Legislature(1997 - 1998)
05/08/1997 04:45 PM House MLV
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HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON
MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
May 8, 1997
4:45 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Beverly Masek, Chair
Representative Pete Kott
Representative Joe Ryan
Representative Reggie Joule
Representative Irene Nicholia
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative Eldon Mulder
Representative Richard Foster
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
* HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 40
Relating to the defense of Alaska from ballistic missile attack.
- BILL HEARING CANCELLED
CONFIRMATION HEARINGS:
GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENTS: ALASKA NATIONAL GUARD BRIGADIER GENERAL
Colonel Van P. Williams, jr.
Colonel Jerry W. Gillean.
- CONFIRMATIONS ADVANCED
SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 30
Relating to the defense of Alaska from offensive nuclear attack
- MOVED SSSJR 30 OUT OF COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS ACTION
BILL: SJR 30
SHORT TITLE: DEFENSE OF ALASKA FROM NUCLEAR ATTACK
SPONSOR(S): JUDICIARY BY REQUEST
JRN-DATE JRN-PG ACTION
04/29/97 1545 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRAL(S)
04/29/97 1545 (S) JUDICIARY
05/02/97 (S) JUD AT 1:30 PM BELTZ ROOM 211
05/02/97 1646 (S) SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE INTRODUCED
05/02/97 1646 (S) JUDICIARY
05/05/97 (S) RLS AT 3:15 PM FAHRENKAMP RM 203
05/05/97 (S) MINUTE(RLS)
05/05/97 1676 (S) JUD RPT 2DP 2NR
05/05/97 1676 (S) DP: TAYLOR, MILLER; NR: PARNELL, ELLIS
05/05/97 1677 (S) ZERO FN (S.JUD)
05/06/97 1715 (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/6/97
05/06/97 1731 (S) READ THE SECOND TIME
05/06/97 1731 (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UNAN CONSENT
05/06/97 1731 (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SSSJR 30
05/06/97 1731 (S) PASSED Y18 N- E1 A1
05/06/97 1766 (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H)
05/07/97 1594 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRAL(S)
05/07/97 1594 (H) MLV
05/08/97 (H) MLV AT 4:30 PM CAPITOL 124
WITNESS REGISTER
CAROL CARROLL, Director
Administrative Services Division
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
P.O. Box 110900
Juneau, Alaska 99811
Telephone: (907) 465-4730
POSITION STATEMENT: Answered questions on the Governor's
Appointees.
ROGER SCHNELL, Deputy Commissioner/
Chief of Staff
Office of the Commissioner/Adjutant General
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
P.O. Box 5800
Ft. Richardson, Alaska 99505
Telephone: (907) 428 6009
POSITION STATEMENT: Answered questions on the Governor's
Appointees.
KEN TAYLOR, Brigadier General;
Assistant A. G. Director
Air National Guard
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
P.O. Box 5800
Ft. Richardson, Alaska 99505
Telephone: (907) 428-6072
POSITION STATEMENT: Answered questions on the Governor's
Appointees.
CHRIS NELSON, Legislative Administrative Assistant
to Senator Robin Taylor
Alaska State Legislature
Capitol Building, Room 30
Juneau, Alaska 99802
Telephone: (907) 465-3873
POSITION STATEMENT: Sponsor testimony on SSSJR 30.
(* First public hearing)
ACTION NARRATIVE
TAPE 97-5, SIDE A
Number 0001
CHAIRMAN BEVERLY MASEK called the House Special Committee on
Military and Veterans Affairs meeting to order at 4:45 p.m.
Members present at the call to order were Representatives Masek,
Nicholia, Joule, Kott and Ryan. Representatives Mulder and Foster
were attending other meetings.
Number 020
GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENTS: ALASKA NATIONAL GUARD BRIGADIER GENERAL
CHAIRMAN MASEK announced the committee would hear the Governor's
appointments to the Alaska National Guard Brigadier General. She
stated that the appointees are Colonel Van P. Williams, jr. and
Colonel Jerry W. Gillean.
Number 040
REPRESENTATIVE REGGIE JOULE asked if this was similar to the
process of the board or commissions that the Governor makes
appointments to.
