(b) The task force shall review the actions taken by the county board of Menominee County and the town board of the town of Menominee to address the management concerns raised by the legislative audit bureau in a letter to the county and town dated February 23, 1998, and shall prepare findings based on its review.

(c) The task force shall report its findings to the county board of Menominee County, the town board of the town of Menominee and the cochairpersons and members of the joint committee on finance not later than March 1, 1999. The report required under this paragraph shall include recommendations, in the form of proposed legislation, regarding additional aid for Menominee County and the town of Menominee if the task force finds that the county and the town have taken action to substantially correct the concerns raised by the legislative audit bureau.

(d) The task force shall disband after it reports its findings to the cochairpersons and members of the joint committee on finance.

(1g) Petroleum cleanup reports. The secretary of administration, the secretary of natural resources and the secretary of commerce shall submit reports to the joint committee on finance at the 1st and 3rd quarterly meetings of the committee for the 1998-99 fiscal year under section 13.10 of the statutes that document the progress of the department of natural resources and the department of commerce toward meeting the requirements of the memorandum of understanding under section 101.144 (3m) of the statutes. The reports shall include at least the following information:

(a) The progress toward determining the classification of petroleum discharge sites as high, medium or low priority.

(b) The number of petroleum discharge sites under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources and under the jurisdiction of the department of commerce.

(c) The number of petroleum discharge sites closed by the department of natural resources and by the department of commerce.

(e) The progress made by the department of commerce in using the authority under section 101.143 (4) (ce) of the statutes in requiring the use of specified service providers in order to reduce costs of cleanups and in requiring owners of petroleum discharge sites to use a public bidding process in order to reduce the costs of cleanups.

(f) A summary of the definitions in the memorandum of understanding of high, medium and low priority sites and the reasons for those definitions.

(g) If more than 30% of the total known active petroleum discharge sites are classified as high priority, a description of the causes for that number of high priority sites.

(1) Pari-mutuel wagering; general program operations. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of administration under section 20.505 (8) (g) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1997, the dollar amount is increased by $14,000 for fiscal year 1997-98 and the dollar amount is increased by $14,000 for fiscal year 1998-99 to increase funding for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

(2) Indian gaming; general program operations. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of administration under section 20.505 (8) (h) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1997, the dollar amount is increased by $50,000 for fiscal year 1997-98 and the dollar amount is increased by $50,000 for fiscal year 1998-99 to increase funding for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

(1k) Ombudsman positions. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the board on aging and long-term care under section 20.432 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1997, the dollar amount is increased by $68,700 for fiscal year 1998-99 to increase the authorized FTE positions for the board by 3.0 GPR positions on January 1, 1999, for the performance of activities as representatives of the long-term care ombudsman.

(1c) Fish farms. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection under section 20.115 (2) (a) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1997, the dollar amount is increased by $265,000 for fiscal year 1998-99 to increase the authorized FTE positions for the department by 5.0 GPR positions for the performance of duties related to fish farms.

(1wx) Engineering positions. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection under section 20.115 (7) (a) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1997, the dollar amount is increased by $100,700 for fiscal year 1998-99 to increase the authorized FTE positions for the department by 2.0 GPR engineer positions to provide training, consultation and oversight to county conservation staff.

(1wy) Soil and water resource management. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection under section 20.115 (7) (c) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1997, the dollar amount is decreased by $100,700 for fiscal year 1997-98 to decrease funding for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

(1n) Historic theatre renovation grant. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the arts board under section 20.215 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1997, the dollar amount is increased by $150,000 for fiscal year 1998-99 to increase funding for the purposes for which the appropriation is made.