Legislature(2017 - 2018)SENATE FINANCE 532
05/08/2017 03:30 PM House LEGISLATIVE BUDGET & AUDIT
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| Start | |
| Approval of the Agenda | |
| Approval of the Minutes | |
| Executive Session | |
| Oil & Gas Consultant Contracts | |
| Contract Assignment Agreement | |
| Adjourn |
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
May 8, 2017
3:32 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Gary Stevens, Chair
Senator Anna MacKinnon
Senator Cathy Giessel
Senator Click Bishop
Senator Lyman Hoffman
Senator Natasha von Imhof (alternate)
Representative Andy Josephson, Vice Chair
Representative Paul Seaton
Representative Ivy Spohnholz (via teleconference)
Representative Jennifer Johnston
Representative Dan Ortiz (alternate - via teleconference)
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative Scott Kawasaki
OTHER LEGISLATORS PRESENT
Representative Lora Reinbold
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
EXECUTIVE SESSION
OIL & GAS CONSULTANT CONTRACTS
CONTRACT ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
No previous action to record
WITNESS REGISTER
No witnesses to record
ACTION NARRATIVE
3:32:52 PM
CHAIR GARY STEVENS called the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee meeting to order at 3:32 p.m. Representatives Seaton
Spohnholz (via teleconference), Johnston, and Josephson, and
Senators MacKinnon, Bishop, Giessel, Hoffman, von Imhof
(alternate), and Stevens were present at the call to order.
Representative Ortiz (alternate) arrived (via teleconference) as
the meeting was in progress.
^APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
3:33:51 PM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON moved that the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee approve the agenda. There being no objection,
the agenda was approved.
^APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
3:34:06 PM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON moved that the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee approve the minutes of the March 10, 2017,
meeting as presented. There being no objection, the minutes
were approved.
^EXECUTIVE SESSION
EXECUTIVE SESSION
3:34:17 PM
CHAIR STEVENS announced that the next order of business would be
an executive session to discuss the request for proposal (RFP)
17-33-01.
3:34:35 PM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON moved that the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee go into executive session under Uniform Rule
22(b)(1), discussion of matters, the immediate knowledge of
which would adversely affect the finances of a government unit
and 22 (b)(3), discussion of a matter that may, by law, be
required to be confidential. He asked that the following
individuals remain in the room: Kris Curtis, Tina Strong, Doug
Gardner, and any legislative staff working for committee
members. There being no objection, the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee took an at-ease to go into executive session.
3:35:10 PM
The committee took an at-ease from 3:35 p.m. to 4:44 p.m.
^OIL & GAS CONSULTANT CONTRACTS
OIL & GAS CONSULTANT CONTRACTS
4:44:06 PM
SENATOR STEVENS called the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee back to order. Representatives Seaton, Johnston,
Josephson, Spohnholz (via teleconference), and Ortiz (alternate
- via teleconference), and Senators MacKinnon, Bishop, Giessel,
Hoffman, von Imhof (alternate), and Stevens were present at the
call back to order.
4:45:15 PM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON moved that the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee award RFP 17-33-01 Oil and Gas Fiscal Systems
Economic Analysis and Expertise to IN3NERGY, LLC, in an amount
not to exceed $100,000, from the date the contract is signed
through June 30, 2019.
4:45:38 PM
A roll call vote was taken. Representatives Seaton, Spohnholz
(via teleconference), Johnston, and Josephson, and Senators
MacKinnon, Bishop, Giessel, Hoffman, and Stevens voted in favor
of the motion. Therefore, the motion passed by a vote of 9 yeas
- 0 nays.
4:46:18 PM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON moved that the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee award RFP 17-33-01 Oil and Gas Fiscal Systems
Economic Analysis and Expertise to Palantir USA, Inc, in an
amount not to exceed $150,000, from the date the contract is
signed through June 30, 2019.
4:46:41 PM
A roll call vote was taken. Representatives Seaton, Spohnholz
(via teleconference), Johnston, and Josephson, and Senators
MacKinnon, Bishop, Giessel, Hoffman, and Stevens voted in favor
of the motion. Therefore, the motion passed by a vote of 9 yeas
- 0 nays.
4:47:11 PM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON moved that the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee award RFP 17-33-01 Oil and Gas Fiscal Systems
Economic Analysis and Expertise to Gaffney, Cline & Associates,
Inc., in an amount not to exceed $200,000, from the date the
contract is signed through June 30, 2019.
4:47:32 PM
A roll call vote was taken. Representatives Seaton, Spohnholz
(via teleconference), Johnston, and Josephson, and Senators
MacKinnon, Bishop, Giessel, Hoffman, and Stevens voted in favor
of the motion. Therefore, the motion passed by a vote of 9 yeas
- 0 nays.
^CONTRACT ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
CONTRACT ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
4:47:56 PM
CHAIR STEVENS announced that the next order of business would be
to address a contract assignment agreement. He related that
[Richard] Ruggiero did work for the State of Alaska when he was
with Castle Gap Advisors, LLC, and since then has moved on to
create his own company. Chair Stevens noted that the attorney
who had been present had left. He said, "It's simply a matter
of being able to pay him for work he has already done, and it
should not go to the company that he was with."
4:48:27 PM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON moved that the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee approve the Assignment Agreement and Amendment
No. 2 to the professional services contract with Castle Gap
Advisors, LLC to IN3NERGY, LLC.
4:48:41 PM
A roll call vote was taken. Representatives Seaton, Spohnholz
(via teleconference), Johnston, and Josephson, and Senators
MacKinnon, Bishop, Giessel, Hoffman, and Stevens voted in favor
of the motion. Therefore, the motion passed by a vote of 9 yeas
- 0 nays.
4:49:14 PM
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee meeting was adjourned at
4:49 p.m.
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