Legislature(2019 - 2020)ADAMS ROOM 519
01/22/2020 01:00 PM Senate LEGISLATIVE BUDGET & AUDIT
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
January 22, 2020
1:03 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Chris Tuck, Chair
Representative Neal Foster
Representative Andy Josephson
Representative Ivy Spohnholz
Representative Mark Neuman
Representative Jennifer Johnston (alternate)
Senator Click Bishop, Vice Chair
Senator Bert Stedman
Senator Natasha von Imhof
Senator Cathy Giessel
Senator Lyman Hoffman
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Bill Wielechowski (alternate)
OTHER LEGISLATORS PRESENT
Representative Bryce Edgmon
Representative Dan Ortiz
Representative Steve Thompson
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
LEGISLATIVE AUDIT CONTRACT
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 on the audit contract
request.
ACTION NARRATIVE
1:03:52 PM
CHAIR CHRIS TUCK called the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee meeting to order at 1:[03] p.m. Representatives Tuck,
Neuman, Spohnholz, Foster, and Johnston (alternate) and Senators
Bishop, Hoffman, Giessel, Stedman, and von Imhof were present at
the call to order. Representative Josephson arrived as the
meeting was in progress. Also in attendance were
Representatives Edgmon, Thompson, and Ortiz.
^Legislative Audit Contract
Legislative Audit Contract
1:05:05 PM
CHAIR TUCK announced that the first order of business would be
discussion of the legislative audit contract for the IT
(information technology) review of the state accounting system.
1:05:38 PM
SENATOR BISHOP made a motion that the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee authorize the Legislative Auditor to amend the
March 2018 contract with Berry, Dunn, McNeil, & Parker, LLC for
information technology expertise to extend the contract for the
review of the FY 20 general and application controls of the
State's accounting and reporting systems for an increase in the
original contract amount not to exceed $173,000.
1:06:19 PM
KRIS CURTIS, Legislative Auditor, Legislative Audit Division,
Legislative Agencies and Offices, requested approval to extend
the contract with Berry, Dunn, McNeil, & Parker, LLC. The
current contract had been approved by the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee in March 2018 for the review of application and
general controls over the state's accounting system for FY 18
and FY 19. She asked for approval to extend the contract to
cover the review of those system controls for FY 20. She
explained that the IT (information technology) reviews were
needed to meet auditing standards which required auditors to
test significant information system controls in support of the
financial audit opinion and the state single audit. She noted
that approval of the contract would not exceed $173,000, the
same rate approved for the services in FY 18 and FY 19.
1:07:21 PM
CHAIR TUCK objected for discussion and then removed his
objection. There being no further objection, the committee
approved the amendment to the March 2018 contract with Berry,
Dunn, McNeil, & Parker, LLC for information technology expertise
for an increase in the original contract amount not to exceed
$173,000.
^Executive Session
Executive Session
1:07:51 PM
CHAIR TUCK announced that the next order of business would be
executive session.
1:08:04 PM
SENATOR BISHOP made a motion that the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee go into executive session under Uniform Rule
22(b)(3), discussion of matters that may, by law, be required to
be confidential. There being no objection, the committee went
into executive session at 1:08 p.m.
1:08:58 PM
The committee took an at-ease from 1:08 p.m. to 4:50 p.m.
4:50:07 PM
CHAIR TUCK brought the committee back to order. Representatives
Tuck, Neuman, Josephson, Spohnholz, and Foster and Senators
Bishop, von Imhof, Stedman, and Giessel were present at the call
to order.
4:51:03 PM
SENATOR BISHOP made a motion for the chair of the Legislative
Budget and Audit Committee to make an offer to the number one
candidate selected by the committee.
4:51:18 PM
A roll call vote was taken. Representatives Tuck, Neuman,
Josephson, Spohnholz, and Foster and Senators Bishop, von Imhof,
Stedman, and Giessel voted in favor of the motion to make the
offer to the number one candidate selected by the committee.
Therefore, the motion passed by a vote of 9 yeas - 0 nays.
^Other Committee Business
Other Committee Business
4:52:25 PM
CHAIR TUCK announced that the final order of business would be a
reminder that the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee, via
the consultants IN3ENERGY, would be offering Petroleum Fiscal
Policy training sessions for all legislators and staff starting
Friday, January 24, and Saturday, January 25. He pointed to the
committee website for more information and sign-up. He added
that several time slots had been scheduled for private
discussions with legislators and staff with a priority for
leadership, and the Chairs of House Finance Committee, Senate
Finance Committee, House Resources Standing Committee, and
Senate Resources Standing Committee.
4:53:52 PM
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee meeting was adjourned at
4:53 p.m.
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
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| 20-01-22 Agenda.pdf |
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