Funding Positions
GPR - $400,000 - 1.00
Governor: Delete $200,000 annually and 1.0 position to reflect termination of the activities of the Criminal Penalties Study Committee. This Committee was established by 1997 Wisconsin Act 283 to study the classification of criminal offenses and is required to submit its report not later than April 30, 1999. The Committee will complete its activities prior to the beginning of the next fiscal year.
6. BADGER STATE GAMES
GPR $50,000
Governor: Provide $25,000 annually to double the amount of annual funding provided for assistance to Badger State Games.
7. REPEAL THE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM AND MEDIATION OFFICE OPERATIONS APPROPRIATION
Governor: Repeal the authorization for the energy development and demonstration program in DOA and the associated annual GPR appropriation. The program was established to promote the development and demonstration of renewable energy resources available in Wisconsin and energy conservation methods appropriate for the state. The last time monies were provided to this appropriation was in fiscal year 1983-84.
Repeal the annual GPR appropriation for mediation office operations. The appropriation was established to fund a mediation office to assist in the resolution of disputes having statewide significance if a Governor elected to establish such an office by executive order. Funds were last appropriated for this activity in the 1985-87 biennium. In addition to repealing the mediation office operations appropriation, a DOA gifts and grants appropriation is modified to eliminate the reference to the office of mediation.
[Bill Sections: 109, 510, 530 and 531]
8. HOUSING -- OPERATION FRESH START REPLICATION FUNDING
GPR $464,000
Governor: Provide $232,000 annually to the Division of Housing's grants to local housing organizations appropriation to fund replication of projects similar to Madison's Operation Fresh Start program. This program assists youth and adults (ages 16 to 24) with alcohol and other drug abuse problems, poor health and nutrition, low educational achievement, poor employment history, physical, sexual and emotional abuse or a criminal history to become self-sufficient. During the 1998-99 fiscal year, base level funding in the Division of Housing and WHEDA totaling $530,000 was reallocated at the direction of the Governor to fund two Operation Fresh Start replication projects. The additional funding provided under the Governor's recommendation would support two more replication projects during the 1999-01 fiscal biennium.
9. HOUSING -- ELIMINATE MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING GRANTS
Governor: Eliminate the current $50,000 individual grant maximum on awards under the transitional housing grant program. This program provides grants to counties, municipalities, community action agencies and private, nonprofit organizations to operate transitional housing and related supportive services for the homeless. The purpose of the program is to facilitate the movement of homeless persons to independent living. During the 1997-99 biennium, grants totaling $900,000 were awarded under the program to 20 different agencies assisting the homeless.
[Bill Section: 64]
Information Technology
1. BUREAU OF JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND INTEGRATED JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM PROJECTS
PR $9,789,200
Governor: Provide $4,894,600 annually for the Bureau of Justice Information Systems (BJIS) to complete information technology automation in all district attorneys’ (DA) offices statewide and for other integrated justice information system projects. Program revenue would be provided from the following sources: (a) $2,484,300 in 1999-00 and $1,064,600 in 2000-01 from justice information system fee revenue; (b) $1,600,000 annually from penalty assessment surcharge revenue; and (c) $810,300 in 1999-00 and $2,230,000 in 2000-01 from federal anti-drug enforcement and matching state penalty assessment revenues provided through DOA's Office of Justice Assistance (OJA). In total, including base funds, the executive budget office indicates that $6,080,000 annually would be budgeted for DA office automation and $250,000 annually for integrated justice information system projects.
Create a separate, annual appropriation for justice information systems development, operation and maintenance funded from penalty assessment revenues, with the amounts appropriated transferred from OJA to BJIS. (See "Office of Justice Assistance" for further information on penalty assessment funding.)
As a nonstatutory provision, direct the Secretary of DOA to allocate $363,900 in 1999-00 and $1,782,000 in 2000-01 from OJA’s federal anti-drug enforcement and matching state penalty assessment appropriations to fund the installation of equipment for automated justice information systems. Direct the Secretary of DOA to allocate $446,500 annually from OJA federal anti-drug enforcement monies to fund the general operations of BJIS related to automated justice information systems. [Note: these amounts are $100 more in 1999-00 and $1,500 less in 2000-01 than the amounts appropriated to BJIS from OJA’s federal anti-drug enforcement and matching state penalty assessment monies. Further, BJIS’s interagency assistance appropriation can receive only OJA federal anti-drug funds. A technical correction is needed, therefore, to allow the transfer of OJA anti-drug enforcement matching state penalty assessment funds.]
