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  To provide opportunities for full participation in the program, the Governor
urged the council
to establish citizens' advisory committees on key issues, to advise the council
on decisions affect-
ing the coast.
  A council report, "The Great Lakes: A Balanced Approach for the 1980's",
was issued on
October 8, 1982.
                      Comparable Worth, Governor's Task Force on
Members: DENNIS DRESANG, chairperson; CARIN CLAUSS, vice chairperson; ANNA
BIERMIER,
  FRANZETTA CALLAWAY, SENATOR JOSEPH CZARNEZKI, CAROL GAINER, ROBERTA GASSMAN,
  JAMES JONES, ROSE KORDICH, PEGGY LEE, SENATOR JOSEPH LEEAN, BARBARA MEYER,
REPRE-
  SENTATIVE LOLITA SCHNEIDERS, JEREMIAH STONE, REPRESENTATIVE LOUISE TESMER,
FILIPPA
  WEBER.
Contact person: CAROLYN YORK.
Address: Robert M. La Follette Institute of Public Affairs, 322 North Hall,
University of Wis-
  consin, Madison, 53706.
Telephone: (608) 263-2693.
  Governor Earl established the task force through Executive order 44 issued
on January 25,
  1984. The Governor appointed 14 members including representatives from
both major political
parties and both houses of the Legislature, public and private employers,
labor, the Wisconsin
Women's Council, personnel and legal fields.
  The Governor directed the task force to: 1) review and analyze existing
research on compara-
ble worth; 2) research data and programs from other states relating to comparable
worth; 3)
review the state civil service classification and compensation system; 4)
determine and document
the extent to which classification and occupational group gender segregation
and a disparity
between wages paid to men and women exist in state service; 5) recommend
to the Governor by
May 31, 1984, a budget and staffing plan for a study to develop a system
to evaluate state em-
ployment using the principle of equal pay for comparable worth.
   The Legislature appropriated a budget of $300,000 for the task force in
1983 Wisconsin Act
 187, effective April 9, 1984, for the 1983-84 fiscal year.
   The task force was further charged with: 1) overseeing the study and testing
a pay system using
 the principle of comparable worth; 2) recommending to the Governor a timetable,
budget and
 legislation necessary to implement a plan to redress any inequities that
may exist. The Governor
 ordered the task force to submit preliminary cost estimates no later than
December 14, 1984, and
 final results and recommendations no later than December 31, 1985.
   The task force issued a publication, "For What Its's Worth",
in September 1984 and May
 1985. On December 14, 1984, the task force issued its "Preliminary
Report" (a pilot study ofjob
 classes and titles) and the "Report on the Pilot Study" by Hallcrest-Craver
Associates, made at
 its request.
                     Disabilities, Governor's Committee for People with
 Members: CHAD ALLEN CROWLEY, chairperson; THOMAS FELL, vice chairperson;
Jo BAILEY,
   KAYLEEN BRERETON, JAMES CURRY, GAIL EVANS, MICHAEL GILBERT, LINDA HOELZEL,
KEN-
   NETH KILGORE, DANIEL LAROCQUE, CHRISTINE LEHMAN, LARRY MOLDENHAUER, FRANCES
   OSHKENANIEW, ROBERT OVERS, BRIAN ROGERS, CAROL SCHAUFEL, SUE SCHMITT,
EDITH
   SIMONS, BRIAN SOLAND, JOHN TRUESDALE, 1 vacancy.
 Executive Director: ELLEN D. DALY.
 Address: Room 830, 1 West Wilson, P.O. Box 7852, Madison 53707.
 Telephone: (608) 266-5378.
   The committee was originally created in 1948 as the Governor's Committee
on Employment
 of the Handicapped. On March 19, 1976, the committee was recreated and renamed
by Gover-
 nor Lucey in Executive Order 28. The committee was recreated again through
Executive Order 3
 on January 20, 1983, by Governor Earl. The committee is charged with advising
the Governor,
 the Legislature and state agencies on the full range of concerns of people
with disabilities. Half
 the members are persons with disabilities or the immediate family of someone
who is disabled.
   The committee meets quarterly and reports regularly to the Governor.