Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Ninety-Seventh Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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Gathering Waters Conservancy
December 5, 2006
The Honorable, The Senate:
It is my pleasure to share with you a report on Gathering Waters Conservancy's activities and accomplishments for Fiscal Year 2006. This report is being submitted in accordance with the statutory requirements of s.23.0955(2)(b)5. Gathering Waters Conservancy has had an extremely successful year, thanks to the ongoing support of the state legislature and the Department of Natural Resources.
The more than 50 land trusts in Wisconsin have together permanently protected over 150,000 acres in communities across Wisconsin. Land trusts in Wisconsin have a combined membership of close to 50,000 individuals and thousands of local volunteers. Over 21 land trusts have paid staff working to further their mission, evidence of their solid support as community institutions.
We look forward to continuing to work with the Department and the state legislature to achieve our mutual conservation goals. Please do not hesitate to contact me for additional information. I have also enclosed Gathering Waters Conservancy's audited financial reports for FY 2006 for your review.
Sincerely,
Althea Dotzour
Interim Executive Director
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
December 6, 2006
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Included with this correspondence, I am submitting the reports from the Department of Administration, Division of Gaming (Gaming), for the third quarter of fiscal year 2006 (January 1, 2006 through March 31, 2006) and the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006 (April 1, 2006 through June 30, 2006). As required by s.562.02(1)(g), Wis. Stats., the attached materials contain pari-mutuel wagering and racing statistical information, as well as the revenues for the program areas of Racing, Charitable Gaming, Bingo and Indian Gaming. It should be noted that the Geneva Lakes Greyhound Track ceased it's live greyhound racing on November 6, 2005 and completely closed it's doors on April 1, 2006.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this report, please do not hesitate to contact Rachel Meek at (608) 270-2535.
Sincerely,
Robert W. Sloey
Administrator
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
December 6, 2006
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Included with this correspondence, I am submitting the reports from the Department of Administration, Division of Gaming (Gaming), for the first quarter of fiscal year 2007 (July 1, 2006 through September 30, 2006). As required by s.562.02(1)(g), Wis. Stats., the attached materials contain pari-mutuel wagering and racing statistical information, as well as the revenues for the program areas of Racing, Charitable Gaming, Bingo and Indian Gaming. Geneva Lakes Greyhound Track ceased operations on April 1, 2006 and therefore is no longer included in the Pari-Mutuel Wagering Statistics.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this report, please do not hesitate to contact Rachel Meek at (608) 270-2535.
Sincerely,
Robert W. Sloey
Administrator
University of Wisconsin System
December 6, 2006
The Honorable, The Legislature:
The 1999-2001 State of Wisconsin Biennial Budget,
1999 Wisconsin Act 9, included a provision to change the University of Wisconsin System's appropriation for tuition and fee revenues (Academic Student Fees, Fund 131) from an annual, sum certain appropriation to a continuing appropriation.
Wisconsin Act 9 required the Board of Regents to report annually, beginning on December 15, 2000, the amount by which actual expenditures in the previous fiscal year, in this case 2005-06, exceeded the amount in the schedule for that appropriation in the previous fiscal year. That report, including the purposes for which the additional revenues were spent and the amount spent for each purpose, is attached.
Please contact Lynn Paulson at (608) 263-7481, if you have any questions related to this report.
Sincerely,
Deborah A. Durcan
Vice President for Finance
Ethics Board
December 12, 2006
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 2005-06 session of the legislature, visit the Ethics Board's web site at
http://ethics.state.wi.us
Callanan, Susan Northwestern Mutual
Kuehn, Ronald W Veolia ES Solid Waste, Inc. (formerly Onyx Waste Services, Inc.)
Taylor, Chad Veolia ES Solid Waste, Inc. (formerly Onyx Waste Services, Inc.)
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
Motions Under Senate Rule
98 and Joint Rule
7
for the Month of November 2006
A certificate of commendation by the Wisconsin Senate on the motion of Senator Ellis, for Peter Abraham, on the occasion of earning and attaining the rank of the Eagle Scout Award.
