Legislature(1999 - 2000)
08/16/1999 09:20 AM Senate PRI
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COMMISSION ON PRIVATIZATION DELIVERY OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Anchorage, Alaska
August 16, 1999
9:20 a.m.
COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Cowdery, Co-Chair
Senator Ward, Co-Chair
Representative Brice - via teleconference
Bill Allen, Former Mayor of Fairbanks - via teleconference
Tom Fink, Former Mayor of Anchorage
Kathryn Thomas, Former Chair of Alaska State Chamber of Commerce
George Weurch, Alaska Municipal League
Don Valesko, Business Manger of Public Employees Local 71
COMMISSION MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Al Adams
William Prosser, Chairman of the Board - Cook Inlet Region, Inc.
Helvi Sandvik, President - NANA Development Corporation
COMMISSION CALENDAR
Privatization of State Government Services
PREVIOUS ACTION
See Commission on Privatization and Delivery of Government
Services minutes dated 7/20/99.
ACTION NARRATIVE
TAPE 99-3, SIDE A
CO-CHAIR WARD called the Commission on Privatization and Delivery
of Government Services meeting to order at 9:20 a.m. Members
present at the call to order were Co-chairs Ward and Cowdery,
Representative Brice (via teleconference), and Commissioners Allen
(via teleconference), Fink, Weurch, Thomas, and Valesko.
Commissioners Prosser and Sandvik and Senator Adams were not
present. Co-Chair Ward thanked everyone present for attending and
informed participants that Commissioner Sandvik was absent due to
a death in her family. Co-Chair Ward announced the intent of
today's meeting is to bring together the subcommittee chairpersons
and the corresponding representatives from the Administration to
facilitate a dialog about the best way to proceed with the
commission's work.
The subcommittee chairs of the Commission on Privatization and
Delivery of Government Services made the following introductory
remarks.
DAVID MORRISON, Chairperson of the Subcommittee on the Department
of Corrections (DOC), stated he worked in the Canadian Ministry of
Justice for 25 years on corrections matters. He is a seven year
resident of Alaska and currently works for Cornell Corrections, a
private company.
CRAIG JOHNSON, Chairperson of the Subcommittee on the Department of
Community and Economic Development (DCED), informed participants he
is the general manager and publisher of the Alaska Journal of
Commerce, as well as other publications. He was previously
employed as a legislative assistant.
VIRGIL NORTON, a former contractor and an experienced environmental
cleanup project manager, stated he is chairing the Subcommittee on
the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).
WAYNE ROSS, an attorney, stated he is chairing the Subcommittee on
the Office of the Governor.
MEAD TREADWELL, Chairperson of the Subcommittee on the Department
of Fish and Game (ADFG), stated he was a deputy commissioner of the
Department of Environmental Conservation, and is currently the
Vice-Chair of the Prince William Sound Oil Spill Recovery Institute
which conducts ecological research related to fisheries management.
JOSEPH HENRI, Chairperson of the Subcommittee on the Department of
Administration (DOA), stated he is a member of the Alaska Bar
Association and has practiced law in Alaska for about 35 years. He
was the Commissioner of the Department of Administration during
former Governor Bill Egan's third term.
KEN PEAVYHOUSE, Chairperson of the Subcommittee on the Alaska Court
System, stated he has retired from the insurance business and has
been an Alaska resident for 40 years.
LEO MARK ANTHONY informed participants he is a retired University
of Alaska School of Mines [indisc.] prospector and is the Chair of
the Subcommittee on the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Several subcommittees will review DNR because of the size of its
budget. DNR has already given an overview of its missions to the
subcommittees however, the subcommittees have requested more
information. He maintained that if the subcommittees are unable to
get that information, the legislature should request it and every
few years review and revise DNR's budget so that, "We know some way
where we stand on costs."
MARYANN PEASE, Chairperson of the Subcommittee on the Department of
Revenue (DOR), stated she was formerly employed by the Municipality
of Anchorage as the director of the Office of Management and Budget
and, while in that position, she looked into privatization of many
of the functions associated with the municipality. She is
currently the Vice President of Aurora Power, a natural gas
marketing entity.