[Bill Sections: 115, 526, 539, 542 and 9101(10)&(11)]
2. STATE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES -- EXPENDITURE REESTIMATE
PR $2,419,000
Governor: Provide $1,209,500 annually to increase the supplies and services expenditure level in the Division of Information Technology Services continuing appropriation to reflect estimated expenditure levels for non-personnel operating costs, based on the amount by which expenditures for these purposes exceeded budgeted levels in 1997-98. Funding to support the increased expenditures would be provided from charges to state agencies for their use of state computer utility services.
3. STATE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES -- GIS PROPERTY ASSESSMENT DATABASE PROJECT
Funding Positions
PR $268,100 2.00
Governor: Provide increased expenditure authority of $186,600 in 1999-00 and $81,500 in 2000-01 and authorize 2.0 four-year project positions (geographic data professionals) in the Division of Information Technology Services continuing appropriation. These recommended resources would support a project to develop standardized geographic information system data for use by municipalities in assessing real property. The recommended funding would support the GIS staff and first year one-time permanent property costs ($84,800 in 1999-00 and $81,500 in 2000-01) and software purchase and licensing costs ($101,800 in 1999-00). Funding for these expenditures would come from charges to state agencies for their use of state computer utility services.
4. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES -- SOFTWARE LICENSING FEES
PR $300,000
Governor: Provide $150,000 annually to pay for DOA biennial software licensing fees. The funding would be used for the licensing fees of software applications and operating systems for 850 workstations in the Department. Funding for these licenses are recovered through assessments of other DOA divisions for technology expenses incurred by Office of Computer Services in DOA’s Division of Administrative Services.
5. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT FUND ADMINISTRATION
GPR - $242,600
SEG 242,600
Total $0
Governor: Make adjustments of -$121,300 GPR and $121,300 SEG annually for the administrative costs of the information technology investment fund (ITIF), including costs of the vendor database and the VendorNet web site. In 1997 Act 27, a GPR appropriation for ITIF administration was created but this appropriation will sunset on June 30, 1999. The Governor recommends that SEG funding directly from the ITIF be used to support administrative costs in the 1999-01 biennium. Funding for the ITIF is generated from an annual fee charged vendors who wish to automatically be notified of state bids in particular commodity areas and to have on-line access to bid specifications and vendor information.
6. TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT -- SMALL AGENCY INTERNET SUPPORT
Positions
PR 1.00
Governor: Authorize 1.0 PR position annually in the Division of Technology Management to provide assistance to small agencies for issues related to internet usage but funded by Division of Information Technology Services. This position was originally created as a project position ending on June 30, 1999. The project position is removed as a noncontinuing item in the standard budget adjustments. Since the computer utility is funded from a continuing appropriation, no increase in funding was provided when the position was created. The annual budgeted cost for the position in 1998-99 is $56,300. Funding to support the recommended position would be provided from charges to state agencies for their use of the state computer utility services.
7. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES -- ROUTER MANAGEMENT
Governor: Transfer $67,600 PR and 1.0 PR position (information specialist--enterprise network specialist) annually associated with information technology router management from the Division of Technology Management to the Division of Information Technology Service (DITS). Funding to support the position in DITS would be provided from charges to state agencies for their use of computer utility services.
Agency Services
1. CONSOLIDATION OF PROGRAM REVENUE APPROPRIATIONS
Governor: Consolidate four currently separate sum certain PR appropriations into a single appropriation. The separate appropriations that would be consolidated, and the adjusted base level funding for those appropriations, are as follows: (a) materials and services to state agencies and certain districts ($4,858,200 PR); (b) transportation services ($14,149,600 PR); (c) printing, document sales, mail distribution and record services ($18,334,500 PR); and (d) financial services ($8,990,900 PR). The separate transportation services, financial services and printing, document sales, mail distribution and record services appropriations would be transferred into the materials and services to state agencies appropriation. Recommended funding for this new appropriation (consolidated base level funding plus recommended increases) is $50,356,800 PR in 1999-00 and $51,377,900 PR in 2000-01). Revenues for these appropriations are generated by fees charged to agencies for services provided by DOA.
Provide that the unencumbered balances of the three appropriations to be consolidated (transportation services, printing, document sales, mail distribution and record services, and financial services) be transferred to the consolidated materials and services to state agencies appropriation on the general effective date of the budget bill and the dollar amount appropriated for the materials and services appropriation in 1999-00 be increased by the amount of the transferred unencumbered balances. Lastly, shift funding for the Treasurer's Office, previously provided out of the financial services appropriation, to be funded under the consolidated appropriation.
