Legislature(2023 - 2024)ADAMS 519
01/15/2024 09:00 AM House LEGISLATIVE BUDGET & AUDIT
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| Approval of Minutes | |
| Executive Session | |
| Final Audit Releases | |
| Adjourn |
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
January 15, 2024
9:05 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Ben Carpenter, Chair
Representative DeLena Johnson
Representative Sarah Vance
Representative Frank Tomaszewski
Representative Andy Josephson
Senator Bert Stedman, Vice Chair
Senator Bill Wielechowski
Senator James Kaufman
Senator Scott Kawasaki
Senator Click Bishop (alternate)
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative Mike Cronk
Senator Lyman Hoffman
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
EXECUTIVE SESSION
FINAL AUDIT RELEASES
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
No previous action to record
WITNESS REGISTER
No witnesses to record
ACTION NARRATIVE
9:05:09 AM
CHAIR BEN CARPENTER called the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee meeting to order at 9:05 a.m. Representatives
Tomaszewski, Vance, Josephson, D. Johnson, and Carpenter and
Senators Bishop, Wielechowski, Kaufman, Kawasaki, and Stedman
were present at the call to order.
^APPROVAL OF MINUTES
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
9:06:06 AM
CHAIR CARPENTER announced the first order of business would be
the approval of minutes. He then explained that since not all
members had viewed the minutes of 12/13/23, approval of those
minutes would be postponed to the next meeting of the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee.
^EXECUTIVE SESSION
EXECUTIVE SESSION
9:06:18 AM
CHAIR CARPETNER announced that the next order of business would
be executive session.
9:06:28 AM
SENATOR STEDMAN moved and asked unanimous consent that the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee go into executive session
under Uniform Rule 22(b)(3) for the discussion of matters that
may, by law, be required to be confidential. He asked that the
following persons remain in the room or online: the legislative
auditor and necessary staff to the auditor; any legislators not
on the committee; staff for legislators who are members of the
committee; and House Finance staff Helen Phillips, Reed
Gardinier, Bree Wylie, and Leah Frasier. There being no
objection, it was so ordered.
9:08:10 AM
The committee took an at-ease from 9:08 a.m. to 10:36 a.m. for
the purpose of executive session. [The following members were
present going into the at-ease: Representatives Tomaszewski,
Vance, Josephson, D. Johnson, and Carpenter and Senators Bishop,
Wielechowski, Kaufman, Kawasaki, and Stedman.]
10:36:29 AM
CHAIR CARPENTER called the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee back to order at 10:36 a.m. Present at the call back
to order were Representatives Tomaszewski, Vance, Josephson, D.
Johnson, and Carpenter and Senators Bishop, Wielechowski,
Kaufman, Kawasaki, and Stedman.
^FINAL AUDIT RELEASES
FINAL AUDIT RELEASES
10:37:45 AM
CHAIR CARPENTER announced the final order of business would be
final audit releases.
10:37:57 AM
SENATOR STEDMAN moved that the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee release the final public audit reports: the
Department of Health, Alaska Commission on Aging, sunset; the
Department of Commerce, Community & Economic Development,
Marijuana Control Board, sunset; the Department of Commerce,
Community & Economic Development, Board of Massage Therapists,
sunset; the Department of Labor and Workforce Development,
Technical Vocational Education Program; and the Department of
Family and Community Services, Office of Childrens' Services
Compliance with Foster Care Reform Laws, part two. There being
no objection, it was so ordered.
10:39:12 AM
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee meeting was adjourned at
10:39 a.m.
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