Legislature(1999 - 2000)
04/11/2000 04:35 PM Senate LEC
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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
April 11, 2000
1. ROLL CALL
The Legislative Council meeting was called to order at 4:35 p.m. by
Senator Mike Miller, Legislative Council Chair, in the Butrovich Room
at the Alaska State Capitol.
The roll was taken. In attendance were Council members Miller, Donley,
Tim Kelly, Leman, Pearce, Hoffman, Barnes, Cowdery, Ogan, Phillips,
Porter, Rokeberg, and Berkowitz. Council member Torgerson was absent.
Staff present were Varni, Cook, Finley, Gullufsen, Ibesate, Price, and
Wyatt.
2. APPROVAL OF THE MARCH 8, 2000 MEETING MINUTES
Representative Barnes moved the minutes of the March 8, 2000 meeting be
approved.
With no objection the motion was approved unanimously.
3. REPORT FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ON KASAYULIE v. STATE
Bruce Botelho, Attorney General, suggested the information to be given
on Kasayulie v. State take place in Executive Session.
Representative Porter moved the Council go into Executive Session for
the purposes of discussing the State strategy on the status of
negotiations on Kasayulie v. State that must remain confidential.
Legislative Council moved to Executive Session and returned to an open
meeting at 5:25 p.m.
4. REVISION OF POM POLICY
Representative Barnes moved the approval of the POM policy revision.
With no objection the motion was approved unanimously.
5. APPROVAL OF OFFICE SPACE LEASE RENEWALS
Senator Miller, requested Pam Varni, Executive Director, to summarize
the lease renewal options.
She explained Mat Su and Barrow leases are up for renewal and need
Council approval. It is the second renewal option for both. Approval
is needed for a lease renewal expense of $53,509.56 for Mat Su and
$38,013.36 for Barrow.
Senator Miller noted that Mat Su did not go up in price and Barrow had
a minimal increase of 34 a square foot.
After discussion, Representative Barnes moved the adoption of the Mat
Su and Barrow lease renewals.
With no objection the motion was approved unanimously.
6. APPROVAL OF SOLICITATION, AWARD AND EXPENDITURE OF POUCH
SERVICES
Representative Barnes moved the approval of solicitation, award and
expenditure of pouch services.
With no objection the motion was approved unanimously.
7. STATUTE PUBLICATION CONTRACT
Senator Miller informed the Council that Lexis, the current statute
provider, has come back with a price reduction of $105 for the
additional 632 sets above and beyond the 500 free sets provided; if the
contract is extended for 2 years. This comes to a savings of
approximately $66,000 per year for the next 2 years
Representative Barnes moved that the contracts be approved and that Pam
Finley, Revisor of Statutes, come to the table to discuss changing
vendors.
Pam Finley researched four or five states which had changed from one
vendor to another. She discussed some of the findings and found that
there were two focuses of concern.
1. Some states encountered copyright problems which she does not
foresee Alaska encountering.
2 States do not have the address or subscription information on
private users (parties who order statutes) only the publisher has the
information. Problems such as missing statutes or lost orders have
occurred but those problems could be overcome. In states that
encountered this problem the former publisher considered consumer
information proprietary and was unwilling to share the information with
the new provider.
Representative Barnes amended her original motion to accepting Lexis'
proposed two year extension with the understanding that we do get the
cost savings and when Lexis comes back to Council again we wish to see
further cost savings.
Hearing objections, a discussion followed by Representative Ogan,
Senator Leman and Senator Kelly.
Representative Ogan read from a letter from Cynthia Fellows, Court Law
Librarian, ".. . . competition in legal publishing industry is fierce
at the moment having a profound affect on product development and
pricing." Representative Ogan added that he feels it is always in the
states best interest to bid competitively.
Senator Miller explained that we need to put together a user group from
those who use the statutes so that the contractors know what the
consumer in the State of Alaska want. This would help both the
providers and consumers.
A roll call vote was taken on the amended motion.
YEAS: Miller, Tim Kelly, Barnes, Berkowitz, Phillips, and Porter
NAYS Donley, Hoffman, Leman, Pearce, Cowdery, Ogan, and Rokeberg
ABSENT: Torgerson
The motion failed 6 - 7.
Senator Miller requested Mary Gore put together a user group so that
when the contract goes out to bid the bidders will have an
understanding of what the consumer in the State of Alaska is looking
for regarding the statutes.
8. APPROVAL OF LATE PER DIEM CLAIMS
Representative Barnes moved an approval of a late per diem claim for
Senator Lincoln.
Hearing objections, a discussion followed by Senators Pearce and Kelly,
and Representative Phillips.
A roll call vote was taken.
YEAS: Miller, Donley, Hoffman, Tim Kelly, Barnes, Berkowitz,
Cowdery, Ogan, and Rokeberg
NAYS Leman, Pearce, Phillips, and Porter
ABSENT: Torgerson
The motion passed.
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
Representative Phillips gave information about a Nevada ruling that
prohibits requiring a candidate's preference on term limits be listed
in an election ballot.
Senator Leman opened up discussion regarding a memo sent from his aide,
Annette Kreitzer, to the Legislative Council requesting Data Processing
research 1) streamlining the different ways information comes into
legislative offices, and 2) an alternative to FOLIO which would
incorporate the ability to search statute and legal cases.
Senator Leman moved Data Processing perform the research. With no
objection the motion was approved unanimously.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:45 p.m.
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