josephine musser Trudy A. Karlson, Ph.D.
Commissioner of Insurance Director, Office of Health Care
Information
State of Wisconsin
Department of Corrections
July 14, 1995
The Honorable, The Legislature:
This is the annual report on Prison Industries for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1994, as required by Wisconsin Statutes 303.018. This report includes the cash balance of each industry and the total amounts expended by state agencies for wood furniture and printing. It also shows what portion of the total wood furniture and printing state agencies purchased from prison Industries and includes year-end cash balance.
The cash deficit decreased by $1,159,795 (from $4,087,459 to $2,927,664) in fiscal year 1994. Total assets of plant, equipment and inventories of $5,925,529 exceed the cash deficit by $2,997,865.
See Appendix A for a summary of the cash balance for each industry and the overall financial condition of Prison Industries.
The net income on the accrual accounting basis was $1,089,234 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1994.
State agencies spent $3,892,458 on wood furniture in FY 94. of that amount, $729,975 or 19% was purchased from Prison Industries. During the same period, state agencies purchased $38,088,655 in printing from all sources. Of that amount, $1,096,415 or 3% was purchased from Prison Industries. State printing bulletins now require that all forms for which Prison Industries has negotiated a contract be purchased from Prison Industries. Appendix B provides comparisons with FY 93.
Sincerely,
michael sullivan
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Department of Corrections
August 9, 1995
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Please replace the attachments for Secretaries Sullivan and Klauser's July 13, 1995 letter with these. The Prison Industries second quarter report ending date is December 31, 1994.
Sincerely,
Michael sullivan
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Employment Relations Commission
August 8, 1995
The Honorable, The Legislature:
As you are aware, the new duties of the Council on Municipal Collective Bargaining which were mandated by
1993 Act 16 have been eliminated by virtue of a provision of the recently enacted State Budget for 1995-97.
These are the minutes of the last Council meeting which took place under the aegis of Act 16.
The Council was originally created in 1985 as principally an advisory body to the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, It was reconstituted by (nonstatutory) Section
9120(2y) and (2z) of
1993 Act 16. Its augmented mission included analysis and assessment of each of the changes proposed by the Governor to Sec. 111.70(4)(cm) of the statutes in 1993 Senate Bill 44 and submission of recommendations for changes to Sec. 111.70(4)(cm) and 7(m).
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Beginning in December, 1993, the Council met on a regular, monthly basis. To date, it has met a total of 16 times and, in addition, conducted 8 public hearings in various parts of the state.(4 of the hearings were conducted in 1994 in Pewaukee, Rhinelander, LaCrosse and Milwaukee; the remaining 4 were conducted in 1995 in Milwaukee, Green Bay, Eau Claire and Madison.)
In January, 1995, it submitted its Analysis and Assessment of Each of the Changes Proposed by the Governor for Changes to Sec. 111.70(4)(cm) in 1993 Senate Bill 44.
In late January, 1995, the Council also produced its Pre-final Recommendation for a Successor Law (to Ch. 111.70 municipal labor dispute resolution procedures.) Although this product could have been submitted to the Legislature by early February, 1995, the Council deemed it advisable to submit it instead to public scrutiny by conducting 4 more public hearings in various locations within the state. As a result of those hearings, some modifications to the Pre-final Recommendations were made.
The enclosed minutes of the Council's meeting on June 13, 1995, explain those changes. The minutes were approved by 8-0 vote of the Council at a meeting conducted by telephone on July 28, 1995. By the same vote, the Council authorized the two members who were missing from the telephone conference call to indicate their approval of the June 13, 1995 minutes at a later time. Both did so. The Council also directed that a copy of an outline of the Council's "Amended Pre-final Recommendations" (which reflects it final work product as modified at its last meeting on June 13, 1995) be included as a clarifying exhibit to the minutes, along with its original Pre-final Recommendations.
On behalf of the Council, I want to express its appreciation for the opportunity for representatives of organized labor and municipal employers to convene and work towards a common goal. It succeeded in shaping the format of its subsequent discussions and debates by unanimously (10-0) establishing a set of "Guiding Principles"; by another unanimous (10-0) vote it adopted an Analysis and Assessment of Each of the Changes Proposed by the Governor Section
111.70(4)(cm) in 1993 Senate Bill 44; by a 7-3 vote it adopted its Pre-final Recommendations for a Successor Law; finally, by an 8-2 vote it produced an Amended Pre-final Report (Outline).
The Council is pleased to observe a few of its recommendations have been enacted into law as a part of the adopted Budget, While it would have preferred to have completed its work prior to legislative action, it recognizes and respects the fact that the state political process as reflected by the Governor and the members of the Legislature is the alpha and omega of municipal labor relations, and that end-products of that process cannot always be perfectly coordinated with other events.
On behalf of each individual member of the Council I extend best wishes to the Governor and each member of the Legislature. Each Council member--and I--share with all of you the hope that municipal labor relations in the State of Wisconsin will continue to reflect the proud tradition of peaceful, productive municipal collective bargaining which has been established in this state by the energies and examples of numerous representatives of each side working together toward that end.
Sincerely,
a. henry hempe
Council on Municipal Collective Bargaining
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
August 9, 1995
The Honorable, The Senate:
The following bill(s), orginating in the Senate have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
August 8, 1995
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Viste
, Kenneth M., Jr.,
of Oshkosh, as a member of the Rural Health Development Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2000.
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Human Services and Aging.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
August 8, 1995
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Beach
, Wilbur C.,
of Prairie du Sac, as a member of the Rural Health Development Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2000.
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Human Services and Aging.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
August 7, 1995
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Falstad, David B.,
of Racine, as a member of the Labor and Industry Review Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2001.
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Human Resources, Labor, Tourism, Veterans and Military Affairs.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
August 7, 1995
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Eastman, Daniel J.,
of Mequon, as a member of the Public Service Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2001.
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Environment and Energy.
Office of the Governor
August 9, 1995