CAROL CARROLL, Director, Administrative Services Division,
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, said "The legislature
always confirms general ..."
REPRESENTATIVE JOULE interrupted that he now understands what the
committee is doing.
REPRESENTATIVE JOE RYAN asked if Colonel Williams was a lieutenant
colonel a couple of years ago in Fairbanks.
MS. CARROLL stated that she believed he is a colonel. She stated
that Roger Schnell could answer the question.
REPRESENTATIVE RYAN asked if Colonel Williams is the same person
who was a lieutenant colonel three or four years ago in Fairbanks.
ROGER SCHNELL, Deputy Commissioner/Chief of Staff, Office of the
Commissioner/Adjutant General, Department of Military and Veterans
Affairs, replied that is correct.
Number 0231
REPRESENTATIVE RYAN stated "Just for the record I want to kind of
see how this thing wound up. There was a problem with his wife and
another person and there was a grievance filed or something or an
accusation made, that got ligated. How did that all wind up?"
Number 0236
MR. SCHNELL referred the question to Brigadier General, Ken Taylor.
Number 0242
KEN TAYLOR, Brigadier General; Assistant A. G. Director, Air
National Guard, Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, stated
that there was an equal opportunity and discrimination claim. The
result was that the judge found that there was no merit to the
claim.
REPRESENTATIVE RYAN asked if the case was then over.
BRIGADIER GENERAL KEN TAYLOR replied that he did not know if there
would be an appeal but currently the case is terminated.
Number 0339
CHAIRMAN MASEK stated that the Senate State Affairs Standing
Committee has already passed the two appointees out of committee.
She stated that she would like to pass Colonel Williams and Colonel
Gillean out of this committee.
Number 0402
REPRESENTATIVE IRENE NICHOLIA made a motion to pass Colonel
Williams and Colonel Gillean out of the committee for consideration
at the joint session.
Number 0434
CHAIRMAN MASEK asked if there was an objection. Hearing none, it
was so ordered.
Number 0454
CHAIR MASEK stated that the next order of business was the
committee members' letter to Senator Stevens regarding full funding
for the Alaska National Guard in the federal defense budget and the
Committee members' letter to Representative Don Young regarding
full funding for the Alaska National Guard Youth Corps Challenge
Program in the federal defense budget. She stated that she would
like to get both letters signed.
Number 0545
SSSJR 30 - DEFENSE OF ALASKA FROM NUCLEAR ATTACK
CHAIR MASEK stated that the next order of business is SSSJR 30,
"Relating to the defense of Alaska from offensive nuclear attack."
She asked Senator Robin Taylor's staff to present the bill.
Number 0545
CHRIS NELSON, Legislative Administrative Assistant to Senator Robin
Taylor, stated that the resolution is in response to Alaska's
vulnerability to ballistic missile attack. He continued that this
resolution asks that Alaska and Hawaii be included in any ballistic
missile attack system that the United States considers developing
and deploying. He stated that Senators Murkowski and Stevens, and
Congressman Young fully support the resolution.
Number 0723
REPRESENTATIVE NICHOLIA stated that she faxed the resolution to
Brian Kennedy, Representative, Clairmont Institute, who thought it
was perfect.
Number 0748
MR. NELSON responded that everyone is grateful to Mr. Kennedy for
bringing his team up to Alaska to explain the importance of the
problem.
Number 0756
REPRESENTATIVE RYAN made a motion to move SSSJR 30 out of committee
with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal note.
Number 0908
CHAIR MASEK asked if there was an objection. Hearing none, SSSJR
30 was moved out of the House Special Committee on Military and
Veterans Affairs.
Number 0931
CHAIR MASEK asked if there were any questions on the letters before
the committee.
Number 0957
REPRESENTATIVE NICHOLIA stated that she would not recommend any
changes.
Number 1010
CHAIR MASEK passed the letters to committee members for signatures
and stated that this would be the last meeting for this session and
thanked everybody for their work.
ADJOURNMENT
Number 1127
CHAIR MASEK adjourned the House Special Committee on Military and
Veterans Affairs meeting at 5:00 p.m.
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