.
No action taken.
Gwendolynne Moore
