Legislature(2019 - 2020)ADAMS ROOM 519
05/10/2019 07:00 AM Senate LEGISLATIVE BUDGET & AUDIT
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
May 10, 2019
7:00 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Chris Tuck, Chair
Representative Andy Josephson
Representative Ivy Spohnholz
Representative Mark Neuman
Senator Click Bishop, Vice Chair
Senator Bert Stedman
Senator Natasha von Imhof
Senator Cathy Giessel
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative Neal Foster
Representative Jennifer Johnston (alternate)
Senator Lyman Hoffman
Senator Peter Micciche (alternate)
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
EXECUTIVE SESSION
OTHER COMMITTEE BUSINESS
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
No previous action to record
WITNESS REGISTER
KRIS CURTIS, Legislative Auditor
Legislative Audit Division
Legislative Agencies and Offices
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Provided information related to a past-due
single audit as it related to a scheduling decision.
ACTION NARRATIVE
7:00:09 AM
CHAIR CHRIS TUCK called the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee meeting to order at 7:00 a.m. Representatives
Josephson and Tuck and Senators von Imhof, Stedman, Giessel, and
Bishop were present at the call to order. Representatives
Spohnholz and Neuman arrived as the meeting was in progress.
^APPROVAL OF MINUTES
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
7:00:48 AM
CHAIR TUCK announced that the first order of business would be
the approval of minutes.
7:00:53 AM
SENATOR BISHOP made a motion to approve the minutes of April 25,
2019. There being no objection, the minutes from the meeting of
April 25, 2019, were approved.
^EXECUTIVE SESSION
EXECUTIVE SESSION
7:01:05 AM
CHAIR TUCK announced that the next order of business would be an
executive session.
7:01:20 AM
SENATOR BISHOP made a motion that the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee go into executive session under Uniform Rule
22(b)(1) of the Alaska State Legislature for discussion of
matters, the immediate knowledge of which would adversely affect
the finances of a government unit, and under Uniform Rule
22(b)(3), discussion of matters that may, by law, be required to
be confidential. He asked that the following persons remain in
the room: the legislative auditor and necessary staff for the
auditor; representatives from Legislative Legal Services; any
legislators not on the committee; and staff for legislators who
are members of the committee. There being no objection, the
committee went into executive session at 7:02 a.m.
7:02:11 AM
The committee took an at-ease from 7:02 a.m. to 7:41 a.m.
7:41:00 AM
CHAIR TUCK called the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee
back to order. Present at the call back to order were
Representatives Josephson, Spohnholz, Neuman, and Tuck and
Senators von Imhof, Stedman, Giessel, and Bishop.
^OTHER COMMITTEE BUSINESS
OTHER COMMITTEE BUSINESS
7:41:22 AM
SENATOR BISHOP moved and asked unanimous consent that the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee authorize the legislative
auditor to award a contract to Berry, Dunn, McNeil, & Parker,
LLC., as provided by the exemption in the Legislative
Procurement Procedure Sec. 040(a)(1) and findings by the
procurement officer, for IT audit service related to the audit
of Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program eligibility
and in support of the fiscal year 2019 (FY 19) single audit, in
an amount not to exceed $175,000. There being no objection, it
was so ordered.
7:42:01 AM
SENATOR BISHOP moved and asked unanimous consent that the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee authorize the legislative
auditor to award a contract to Berry, Dunn, McNeil, & Parker,
LLC., as provided by the exemption in the Legislative
Procurement Procedure Sec. 040(a)(1) and findings by the
procurement officer, for services related to the audit of
Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program eligibility, in
an amount not to exceed $225,000. There being no objection, it
was so ordered.
7:42:39 AM
SENATOR BISHOP moved and asked unanimous consent that the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee authorize the chair, as
procurement officer, to amend the contract with Gaffney, Cline &
Associates, Inc. to increase the contract amount by $350,000 to
an amount not to exceed $950,000 and extend the term of the
contract to June 30, 2021. There being no objection, it was so
ordered.
7:43:08 AM
SENATOR BISHOP moved and asked unanimous consent that the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee authorize the chair, as
procurement officer, to amend the contract with IN3NERY, LLC to
increase the contract amount by $300,000 to an amount not to
exceed $600,000 and extend the term of the contract to June 30,
2021. There being no objection, it was so ordered.
7:43:32 AM
SENATOR BISHOP moved and asked unanimous consent that the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee authorize the chair, as
procurement officer, to amend the contract with Pegasus Global
Holdings, Inc. as provided by the exemption in Legislative
Procurement Procedure Sec. 040(a)(1) and findings by the
procurement officer, to increase the contract amount by $100,000
to an amount not to exceed $135,000 and to extend the term of
the contract to June 30, 2021. There being no objection, it was
so ordered.
7:44:03 AM
SENATOR BISHOP moved and asked unanimous consent that the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee authorize the chair, as
procurement officer, to amend the contract with Wiley Rein, LLP
to increase the contract amount by $100,000 to an amount not to
exceed $225,000 and extend the term of the contract to June 30,
2021. There being no objection, it was so ordered.
7:44:31 AM
CHAIR TUCK announced that the next committee meeting would be
May 15, 2019. In response to the reactions of various committee
members, he invited Kris Curtis to explain the necessity of
having a meeting on that date rather than later.
7:45:26 AM
KRIS CURTIS, Legislative Auditor, Legislative Audit Division,
Legislative Agencies and Offices, indicated that the committee
would be addressing a state single audit, which is already late.
She explained that as communicated by Governor Mike Dunleavy's
chief of staff, federal funds are in jeopardy pending release of
the single audit; therefore, she emphasized the importance of
releasing the audit as soon as possible. She advised that May
15 is the earliest date the Division of Legislative Audit can
get the audit out, based on when it was released as a
preliminary audit.
CHAIR TUCK said his staff would work with committee members to
find the best date to meet.
7:46:11 AM
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee meeting was adjourned at
7:46 a.m.
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