Legislature(2015 - 2016)HOUSE FINANCE 519
03/18/2016 07:30 AM House LEGISLATIVE BUDGET & AUDIT
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| Other Committee Business | |
| Adjourn |
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
March 18, 2016
7:31 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Anna MacKinnon, Vice Chair
Senator Cathy Giessel
Senator Bert Stedman
Representative Mike Hawker (via teleconference)
Representative Kurt Olson
Representative Lance Pruitt
Representative Steve Thompson
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Lyman Hoffman
Senator Click Bishop
Representative Sam Kito
Senator Pete Kelly (alternate)
Representative Mark Neuman (alternate)
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
EXECUTIVE SESSION
OTHER COMMITTEE BUSINESS
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
No previous action to record
WITNESS REGISTER
No witnesses to record
ACTION NARRATIVE
7:31:34 AM
VICE CHAIR ANNA MACKINNON called the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee meeting to order at 7:31 a.m. Senators
MacKinnon, Giessel, and Stedman and Representatives Hawker (via
teleconference), Thompson, and Olson were present at the call to
order. Representative Pruitt arrived as the meeting was in
progress.
^Approval of Minutes
Approval of Minutes
7:32:29 AM
VICE CHAIR MACKINNON announced that the first order of business
would be approval of the minutes.
7:32:42 AM
REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON made a motion to approve the minutes of
the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee from February 22,
2016, February 25, 2016, and February 26, 2016. There being no
objection, the minutes from the meetings of February 22, 2016,
February 25, 2016, and February 26, 2016, were approved.
^Executive Session
Executive Session
7:33:02 AM
VICE CHAIR MACKINNON announced that the next order of business
would be to move into executive session.
REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON made a motion under Uniform Rule 22 to
move to executive session for the purpose of discussing
confidential audit reports under AS 24.20.301 and for matters
pertaining to personnel under AS 42.40.170(b)(4). There being
no objection, the committee went into executive session at 7:33
a.m.
7:33:42 AM
The committee took an at-ease from 7:33 a.m. to 9:09 a.m.
9:09:40 AM
VICE CHAIR MACKINNON brought the committee back to 9:09 a.m.
Representatives Olson, Thompson, and Pruitt and Senators
MacKinnon, Giessel, and Stedman were present at the call to
order.
9:10:18 AM
REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON made a motion for the preliminary audits
for the Statewide Single Audit for the Fiscal Year ended June
30, 2015, and the Commercial Passenger Vessel Tax Special Audit
to be released to the appropriate agencies and communities for
response. There being no objection, it was so ordered.
^Other Committee Business
Other Committee Business
9:10:55 AM
VICE CHAIR MACKINNON announced that the final order of business
would be to discuss any other committee business.
9:11:50 AM
VICE CHAIR MACKINNON stated her desire to work with the auditor
to review the possibility for consolidation and restructure of
the support staff to the various Boards and Commissions.
9:13:06 AM
REPRESENTATIVE PRUITT offered his belief that this should be
reviewed, and he added that it might be encumbent to analyze the
appropriateness of the personnel assigned to each board, with
the possibility of consolidation of some boards and commissions.
VICE CHAIR MACKINNON shared that Kris Curtis, Legislative
Auditor, had reported to the Senate Finance Committee that there
had been a more formal look at consolidation of the boards in
1992. She noted that a sub-committee to the Senate Finance
Committee had also been assigned this review. She noted that,
as some boards were funded by receipts from licenses, these
should be reviewed, although her priority was to review those
funded by general fund dollars or designated receipts that could
be used elsewhere.
9:15:08 AM
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee meeting was adjourned at
9:15 a.m.
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