2001-10-23 Senate Journal

Assembly Bill 142

Relating to: following snowplows and providing a penalty.

Concurrence.

Ayes, 5 - Senators Breske, Grobschmidt, Baumgart, A. Lasee and Schultz.

Noes, 0 - None.

Roger Breske

Chairperson

The committee on Labor and Agriculture reports and recommends:

Senate Bill 211

Relating to: mandatory overtime hours worked by health care workers employed by health care facilities and providing penalties.

Passage.

Ayes, 3 - Senators Hansen, Decker and Baumgart.

Noes, 2 - Senators A. Lasee and Harsdorf.

Senate Bill 272

Relating to: a community youth grant to the Wisconsin chapters of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and making an appropriation.

Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1.

Ayes, 5 - Senators Hansen, Decker, Baumgart, A. Lasee and Harsdorf.

Noes, 0 - None.

Passage as amended.

Ayes, 5 - Senators Hansen, Decker, Baumgart, A. Lasee and Harsdorf.

Noes, 0 - None.

David Hansen

Chairperson

The committee on Senate Organization reports and recommends:

Senate Joint Resolution 48

Relating to: the life and public service of John Quentin Radcliffe.

Adoption.

Ayes, 5 - Senators Chvala, Risser, Moen, Panzer and A. Lasee.

Noes, 0 - None.

Charles Chvala

Chairperson

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petitions and communications

State of Wisconsin

Department of Employment Relations

October 15, 2001

The Honorable, The Senate:

I am pleased to present the fiscal year 2000 and 2001 report of employment of Wisconsin Works (W-2) program customers. This report was recently sent to Governor McCallum. The report includes: (1) a description of each agency's efforts to employ W-2 customers; and (2) the number of W-2 customers under s. 49.19, Wis. Stats., employed by each agency and the classification title of each position filled from July 1, 1999, through June 30, 2001.

Enclosed is a copy of the W-2 Hiring Report. If you have any questions about W-2 hiring or the affirmative action planning process, please contact Kathryn A. Moore in the Division of Merit Recruitment and Selections (DMRS) or Pepe Indalecio in the Division of Affirmative Action (DAA). Kathryn can be reached at [phone], fax [phone] or by e-mail at [e-mail]. Pepe can be reached at [phone], fax [phone] or by e-mail at [e-mail].

Sincerely,

Peter D. Fox

Secretary

S420 State of Wisconsin

Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District

September 20, 2001

The Honorable, The Legislature:

Enclosed please find the Final Progress Report for our Miller Park project. Final project accounting work, contract closure efforts, punch list completion, building commissioning tasks and other such close-out efforts will be completed shortly. As the enclosed progress report indicates, Miller Park is complete and has clearly achieved the District Board's objective of building the premiere baseball facility in the country, available for play on Opening Day 2001, completed within budget and with meaningful community participation.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments regarding the enclosed report.

Sincerely,

Michael R. Duckett, P.E.,R.L.S.

Executive Director

State of Wisconsin

Ethics Board

October 23, 2001

The Honorable, The Senate:

The following lobbyists have been authorized to act on behalf of the organizations set opposite their names.

For more detailed information about these lobbyists and organizations and a complete list of organizations and people authorized to lobby the 2001 session of the legislature, visit the Ethics Board's web site at http://ethics.state.wi.us/

Smith, Sandra J Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

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 organizations that employ lobbyists.

Sincerely,

Roth Judd

Director

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ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE

State of Wisconsin

Office of the Governor

October 17, 2001

The Honorable, The Senate:

This is to inform you that I am withdrawing the following nominations to the Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Commission as this Commission was repealed in 2001 Wisconsin Act 16:

Robert Mullally of Onalaska nominated September 25, 2001.

Francis Ogden of River Falls nominated May 16, 2001.

Craig Olson of River Falls nominated May 16, 2001.

Gerald Tyler of Amery nominated June 16, 1998.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

Scott McCallum

Governor

State of Wisconsin

Office of the Governor

October 16, 2001

The Honorable, The Senate:

I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint David , Dr. Alan K., of Cedarburg, as a member of the Rural Health Development Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2006.

Sincerely,

SCOTT McCALLUM

Governor

Read and referred to committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs.

State of Wisconsin

Office of the Governor

October 18, 2001