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Speaker's Communications
September 21, 2009
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Pursuant to Assembly Rule
42 (3)(c), I am withdrawing Assembly Bill 206 from the Assembly Committee on Rural Economic Development and re-referring it to the Assembly Committee on Agriculture.
I have the consent of Representative Phil Garthwaite, chairperson of the Assembly Committee on Rural Economic Development, to take this action.
Thank you for your immediate attention to this referral.
Sincerely,
Michael J. SheriDan
Assembly Speaker
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Communications
September 15, 2009
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Patrick:
I am pleased to transmit to you the following reports to the 2009 Legislature on legislation introduced by the Joint Legislative Council:
RL 2009-06 Special Committee on Enhancing Recreational Trails for Non-Motorized Use
[Senate Bills 264, 265 and 266]
I would appreciate your including this letter in the Journal for the information of the membership. Additional copies of these reports are available at the Legislative Council Staff offices, One East Main, Suite 401, or from our web page at
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lc.
Sincerely,
Terry C. Anderson
Joint Legislative Council
Director
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September 18, 2009
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
This letter is to inform you of my request to appoint Representative Dan Meyer to replace Representative Scott Suder on the Fish and Wildlife Committee during the period of Representative Suder's military deployment.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Jeff Fitzgerald
State Representative
39th Assembly District
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Investment Board
Madison
September 15, 2009
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Pursuant to s.
1.11 (2)(j) Stats., please distribute this notice to members of the Assembly. The State of Wisconsin Investment Board did not consider any proposals or major actions in Wisconsin during fiscal year 2009 that would have significantly affected the quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the agency was not required to prepare any environmental assessments or impact statements under s.
1.11, Stats.
Please contact Sandy Drew at 261-0182 if you have any questions concerning this report.
Sincerely,
Keith Bozarth
Executive Director
Referred to committee on Natural Resources.
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
September 17, 2009
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
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We have completed an evaluation of the consolidation of administrative functions within the Department of Administration (DOA) and the Accountability, Consolidation, and Efficiency (ACE) Initiative, as requested by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. In 2005, DOA implemented the ACE Initiative to improve management of purchasing, human resources, and information technology (IT) functions. Although the ACE Initiative ended in June 2007, many of its components remain in effect.
Currently, DOA provides human resources services to 7 other state agencies, purchasing services to 11 other agencies, and computer server and network support services to 7 other agencies. However, the agencies continue to incur costs to complete certain administrative tasks that DOA does not perform.
DOA negotiated 14 new contracts for some of the goods and services commonly purchased by state agencies and the University of Wisconsin System. From fiscal year (FY) 2005-06 through FY 2007-08, purchases under the contracts totaled $237.7 million. We estimate savings of $18.9 million from purchases of goods and services for which data were available. However, vendors were potentially paid $396,100 more than allowed under three of the contracts.
The costs of three ACE Initiative-related IT projects totaled $113.5 million through June 2009 and have significantly exceeded original estimates. One project is completed, work on another has been suspended, and the third is taking longer than expected to complete.
Any savings and efficiencies achieved through consolidation have been offset by payments of $15.2 million to four contractors that helped to create and implement the ACE Initiative. Continued legislative monitoring of ongoing consolidation efforts is warranted.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by DOA and other state agencies. A response from DOA follows the appendices.
Sincerely,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
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State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
September 22, 2009
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
As required by s.
13.94 (1)(dg), Wis. Stats., we have completed a limited-scope review of the dental services grant provided by the Department of Health Services to the Marquette University School of Dentistry for fiscal year (FY) 2006-07 and FY 2007-08. During our review period, Marquette University received general purpose revenue funding of $2.8 million in each year to provide dental services to low-income individuals at clinics in various locations throughout Wisconsin.
Overall, we found Marquette University has developed and implemented adequate procedures to ensure compliance with statutory and grant requirements. In addition, we confirmed that funds provided by the State were expended only for services normally considered a part of comprehensive general dental treatments.
We note that dental services expenses exceeded revenues by $2.6 million in FY 2006-07, and $2.7 million in FY 2007-08. Marquette University staff indicate that clinic revenues, which include the State's grant as well as patient fees and other revenues, are not intended to cover all costs.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by Marquette University staff during our review.
Sincerely,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
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Assembly Joint Resolution 66
Relating to: the life and military service of Private First Class Steven Drees.
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Representative Nygren and Senator Hansen escorted the family of Private First Class Steven Drees to the rostrum, including his mother Dawn Bayer, his father Paul Drees and his grandmother Louise Bayer.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution
66 be adopted?
Motion carried.
Representative Nelson asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 66 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Assembly Joint Resolution 69
Relating to: the life and military service of Wisconsin Army National Guard Master Sergeant Brian K. Naseman of Racine.
