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11/01/2016 01:30 PM House LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
NOVEMBER 01, 2016
1:45 PM
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Gary Stevens, Chair
Senator Anna MacKinnon
Senator Kevin Meyer
Representative Charisse Millett
MEMBERS PRESENT ON TELECONFERENCE
Senator John Coghill
Senator Peter Micciche
Representative Mike Chenault
Representative Sam Kito
Representative Mark Neuman
Representative Steve Thompson, alternate
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Lyman Hoffman
Senator Charlie Huggins
Senator Lesil McGuire, alternate
Senator Cathy Giessel, alternate
Representative Bob Herron, Vice Chair
Representative Mike Hawker
Representative Craig Johnson
Representative Harriet Drummond, alternate
AGENDA
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
CONTRACT APPROVALS
SPEAKER REGISTER
Tina Strong, Procurement Officer, Legislative Affairs
Agency
Pam Varni, Executive Director, Legislative Affairs Agency
Jeff Goodell, Capitol Complex Manager, Legislative Affairs
Agency
1:45:36 PM
I. CHAIR GARY STEVENS called the Legislative Council meeting
to order at 1:45 p.m. in the Anchorage Legislative
Information Office Large Conference Room. Present at the
call were Senators Stevens, Meyer, and MacKinnon; and
Representative Millett. Participating via teleconference
were Senators Coghill and Micciche; and Representatives
Chenault, Kito, Neuman, and Thompson, alternate. Absent
were Senators Hoffman, Huggins, McGuire, alternate, and
Giessel, alternate; and Representatives Hawker, Johnson and
Drummond, alternate.
II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
REPRESENTATIVE CHARISSE MILLETT moved that Legislative
Council approve the agenda.
The agenda was approved without objection.
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. May 2, 2016
b. May 16, 2016
c. June 29, 2016
d. July 12, 2016
e. August 3, 2016
REPRESENTATIVE MILLETT moved that Legislative Council
approve the minutes of the May 2, 2016, May 16, 2016, June
29, 2016, July 12, 2016 and August 3, 2016 meetings as
presented.
The minutes were approved without objection.
IV. CONTRACT APPROVALS
a. Homer Office Space Lease Renewal
b. Capitol Security Camera System Upgrade RFP - Executive
Session
a. Homer Office Space Lease Renewal
1:48:02 PM
REPRESENTATIVE MILLETT moved that Legislative Council
approve Renewal No. 2 of the Lease Extension with Clayton
L. and Joan E. Ellington in the amount of $59,692.56, for
November 1, 2016 - October 31, 2017.
TINA STRONG, Procurement Officer, Legislative Affairs
Agency, said that the original lease was for three years
beginning November 1, 2012, and terminating October 31,
2015. There were five additional renewals of lease
available under the lease agreement each for a one year
period. We have exercised one of the five renewals. Renewal
No. 1 expired October 31, 2016 and the occupants would like
to proceed with Renewal No. 2 for the period of November 1,
2016, through October 31, 2017.
If Legislative Council approves Renewal No. 2, this will
leave three more renewals available under the lease before
we have to go out to bid or do a lease extension.
This lease exceeds $35,000 in one fiscal year; therefore
Legislative Council's approval is required. She said she
checked with the LIO, Senator Stevens' office and
Representative Seaton's office and all are happy with the
space.
Discussion followed about when the Homer office space was
first leased.
A roll call vote was taken.
YEAS: Meyer, Coghill, MacKinnon, Micciche, Stevens
Chenault, Kito, Millett, Neuman, Thompson, Stevens
NAYS: None
The motion passed 10-0.
b. Capitol Security Camera System Upgrade RFP - Executive
Session
1:51:07 PM
REPRESENTATIVE MILLETT moved that Legislative Council go
into Executive Session under Uniform Rule 22(B)(1),
discussion of matters, the immediate knowledge of which
would adversely affect the finances of a government unit
and 22(B)(3), discussion of a matter that may, by law, be
required to be confidential. I ask that the following
individuals remain in the room; Pam Varni, Katrina Matheny
and any legislative staff working for Council members, and
that Tina Strong, Jeff Goodell, Ben Haight, and Nimmi
Phillips remain online.
We also welcome any Legislators that are not on Legislative
Council to remain in the room or online.
There was no objection and Council went into Executive
Session.
2:18:57 PM
Legislative Council came out of Executive Session.
REPRESENTATIVE MILLETT moved that Legislative Council award
RFP 615 for a Capitol Security Camera System Upgrade to
Alcan Electrical & Engineering, Inc. in the amount of
$615,000.
SENATOR ANNA MACKINNON objected for the purpose of
disclosing a potential conflict of interest with Alcan
Electric. She said she disclosed in her APOC report
property that her husband's family owns; they rent to a
variety of people in the Juneau area and Alcan Electric is
listed on that disclosure. She said while she does not
receive any direct benefit, the family that has a business
that her husband has an interest in, she believes rents to
Alcan Electric.
A roll call vote was taken.
YEAS: Meyer, Coghill, Micciche, Stevens Chenault, Kito,
Millett, Neuman, Thompson, Stevens
NAYS: None
The motion passed 9-0 with Senator MacKinnon abstaining
from the vote.
CHAIR STEVENS said that his office sent Legislative Council
members a copy of the Procurement Officer's decision
regarding the 716 W 4th Avenue, LLC appeal. He planned to
schedule a meeting for November 21, 2016, providing there
would be a quorum to take up this issue.
SENATE PRESIDENT MEYER requested an update on the Capitol
renovation and retrofit.
PAM VARNI, Executive Director of the Legislative Affairs
Agency, said that Project Director Jeff Goodell would
address that question.
JEFF GOODELL, Capitol Complex Manager for the Legislative
Affairs Agency, said that there was substantial completion
and he has inspected the interior and the exterior of the
building with the project architect, Dawson Construction
and sub-contractors. They have put together a punch list
and today he inspected the crawl space. The fifth floor has
been turned over to the Capitol Maintenance staff and they
have been reconstructing offices. He said the fourth floor
will be turned over to Maintenance Wednesday or Thursday,
and we will move on down the line in the next 10 days or so
with the idea that we re-establish occupancy sometime in
early December. He said the only thing on the exterior of
the building that has not been completed is part of the
east face of the front of the building and at the southeast
corner. The masons are working at the southeast corner
toward the portico on the front of the building, and
working from the portico in an easterly direction toward
that southeast corner. We are coming to completion and we
are in clean-up and reconstruct phase on the interior. The
crane is down and the upper parking lot is getting cleaned
out, and we are moving toward being done quite soon.
There being no further business before the committee,
Legislative Council adjourned at 2:25 p.m.
2:25:06 PM
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