I am vetoing Senate Bill 390 in its entirety. This bill directs the Department of Transportation to provide a general obligation bond supported grant of $1.6 million to the city of Marinette for the construction of a dockwall at the Waupaca Foundry. The bill also waives the requirement that the department reimburse a maximum of 80 percent of the total costs of a project.
This bill is redundant and unnecessary because my administration has already provided nearly $2 million for the Waupaca Foundry to construct the dockwall, renovate its facilities, and invest in new equipment and training.
My administration is funding this project through Community Development Block Grants and other training grants and tax credits which are intended for a project like this one. The legislation sent to me diverts funds away from the Harbor Assistance
Grant Program, which would only hurt other worthy harbor projects in the area.
Moreover, the project does not meet various requirements of the Harbor Assistance Grant Program, which requires that the Department of Transportation give precedence to projects with high levels of commercial boat traffic. As the foundry does not utilize the Marinette harbor for boat traffic, it would not score well in the application evaluation process. The acceptance of this proposal would both delay approved projects and eliminate the possibility of funding other worthy harbor transportation projects later in the biennium.
In the end, the bill the Legislature sent to me provides less funding and diverts funds away from other nearby communities. Since the project has already been funded, there is no need for this legislation.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
October 31, 2005
The Honorable, The Legislature:
This report is transmitted as required by sec. 20.002(11)(f) of the Wisconsin Statutes, (for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under sec. 13.172(3) Stats.), and confirms that the Department of Administration has found it necessary to exercise the "temporary reallocation of balances" authority provided by this section in order to meet payment responsibilities and cover resulting negative balances during the month of September 2005.
On September 6, 2005, the General Fund cash balance closed at a negative $12.1 million. The fund's negative cash balance continued intermittently until September 22, 2005, when the fund's cash balance closed at a positive $3.8 million. The General Fund cash balance reached its intramonth low of a negative $264.9 million on September 19, 2005. The negative balance was due to the difference in the timing of revenues and expenditures.
The General Fund was not in excess of the statutory interfund borrowing limitations and did not exceed the balances of the funds available for interfund borrowing.
The distribution of interest earnings to investment pool participants is based on the average daily balance in the pool and each fund's share. Therefore, the monthly calculation by the State Controller's Office will automatically reflect the use of these temporary reallocations of balance authority, and as a result, the funds requiring the use of the authority will effectively bear the interest cost.
Sincerely,
STEPHEN E. BABLITCH
Secretary
Referred to joint committee on Finance.
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
November 1, 2005
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 2005 session of the legislature, visit the Ethics Board's web site at
http://ethics.state.wi.us
Beiriger, Jeffrey J Wisconsin Insulation Contractors Association
Fonfara, Thomas Wisconsin Health Information Organization
Foti, Steven Frederic E. Mohs D/B/A Wisconsin Homeowners for Tax
Fairness
Franken, Andrew National Paint & Coatings Association
Jun, Michelle Consumers Union of U.S., Inc
Klaetsch, George Elevator Industry Work Preservation Fund
Kuehn, Ronald W E & K Land, LLC
McCoshen, William J American Tissue Services Foundation
McGurk, Russell Coalition Against Bigger Trucks
Plautz, Jolene Wisconsin Auto Collision Technicians Assn. Ltd.
Reese, Gina Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
Remsik, Jeffrey Wisconsin Health Information Organization
Sabo, Scott American Tissue Services Foundation
Seitz, Robert Coalition Against Bigger Trucks
Shinstine, Lori American Tissue Services Foundation
Tanner, Brian United Council of UW Students
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,
R. Roth Judd
Executive Director
S420
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor of
Senate Joint Resolution 48.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator A. Lasee added as a coauthor of
Senate Joint Resolution 48.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Zien added as a coauthor of
Senate Joint Resolution 48.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Zien added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill 1.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator A. Lasee added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill 221.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Jauch added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill 1.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Roessler added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill 5.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Cowles added as a coauthor of
Senate Joint Resolution 48.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Lassa added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill 341.
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
October 27, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Serlin
, Erica,
of Madison, as a member of the Psychology Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2007.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
October 27, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Lehman-Barry, Mary,
of Appleton, as a member of the Cemetery Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2006.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
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Senator Schultz, with unanimous consent, asked that the reading be dispensed with, and that the appointments be considered en masse.
Lubar
, Sheldon,
of Milwaukee, as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Medical College of Wisconsin, for the term ending May 1, 2011.
Moore
, Mania,
of New Richmond, as a member of the Chiropractic Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2009.
Okey
, Louis,
of Cassville, as a member of the Rural Health Development Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2010.
Pierce
, Dennis,
of Kenosha, as a member of the Real Estate Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2009.
Read.
The question was: Confirmation?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 33; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Brown, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Reynolds, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp, Taylor, Wirch and Zien - 33.
Noes - None.
