Legislature(1993 - 1994)
09/22/1993 10:00 AM House ETH
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The Select Committee on Legislative Ethics
September 22, 1993
10:00 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Joseph Donahue, Chair
Ed Granger
Margie MacNeille
Shirley McCoy
Edith Vorderstrasse: via telephone
Senator Jay Kerttula
Representative Brian Porter
Senator Drue Pearce: arrived 10:47 a.m.
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 10:09 a.m. by Chairman
Donahue in the Conference Room on the 2nd Floor of the
Anchorage Legislative Information Office. Chairman Donahue
announced Member Edith Vorderstrasse was on telephone
link-up.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF AUGUST 12, 1993
Representative Porter moved that the minutes of the August
12, 1993 meeting be adopted. Motion was adopted without
objection.
Minutes Approved.
3. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
The extension of contracts was added to the agenda. Motion
to adopt as amended passed without objection. Chairman
announced that Policies and Procedures were on the agenda as
discussion item and first review for the committee and
public.
Agenda Adopted
4. PUBLIC COMMENT
Theda Pittman spoke on behalf of the Alaska Women's
Political Caucus, requesting the committee to complete the
George Jacko investigation quickly. A copy of the
presentation is available in the September 22, 1993 Minutes
file and is considered part of the record.
5. REPORT FROM THE CHAIR
(a) FINANCES: Chairman Donahue referenced the memo in
member notebooks indicating that the Senate Finance
Committee would transfer the full FY 94 funding transfer
request of $126,228 for Ethics Committee operations to
Legislative Council.
(b) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES: Chairman Donahue asked
the committee to briefly review the Policies and Procedures,
highlighting areas of special concern. Those areas were:
1. Inclusion of lobbyists in eligibility for
advisory opinions.
2. 30 Day response requirement for advisory
opinions. Representative Porter requested this
item be added to list of possible legislation
amendments.
3. Anonymous Information.
4. Appearance of the subject in the complaint
process.
5. Discovery
6. Guidelines
The committee discussed having LAA Legal review the policies
and procedures again, prior to adoption.
(c) STAFF REPORT: Chairman Donahue referenced a report
which summarizes the August-September operations and
committee administration.
(d) DISCLOSURES: The chairman indicated that the
committee has not discussed or taken action on late
disclosures thus far. The committee will need to consider
policies or penalties for late filing at some point.
(e) LAA NOTIFICATION POLICY: The chairman referenced
the memo from Tam Cook clarifying LAA's policy of notifying
a legislator of inquiries received by their agency.
(f) INDEMNIFICATION: The chairman distributed a memo
from State of Alaska Risk Management Division, clarifying
the indemnification status of the committee.
6. OTHER BUSINESS
(a) Senator Kerttula stated a need for clarification of
disclosure policies concerning travel funded or partially
funded by groups like WICHE, WAMI, federal or national
organizations of which the State of Alaska is a member. The
chairman appointed a subcommittee to assess the number and
types of programs involved and to make recommendations to
the full committee. The committee would then distribute a
memo of clarification to those affected by the disclosure
requirements.
Subcommittee appointed: Chair/Senator Kerttula,
Representative Porter, Margie MacNeille, Ed Granger
EXECUTIVE SESSION: COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
Shirley McCoy made the motion to move into Executive Session
for the purpose of determining an advisory opinion. The
motion was adopted without objection.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
The committee of the whole reconvened at 11:37 a.m.
AO 93-09: Representative Porter moved to adopt
Advisory Opinion 93-09. Adopted without objection.
Adopted
The committee of the whole recessed at 11:40 a.m and
announced the Senate Subcommittee would convene at 12:30
p.m.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE
At 12:48 p.m. Senator Kerttula moved that the Senate
Subcommittee go into executive session. Motion adopted
without objection.
SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE
The Senate subcommittee reconvened in open session at 3:00
p.m.
Margie MacNeille moved to authorize the chairman, as the
designated project director, under Section 150(b)of the
Procurement Procedures to negotiate and sign on behalf of
the committee an extension for Investigation One contract.
The contract was increased an additional $5,000 and extended
30 additional days. Motion was adopted without objection.
Motion adopted to extend and expand INV 1 Contract.
Margie MacNeille moved to authorize the chairman, as the
project director, under Section 150(b) of the Procurement
Procedures to negotiate an extension of the Bogle and Gates
contract. The contract was increased an additional $20,000
and extended 90 additional days.
Motion adopted to extend and expand the Bogle and Gates
contract.
The chairman, as the project director, noted that he
intended to extend the contract for Investigation 2 for 90
additional days under Section 150(b) and sign on behalf of
the committee. No additional money was needed. There was
no objection by the committee.
Investigation 2 contract extended.
The chairman announced the senate subcommittee would
reconvene in executive session after a recess.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE
At 3:30 p.m. the motion was made by Margie MacNeille that
the Senate Subcommittee reconvene in executive session to
consider complaints. The motion was adopted without
objection.
At 6:23 p.m. the Senate Subcommittee reconvened in open
session. The motion was made by Margie MacNeille to move
into a full committee meeting for the purposes of
adjournment. The motion was adopted without objection.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
At 6:25 p.m. the chairman announced that without a quorum of
the full committee, no business could be conducted and
therefore, the committee was adjourned.
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