Referred to committee on Education.
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State of Wisconsin
State Treasurer
Madison
October 18, 1999
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
I am pleased to submit to you the 1998-1999 Biennial Report of the State Treasurer's office, pursuant to section 14.58(9), Wis. Stats.
This report contains the statement of accounts held in trust for banks, trust companies and insurance companies, statement of receipts and disbursement, participating shares of investment trusts and state cash reconciliation figures for the fiscal years of 1998 and 1999.
If you have any questions on this report, please contact Nicholas Voegeli, Deputy State Treasurer at (608) 266-7982.
Sincerely,
Jack C. Voight
State Treasurer
Referred to committee on Ways and Means.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
Madison
October 12, 1999
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
I am submitting the quarterly report of the Wisconsin Lottery for the quarter ending September 30, 1999. As required by §
565.37(3), Wis. Stats., the attached materials contain unaudited Wisconsin Lottery year to date Sales and Expenditure information.
The summary information reported here is not intended to be a complete financial accounting of the Wisconsin Lottery Fund. It reflects current law, including provisions of
1999 Wisconsin Act 5, but does not reflect the pending provisions of the 1999-01 biennial budget. This report may be amended pending the results of the biennial budget.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this report, please feel free to contact me at (608) 266-6466.
Sincerely,
Cate Zeuske
Secretary of Revenue
Referred to committee on State Affairs.
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
October 15, 1999
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
We recently completed a financial audit of the Mendota and Winnebago Mental Health Institutes for the period July 1, 1997 through June 30, 1998. The audit was requested by the Department of Health and Family Services to comply with requirements of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals.
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We were able to express an unqualified opinion on each Institute's financial statements. These statements show that, on an accrual basis, Mendota Mental Health Institute had net income of $771,000 and Winnebago Mental Health Institute had net income of $53,000. This income has allowed the Institutes to reduce their overall cash deficit.
Because of limitations in the Department's patient billing system, the prior year's financial statements contained errors, which had the effect of overstating patient accounts receivable, patient revenues, and net income. To correct for these overstatements, the fiscal year 1997-98 financial statements reflect a $2.6 million prior-period reduction in retained earnings for the Mendota Mental Health Institute and a $3.7 million reduction in retained earnings for the Winnebago Mental Health Institute.
Our audit report was delayed primarily because of difficulties relating to the Department's billing system, which does not report patient revenues and receivables in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Therefore, complex additional procedures were required to determine the Institutes' patient revenues and receivables. Because the Department's system is unable to accumulate and summarize accurate information on patient revenues and receivables, we qualified our report on internal controls.
The Department has recognized the limitations of its billing system for a number of years and is implementing a new billing system that is intended to allow for more timely and accurate financial reporting of patient revenues and accounts receivable. However, the Department is experiencing difficulties in this effort and, as of September 30, 1999, had not billed patients or other parties since March 1999. The Department resumed billing in October 1999. We will review the Department's new system during our audit of the Mental Health Institutes' fiscal year 1998-99 financial statements.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by Department of Health and Family Services staff during our audit.
Respectfully submitted,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
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Southeast Wisconsin
Professional Baseball Park District
Milwaukee
October 21, 1999
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Enclosed please find the Miller Park Monthly Progress Report for the month of September 1999 for your review and consideration.
We continue to move forward with our recovery plan and standard ballpark construction efforts in the aftermath of the July crane accident. During the month of September, we accepted the recommendation of the construction manager, HCH Miller Park Joint Venture, to postpone the opening of Miller Park until April 2001. Through the course of our recovery plan and schedule analysis efforts, it was apparent that we could not adequately assemble the necessary workforce to consider an earlier opening of the ballpark.
Most significantly, we have re-established a workforce of more than 450 workers on site involved in debris removal and other normal ballpark construction activities, including electrical, plumbing, fireproofing, painting, mechanical, structural steel, glazing, drywall, and so forth.
As always, please feel free to contact me if you should have any question or comments regarding the enclosed report.
Very truly yours,
Michael R. Duckett, P.E., R.l.s.
Executive Director
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Reference Bureau Corrections
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 133
In enrolling, the following corrections were made:
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 133:
1. Page 656, line 21: on lines 21 and 22, delete ", as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this act),".
2. Page 1603, line 1: before "1. a." insert "(c)".
Conference Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 133:
3. Page 348, line 23: substitute a plain semicolon for the stricken semicolon.
4. Page 847, line 16: delete "page 1559, line 7" and substitute "page 1557, line 24".
5. Page 877, line 2: substitute "9150" for "9350".