[Bill Sections: 80, 81, 105, 508, 518 thru 521, 524, 598, 644, 9201(1) and 9401(3)]
2. STATE AGENCY SERVICES -- REPEAL RECYCLING ACTIVITIES
Funding Positions
SEG - $264,000 - 2.50
Governor: Provide a reduction of $132,000 annually and 2.5 positions currently used for the development and enforcement of state procurement policy regarding recycled materials and supplies. The eliminated funds represent salary and fringe benefit costs for a procurement supervisor (-0.5 position), a procurement specialist (-1.0 position), and a program assistant (-1.0 position). The funding source for these positions is from the recycling fund. Revenues for this fund come from a temporary recycling surcharge on most businesses. This surcharge ends beginning with the tax years that end after April 1, 1999.
In addition to the funding reduction, repeal the following statutory requirements currently associated with DOA's resource recovery and recycling program: (a) the requirement to annually report to the Governor and to the chief clerk of each house of the Legislature on the program; (b) the requirement for agencies, authorities and participating local governmental units to biennially submit recommendations to DOA regarding the operation of the program; (c) the requirement for DOA to maintain a clearinghouse of information on recycled products available for purchase by governmental agencies; and (d) the requirement for DOA to annually submit a report to the Recycling Market Development Board regarding the activities of the program (under current law this last requirement would expire on June 30, 2001). The appropriation from the recycling fund to support these activities is also repealed. These repeals would all be effective on the general effective date of the budget bill.
[Bill Sections: 44, 84, 528, 1619, 1620 and 3262]
3. STATE AGENCY SERVICES TO NON-STATE
GOVERNMENTAL UNITS -- EXPENDITURE REESTIMATE
PR - $300,000
Governor: Reduce base level funding by $150,000 annually in the DOA appropriation established to cover the costs of providing services and purchase of state inventory for resale to non-state agency purchasers. DOA has an adjusted base spending level of $1,489,800 annually to provide services to non-state governmental agencies (cities, villages, counties and school districts) under a cost recovery basis. Examples of such programs are vanpool programs to alleviate traffic congestion and the sale of surplus state and federal property. Funding for this program comes from the sale of services and inventory items that are provided to these non-state agency purchasers.
4. STATE AGENCY SERVICES -- INTEGRATED DOCUMENT SERVICES COST INCREASES
PR $2,662,400
Governor: Provide $953,500 in 1999-00 and $1,708,900 in 2000-01 for operating cost increases and equipment purchases related to document services provided to state agencies as follows:
Operating Cost Increases. Provide $861,800 in 1999-00 and $898,600 in 2000-01 for increased operating costs associated with activities of the Bureau of Integrated Document Services. This Bureau is responsible for such services to state agencies as document sales and distribution, mail services, publishing services and the state records center. The funds would be used as follows: (a) $346,500 annually for the U.S. Postal Service rate increase effective January 1, 1999; (b) $324,600 annually for increased volume of mailings; (c) $138,100 in 1999-00 and $168,700 in 2000-01 for increased space costs due to building renovations and growth in state records center storage volume; and (d) $52,600 in 1999-00 and $58,800 in 2000-01 for increased mailing equipment maintenance.
Equipment Purchases. Provide one-time funding of $91,700 in 1999-00 and $810,300 in 2000-01 to purchase and upgrade equipment used for mailing, copying and records storage. The funds would be used as follows; (a) $15,000 in 1999-00 for mail pre-sorter machine hardware; (b) $25,000 in 1999-00 and $325,000 in 2000-01 to replace and upgrade an inserter machine that automatically folds and inserts letter contents; (c) $400,000 in 2000-01 for production copying equipment; and (d) $51,700 in 1999-00 and $85,300 in 2000-01 for increased records storage equipment.
Funding would be provided from charges assessed state agencies for the cost of purchased postage and the services provided to the agencies using the Bureau’s services.
5. STATE FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT -- INCREASED CON-TRACT COSTS
PR $174,400
Governor: Provide $58,100 in 1999-00 and $116,300 in 2000-01 for increased contract costs for the supervision of a portion of the state building program. The Division of Facilities Development employs private contractors (rather than state employes) to supervise some of the state's construction projects and the increased contract funds provided represents a 6.3% increase annually over the current cost level for such services of $922,800. The revenue source to support these increased expenditures comes from charges paid by the agencies as part of the building program.
6. STATE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT -- MADISON PARKING COSTS
PR $936,000
Governor: Provide $158,000 in 1999-00 and $778,000 in 2000-01 for anticipated increased maintenance costs associated with state-operated parking facilities in Madison. The second year funding increase is primarily associated with the addition of state-operated parking spaces in the Block 89 project. Of the second year increased funding, $612,000 is placed in unallotted reserve and subject to release by the State Budget Office. Funding would be provided from charges assessed state employes for parking in state-owned parking spaces in Madison.
7. STATE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT -- OPERATIONAL COSTS OF STATE BUILDINGS