CO-CHAIR WARD asked subcommittee chairpersons to join commission
members at the table. He asked representatives from the
Administration to provide commission members with department
mission statements during their presentations.
COMMISSIONER BILL ALLEN interjected and asked for clarification of
Mr. Mark Anthony's statement that DNR has been split into
subcommittees.
MR. MARK ANTHONY explained that DNR has been split along budget
lines into ten or eleven parts. Each subcommittee member will
review one part of the budget.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN asked if anyone else spoke as a Chairperson of
the Subcommittee on DNR.
CO-CHAIR WARD replied that Dale Urich is a Chairperson of the
Forestry Subcommittee. Co-Chair Ward announced it is the
prerogative of each subcommittee's chair to break the subcommittee
down further.
CO-CHAIR WARD took testimony from members of the Administration.
PAT POURCHOT, Office of the Governor, informed commission members
that he is filling in for Mike Abbott, who has been working with
Co-Chair Ward's staff. He noted it was his understanding that the
purpose of today's meeting was to hear from subcommittee chairs,
not for the departments to make presentations. He stated some of
the department representatives have given information to the
individual subcommittees, but some have not, depending on the
meeting schedules of the subcommittees. He noted that
representatives of DOC, the Department of Public Safety (DPS), the
Department of Law (DOL), DNR and DEC were present to answer
questions. He stated a bill before the legislature contains
formalized mission statements that might be of interest to the
commission. He noted each department representative will share a
mission statement with the commission.
CO-CHAIR WARD agreed the purpose of the meeting is not to listen to
formal presentations by Administration representatives and noted
the purpose of the meeting is to make sure the commission is on the
right track. He recalled that the mission statements from each
department were introduced in a separate bill in the legislature
because those mission statements were removed from the operating
budget. He indicated staff will provide a copy of that legislation
to the subcommittee chairs.
CO-CHAIR COWDERY mentioned that he only has two staff people
employed during the interim taking care of all of his work,
including that of the commission. He said the large number of
subcommittees prevents his staff from doing anything but the most
necessary work for each. He asked each department representative to
provide subcommittee chairs with mission statements.
CO-CHAIR WARD asked the department liaisons to introduce themselves
to commission members.
The following representatives of the Administration introduced
themselves:
DEL SMITH, Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety.
MARTY RUTHERFORD, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Natural
Resources.
BRUCE RICHARDS, Special Assistant, Department of Corrections.
DOUG WOOLIVER, Administrative Attorney, Alaska Court System.
JOAN KASSON, Special Assistant, Department of Law.
DAVID WIGGLESWORTH, Department of Environmental Conservation.
GREG WOLF, Director of Trade and Development, Department of
Community and Economic Development.
MARY MCDOWELL, Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission.
KURT PARKAN, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Transportation and
Public Facilities.
ALISON ELGEE, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Administration.
DWIGHT PERKINS, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Labor.
MIKE CONWAY, Director of the Division of Statewide Public Services,
Department of Environmental Conservation.
KAREN REHFELD, Department of Education and Early Development.
JANET CLARK and ELMER LINDSTROM, Department of Health and Social
Services.
GERON BRUCE, Special Assistant, Department of Fish and Game.
[PORTION OF TAPE INAUDIBLE DUE TO TELECONFERENCE EQUIPMENT
MALFUNCTION.]
CO-CHAIR WARD acknowledged that the legislature received overall
mission statements from each department but none for agencies such
as the Alaska Public Offices Commission. He asked what agency
level the mission statements should be requested for.
AN UNIDENTIFIED COMMISSIONER replied the commission should have
mission statements for all major components of each department so
that the subcommittees can do a cost benefit analysis.
REPRESENTATIVE BRICE pointed out that the House version of SB 169
contained mission statements for divisions.
CO-CHAIR WARD noted that copies of SB 169 would be distributed to
participants shortly.
MIKE TAURIANAN joined the meeting and informed commission members
he is the interim Chair of the Department of Health and Social
Services (DHSS) subcommittee. He noted he was promised information
which he has not yet received.
MARY ANN PEASE asked Co-Chair Ward if a liaison from the Department
of Revenue was on line.
CO-CHAIR WARD said no representative from the Department of Revenue
was on line but that Pat Pourchot would be coordinating contacts.
CO-CHAIR WARD asked subcommittee chairs to inform participants of
their activities so far.
VIRGIL NORTON stated that the Subcommittee on DEC has met twice and
has a third meeting scheduled on August 18. Dave Wigglesworth
represented DEC at the first meeting, which was primarily an
organizational meeting. At the second meeting, the subcommittee
was briefed by Larry Dietrick and Jim Hayden on contaminated sites
and storage tanks. The subcommittee received a lot of information
on those topics and will be briefed on the Village Safe Water
Program on Wednesday.
LEO MARK ANTHONY indicated that the Subcommittee on DNR has met
once and subdivided itself along budget lines. They have heard
from DNR regarding its mission, and the subcommittee has requested
more information. The subcommittee will meet again this evening.
COMMISSIONER KATHERINE THOMAS said she sat in on the DNR
subcommittee meeting. She asked if DNR has transmitted the
requested information to the subcommittee.
MR. MARK ANTHONY replied it has, and that copies will be made
available to subcommittee members at the evening meeting.
JOE HENRI informed participants that the Subcommittee on DOA has
met once. DOA now has 1,300 employees and is one of the largest
departments; its mission is endless. Subcommittee members have 2+
months in which to recommend to the legislature ways to save money.
He plans to zero in on a few services that DOA provides, rather
than to canvas everything DOA does.
CO-CHAIR WARD said he is in total agreement with that approach and,
in his opinion, the direction the subcommittees take should be up
to the chairpersons.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS stated that because privatization has been a
priority with the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce for so many
years, she feels an awesome responsibility to this commission.
When in Anchorage, she sat in on several subcommittee meetings.
Some of the subcommittees have focussed on the directives in the
Senate bill (SB 33), others have not. She felt the subcommittees
should review and formulate their work around Section 5 of SB 33.
TAPE 99-3, SIDE B
MARYANN PEASE informed participants that within the last year
Commonwealth North did a return on assets study. Each division of
the state was studied in detail and interviews with department
staff were conducted. Part of that study pertained to the
appropriateness of services being performed by specific
departments. She suggested that copies of that report be made
available to the subcommittee chairs.
CO-CHAIR WARD noted that study has been distributed to the
commissioners and he will make sure it is distributed to all
members of the subcommittees.
COMMISSIONER VALESKO expressed serious concern, as a member of the
commission, that subcommittee chairs have been given the authority
to pick and choose which areas to look into. His concern reaches
back to the method of selecting the chairs which required no
consensus among commission members. He noted that he asked, at the
last meeting, how the chairs were selected for the various
subcommittees and was told that the first person who volunteered to
be a chairperson was selected to do so. After that meeting, he
returned to his office and asked a staff person to volunteer to be
on a subcommittee on the Department of Military and Veterans
Affairs (DMVA). She called and offered to act as the chairperson
but was told that DMVA was not under review for privatization. He
repeated his concern that the Commissioners have not decided, as a
group, on a selection method. He expressed further concern that
the Chair of the Subcommittee on the Department of Corrections is
affiliated with Cornell Corrections which may constitute a very
serious conflict of interest because Cornell has already entered
into a privatization agreement with the Delta prison. He said he
feels his integrity is on the line because the lack of a selection
process for subcommittee chairs by commission members jades the
whole process.
CO-CHAIR WARD explained that he and Co-Chair Cowdery met and
decided to begin a massive volunteer effort to get the public
involved. They instructed staff to appoint the first people who
volunteered to be chairs of subcommittees as such, and, if no one
volunteered, to call subcommittee members and ask for a volunteer.
He asked Commissioner Valesko for further information about the
woman who volunteered to act as the chair of the DMVA Subcommittee.
MARCO PIGNALBERI, Legislative Assistant to Co-Chair Cowdery, Alaska
State Legislature, explained that he made the decision to not
review every department because of the commission's limited time
and resources and he then arbitrarily selected which departments
would be reviewed. After speaking about the issue with the Co-
Chairs, they decided every department should be reviewed. He said
he appointed the woman who called to volunteer (Valerie Bafone) to
chair the Subcommittee on the Department of Labor, one of three
available subcommittees.
CO-CHAIR WARD maintained that every participant has a conflict of
interest because all participants are touched by state government.
He said, as a real estate agent, he cares about the Alaska Housing
Finance Corporation. He noted the possibility of keeping certain
professionals off of certain subcommittees was discussed, however,
it was decided all participants needed to be considered as Alaskans
first. He added that is why positions were left open and as many
volunteers as possible have been recruited.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS commented that confirmation of subcommittee
chairs was an agenda item at the last meeting, however official
action was not taken and she believes that they were accepted by an
unspoken consensus. She noted that at that time she suggested that
the subcommittee members choose their own chairpersons for two
reasons: the members would tend to find the strongest among
themselves, and the subcommittees are operating without staff or
financial help and might need a chair who has staff available to
help do the work.
COMMISSIONER FINK remarked that because time is of the essence, the
commission needs to move forward, and if the commission is not
satisfied with the work of a subcommittee, it does not need to
support its report. He offered to make a motion to support the
subcommittee chairpersons who have been appointed. Regarding Mr.
Henri's request to limit the areas that his subcommittee reviews,
Commissioner Fink said he thinks all subcommittees need to take
that approach. He noted many subcommittee members have ideas about
ways to privatize which should be discussed first because the
subcommittees will not have time to review every budget item. He
indicated that the final report should zero in on about six areas
and then list others for future review.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN seconded Commissioner Fink's motion and said he
agrees with Commissioner Fink's comment, and that there is no way
that a conflict of interest can be avoided if Alaskans are asked to
come forward and volunteer in their areas of expertise. Second, he
believes problems within the subcommittees will surface and the
Commissioners can take appropriate action at that time. He asked
participants to not get bogged down on this issue because so much
work needs to be done.
COMMISSIONER WUERCH spoke in favor of the motion because Section 2
of SB 33 provides that the commission appoint people to assist and
advise it.
CO-CHAIR WARD stated that the motion is to approve the subcommittee
chairperson and membership appointments that exist as of today. He
noted two other participants wanted to speak to the motion.
AN UNIDENTIFIED COMMISSIONER asserted that he understood the motion
to allow the Chair of the commission the authority to appoint the
subcommittee chairpersons.
COMMISSIONER FINK clarified that he moved that the commission
approve the actions the Co-Chairs have taken.
AN UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER asked how future appointments should be
handled.
COMMISSIONER FINK said he would make another motion at a later
date, after other people have been appointed.
AN UNIDENTIFIED COMMISSIONER spoke against the motion because what
precipitated it was the discussion about giving the subcommittee
chairpersons the authority to pick and choose what parts of each
department budget the subcommittee will look into. He expressed
concern that the commission is deciding to do a partial, rather
than a thorough, job of looking at state government.
CO-CHAIR WARD replied that he does not believe that the Chairperson
of the Subcommittee on the Department of Administration was saying
that his subcommittee would not do a thorough job.
MR. NORTON stated his support of Commissioner Fink's motion.
AN UNIDENTIFIED COMMISSIONER called for a point of order and noted
that only the Commissioners should speak to the motion.
CO-CHAIR WARD called for the question and clarified the motion as:
the commission's acceptance of the Chairpersons and members of all
subcommittees and committees in existence at this time and that
appointment of future vacancies be dealt with in the same manner.
COMMISSIONER BRICE asked if the motion is to establish the current
Chairpersons of Subcommittees as those who have been appointed to
date.
CO-CHAIR WARD said that is correct.
COMMISSIONER BRICE asked if he can be involved in any committee he
is interested in as a Commissioner.
CO-CHAIR WARD said that is correct and that all Commissioners are
encouraged to sit in on all meetings.
CO-CHAIR WARD asked if there was any objection to the motion.
COMMISSIONER VALESKO objected.
CO-CHAIR WARD asked Commissioner Valesko if he wanted the motion
rescinded so that a roll call vote could be taken.
COMMISSIONER VALESKO said he did not.
CO-CHAIR WARD remarked that Commissioner Valesko's concern is well
noted and valid.
MR. NORTON asked Commissioner Valesko whether he objects to the
subcommittee chairpersons or the members.
CO-CHAIR WARD explained that Commissioner Valesko's concern is with
the selection process and that Chairman Henri plans to focus on a
few areas of the Department of Administration's budget because that
budget is so massive.
COMMISSIONER VALESKO expressed concern that all division budgets be
reviewed so that subcommittee members get a total picture. CO-
CHAIR WARD said although that concern is valid, the commission's
task is very large.
MR. NORTON remarked the work of the commission will not end in
October because the legislature will continue to look at ways to
privatize beyond the commission's report.
CO-CHAIR WARD agreed, but said the commission's final report will
carry a lot of weight.
AN UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER thought a simple amendment to the report,
saying that further work is needed and that commission members will
follow up to see if their recommendations were followed, would
solve the problem.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN asked Mr. Norton if his subcommittee would be
looking at the maintenance expense and the function of the systems
when it reviews the Village Safe Water Program.
MR. NORTON said they would and that he has already spoken with Greg
Capito of DEC. He also plans to speak with Marla Berg of Senator
Adams' office and anyone else involved with Village Safe Water
contracts, and with Public Health Service officials. The
subcommittee is trying to determine where the program stands today,
after spending millions of dollars, and what the maintenance costs
will be once all systems have been established.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN asked Mr. Norton to add his name to the
subcommittee list as he is very interested in that topic. He asked
that the subcommittee explore all sources of revenue available to
maintain those systems.
MR. NORTON said he plans to do so, and that he plans to explore
staff training to prevent systems from failing.
CO-CHAIR WARD asked Mr. Pignalberi why minutes are not available
from the last meeting.
MR. PIGNALBERI explained that the tapes of the meeting were sent to
Juneau for transcription and that they would be completed by the
next meeting. CO-CHAIR WARD said he has been assured that minutes
will be completed in a timely manner in the future.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS expressed concern that some subcommittees have
not scheduled meetings yet.
MR. PIGNALBERI informed commission members that its website
contains a schedule of all meetings and that some subcommittees
have not yet met because the chairpersons have been unable to
schedule time to meet with him for a preliminary briefing and
because subcommittee members have had schedule conflicts. He noted
that Mr. Taurianan came on board just last week and has been unable
to arrange a meeting yet.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS asked whether all subcommittees have scheduled
a first meeting.
MR. PIGNALBERI replied about four or five subcommittees have not
yet scheduled a first meeting.
CO-CHAIR WARD noted that he has talked to most of the chairpersons
who were confused about what to do, therefore, today's meeting was
scheduled to inform them of how to proceed. He anticipated that
those subcommittees who have not met would be doing so within the
next week and that schedules will be posted on the internet
immediately when available.
MR. PIGNALBERI informed commission members that the commission's
website address is: "www.privatizealaska.org".
CO-CHAIR WARD offered the Co-Chairs' office staff as another source
of information for those without access to the website.
CO-CHAIR WARD announced that the next agenda item is the
consideration of state employee air travel mileage.
MR. PIGNALBERI explained that several commission members have noted
an interest in reviewing the possibility of creating one mileage
account to collect mileage points for state employee travel; an
issue that transcends any one department. He suggested that such
issues be forwarded to the full commission for direction. He
recommended that the airline mileage issue be taken up by the
Subcommittee on the Office of the Governor.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS suggested that the Subcommittee on the Office
of the Governor comment on that issue but that it then be taken up
by the full commission.
AN UNIDENTIFIED COMMISSIONER said this issue has come before the
legislature and is outside of the bounds of the commission.
CO-CHAIR WARD said former Representative Terry Martin's bill on
that subject included a provision to charter flights out of
Anchorage which would have saved a lot of money. He recommended
that the issue be taken up by the Subcommittee on the Office of the
Governor who can advise the full commission.
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER ALISON ELGEE, Department of Administration,
informed commission members that DOA has studied the airline
mileage issue at length. She suggested that the Subcommittee on
DOA review it.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS remarked that she was unsure whether the issue
of airline mileage is within the purview of SB 33 and that it will
be a time consuming issue to review.
CO-CHAIR WARD contended that the Chair of the Subcommittee on DOA
can decide whether to take it up.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN agreed with Co-Chair Ward.
COMMISSIONER FINK asked that any participant or member of the
public who believes a particular government service should be
privatized to talk to him about it.
CO-CHAIR WARD asked that any suggestions be submitted to staff as
well for distribution to all Commissioners.
AN UNIDENTIFIED COMMISSIONER moved to add the Alaska Industrial
Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) as one of the areas the
subcommittees look into.
CO-CHAIR WARD seconded the motion but said it is already with the
Department of Community and Economic Development's budget.
THE UNIDENTIFIED COMMISSIONER said he would also like to see the
commission review the Alaska Science and Technology Fund, the
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, and the Alaska Permanent Fund
Dividend Corporation.
CO-CHAIR WARD pointed out those three agencies are housed within
departments. He added that it is important that Commissioners be
informed of subcommittee schedules so that those who want to can
attend. Co-Chair Ward said that he and Co-Chair Cowdery decided to
review all departments for that reason.
AN UNIDENTIFIED COMMISSIONER commented that he attended the
Subcommittee on DOT/PF meeting and was concerned that the
Chairperson decided against reviewing the largest dollar parts of
that budget: design and construction, planning, and rights-of way.
He moved that the commission direct the DOT/PF Subcommittee to look
into all facets of DOTPF's budget.
COMMISSIONER BRICE seconded that motion. There being no objection,
the motion carried.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS requested that commission members receive the
agenda prior to the meetings. She informed Co-Chair Ward that the
State Chamber of Commerce will set up a fax network for all
commission and subcommittee members by the end of the week.
COMMISSIONER BRICE remarked the commission needs to look into how
the teleconferencing system is set up because Fairbanks
participants have been disconnected several times.
CO-CHAIR WARD agreed to do so and notified participants that he was
informed by the teleconference operators that today's problem have
been caused by sun spots.
COMMISSIONER WUERCH said he supports the approach to allow each
subcommittee to choose which areas of the budget it will address
but cautioned that the fact that a subcommittee opts not to address
a topic should not mean that the topic should drop forever from the
radar screen as a possibility for privatization. He believes it
should be made clear to the legislature that the fact that an area
was not included in the report does not mean it is not worth
review.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN brought up two items. Regarding Commissioner
Fink's suggestion that ideas for privatization be directed to
commission members, he thought the commission should publicize a
"need to know." Second, he asked where the University of Alaska
fits into privatization review.
CO-CHAIR WARD replied the University of Alaska is a complete
component.
MR. PIGNALBERI added the University is doing an in-house study as
a result of the passage of SB 33. The University will provide its
study results to the commission after which subcommittee hearings
will be held.
CO-CHAIR WARD asked if every state government entity is under
review by a subcommittee except for the University of Alaska.
MR. PIGNALBERI said a University subcommittee is planned however
its membership has not been appointed and no meetings have been
scheduled as of yet. That subcommittee will meet after the
University completes its report.
CO-CHAIR WARD asked Commissioner Allen if he would like to serve on
that subcommittee.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN said not as the chairperson but that he is
certainly interested in it.
CO-CHAIR WARD asked Mr. Pignalberi to write a memo to all
Commissioners informing them of the procedure established for
review of the University of Alaska.
MR. TAURIANAN asked Mr. Pignalberi to call him to discuss the
Subcommittee on the Department of Health and Social Services.
AN UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER asked if the subcommittees are subject to
the open meeting laws and whether subcommittees can conduct
business without a quorum.
MR. PIGNALBERI replied that, according to the Division of Legal
Services, the subcommittees are comprised of volunteer citizens and
therefore are not subject to the Open Meetings Act. Regarding a
quorum, he stated that is a matter the commission could determine.
CO-CHAIR WARD asked subcommittee chairs to come back to the
commission with recommendations if they want the commission to make
such decisions.
MR. NORTON asked how elaborate the reports should be. He said he
assumes they should contain brief recommendations with a short
summary of how to facilitate the transfer of a service to the
private sector.
TAPE 99-4, SIDE A
CO-CHAIR WARD stated that the documents will have to be created at
the subcommittee level, however the commission could make changes
to it. Co-Chair Ward said one advantage is that citizens do not
have to jump through the same hoops as bureaucrats and politicians.
He added the commission will have to filter the information out and
then legislators will have to meet with the Department of Law to
figure out how to implement the recommendations.
There being no further discussion, CO-CHAIR WARD adjourned the
meeting.
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