ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE  LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL  FEBRUARY 15, 2018  12:05 PM    MEMBERS PRESENT    Representative Sam Kito, Chair  Senator Bert Stedman, Vice Chair  Representative Matt Claman  Representative Bryce Edgmon  Representative David Guttenberg  Representative Charisse Millett  Representative Dan Ortiz  Representative Louise Stutes  Representative Harriet Drummond, Majority Alternate  Representative David Eastman, Minority Alternate  Senator John Coghill  Senator Cathy Giessel  Senator Pete Kelly  Senator Anna MacKinnon  Senator Peter Micciche    MEMBERS ABSENT    Senator Lyman Hoffman  Senator Mia Costello, Alternate    OTHER MEMBERS PRESENT    Senators Gardner and Stevens    AGENDA    APPROVAL OF AGENDA  APPROVAL OF MINUTES  OTHER COMMITTEE BUSINESS    SPEAKER REGISTER  12:05:45 PM    I. CHAIR SAM KITO called the Legislative Council meeting to  order at 12:06 p.m. in Room 519 (House Finance) of the  State Capitol. Present at the call were Representatives  Claman, Edgmon, Guttenberg, Millet, Ortiz, Stutes, Drummond  (alternate), Eastman (alternate), and Kito; Senators  Coghill, Giessel, Kelly, MacKinnon, Micciche, and Stedman.  Senators Hoffman and Costello (alternate) were absent.    II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA    12:08:43 PM  VICE CHAIR STEDMAN moved that Legislative Council approve  the agenda as presented.    The motion passed without objection.    III. EXECUTIVE SESSION    12:09:17 PM  VICE CHAIR STEDMAN moved that Legislative Council go into  executive session to consider a matter made confidential by  the Legislative Council Records Policy under Uniform Rule  22(b)(2) and (3).    CHAIR KITO clarified that any Legislators not on Council  were welcome to stay in the room and confirmed that all  staff must vacate the room for executive session.    The motion passed without objection.    Legislative Council went into executive session.    12:39:17 PM  Legislative Council came out of executive session.    VICE CHAIR STEDMAN moved that Legislative Council approve a  Legislator's request for access to materials made  confidential by the Legislative Council Records Policy.    The motion passed without objection.    IV. OTHER COMMITTEE BUSINESS  a. FY19 Proposed Budget    CHAIR KITO, with apologies for the delay, announced that  Legislative Council had selected Jessica Geary as the new  Executive Director for the Legislative Affairs Agency.    a. FY19 Proposed Budget    CHAIR KITO noted for members that the FY19 Proposed Budget  had already been transmitted to the House Finance Committee  and wanted to make it official with Council. He stated for  the record that Council had completed an action in November  2017 and his goal was to make sure that the action was  consistent with what he understood as far as the budget  moving forward, and that the full Finance Committee had the  opportunity to review some of the changes that might need  to take place because of the action taken by Council in  November. He said he would be making a brief statement to  the House Finance Subcommittee later today. He then asked  for a motion.    12:41:17 PM  VICE CHAIR STEDMAN moved that Legislative Council per AS  24.20.130 approve the FY19 Legislative Council Proposed  Budget and transmit to the House and Senate Finance  Committees for their review and action.    SENATOR MICCICHE objected to the motion to clarify that his  vote today was to move the budget to the respective  subcommittees for review and was not approval of the budget  as transmitted. Chair Kito confirmed that was the case for  all Council members a vote was not an approval of the  budget but rather to move the budget forward in the  process. Senator Micciche removed his objection.    The motion passed without objection.    There being no further business before the committee,  Legislative Council adjourned at 12:42 p.m.    12:42:20 PM