On behalf of the Council on Recycling, I am please to provide you with the Annual Report of the Council's activities for 1994. This report is being submitted for your distribution to interested Legislators so they may obtain an overview of the Council's activities over the past year.
The Council has discussed and acted on a wide variety of issues in 1994, and many of the themes and topics have carried over to the formulation of the Council's goals for 1995. In particular, the Council hopes to continue the close working relationship with the Recycling Market Development Board and to pursue greater inter-agency cooperation and coordination in market development. Throughout 1995, the Council plans to continue its role of providing a forum for the varied interests throughout Wisconsin, interests who are dedicated to making Wisconsin's recycling laws work. The Council also plans to continue to serve as a valued advisor to the Legislature, government agencies and the Governor. The Council looks forward to working with all sectors, public and private, involved with recycling to ensure maximum compliance and efficiency of programs and markets.
Please contact Dan Fields, staff to the Council, at 266-5334 if you should have any questions about this report or the Council on Recycling.
Sincerely,
Dan Meyer
Chair, Council on Recycling
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
April 6, 1995
The Honorable, The Legislature:
We have completed our evaluation of the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention and Pregnancy Services Board, as requested by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. The Board's primary responsibility is to award grants to local organizations to fund community-based pregnancy prevention programs. Over the past five years, the Board disbursed $2.5 million in grants to organizations for pregnancy prevention programs. Approximately 80 percent of all grant expenditures were for personnel costs.
All programs funded by the Board provide services to adolescents at risk of becoming pregnant or of fathering children, and many of the programs direct their services to adolescents with the highest risk of pregnancy. Even though programs tended to focus on serving high-risk participants, we found that grantees reported a high success rate in assisting participants to avoid adolescent pregnancies.
Although it is difficult to compare the pregnancy avoidance rates of participants in Board-funded programs with the rates in their communities, we estimate that, between 1990 and 1993, female participants in Board-funded programs had an average pregnancy avoidance rate of 96.8 percent, compared to a rate of 91.1 percent for adolescents in their respective communities.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by members of the Board, its staff, and the staff in the Department of Health and Social Services. The Board has not prepared a written response to this report. Instead, its staff indicated the report and the Board's response will be discussed at a future public meeting.
Sincerely,
Dale CATTanach
State Auditor
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
March 30, 1995
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Densow
, Daniel P.,
of Appleton, as a member of the Funeral Directors Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 1998.
Respectfully submitted,
Tommy G. Thompson
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Business, Economic Development and Urban Affairs.
Office of the Governor
March 30, 1995
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Johnson-Powell, Patricia, of Milwaukee, as a member of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, to serve for the term ending January 1, 1999.
Respectfully submitted,
Tommy G. Thompson
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Business, Economic Development and Urban Affairs.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
March 30, 1995
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Ladwig
, E. James,
of Racine, as a member of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, to serve for the interim term ending January 1, 1996.
Respectfully submitted,
Tommy G. Thompson
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Business, Economic Development and Urban Affairs.
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Relating to water quality standards for cadmium for the protection of aquatic life.
Submitted by Department of Natural Resources.
Report received from Agency, April 11, 1995.
Referred to committee on Environment and Energy,
April 12, 1995.
Relating to the notice requirements for terminating worker's compensation insurance policies.
Submitted by Office of the Commissioner of Insurance.
Report received from Agency, April 6, 1995.
Referred to committee on Insurance,
April 12, 1995
.
Relating to certification to perform asbestos abatement activities or asbestos management activities and accreditation of training courses for persons performing asbestos abatement activities or asbestos management activities.
Submitted by Department of Health and Social Services.
Report received from Agency, April 10, 1995.
Referred to committee on Health, Human Services and Aging, April 12, 1995
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The Committee on Education and Financial Institutions reports and recommends:
Relating to special education handicapping conditions.
No action taken.
Alberta Darling
Chairperson
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By Thomas T. Melvin, chief clerk.
Mr. President:
I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has passed and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Bill 126
Assembly Bill 175
Assembly Bill 185
Assembly Bill 241
Assembly Bill 242
Assembly Bill 244
Assembly Bill 245
Assembly Bill 264
Assembly Bill 281
Assembly Bill 291
Assembly Joint Resolution 30
Assembly Joint Resolution 33
Concurred in:
