Legislature(2023 - 2024)ADAMS 519
03/06/2024 05:00 PM House LEGISLATIVE BUDGET & AUDIT
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
March 6, 2024
5:06 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Ben Carpenter, Chair
Senator Bert Stedman, Vice Chair
Representative DeLena Johnson
Representative Sarah Vance
Representative Frank Tomaszewski
Representative Andy Josephson
Senator Bill Wielechowski
Senator James Kaufman
Senator Scott Kawasaki
Representative Mike Cronk (alternate)
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Lyman Hoffman
Senator Click Bishop (alternate)
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
EXECUTIVE SESSION
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
No previous action to record
WITNESS REGISTER
KRIS CURTIS, Legislative Auditor
Division of Legislative Audit
Legislative Agencies and Offices
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Presented a procurement approval request.
ACTION NARRATIVE
5:06:50 PM
CHAIR BEN CARPENTER called the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee meeting to order at 5:06 p.m. Representatives D.
Johnson, Vance, Josephson, Cronk and Carpenter and Senators
Wielechowski, Kaufman, Kawasaki, and Stedman were present at the
call to order. Senator Tomaszewski arrived as the meeting was
in progress.
^APPROVAL OF MINUTES
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
5:07:48 PM
CHAIR CARPENTER announced that the first order of business would
be the approval of minutes.
5:07:58 PM
SENATOR STEDMAN moved that the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee approve the minutes for the December 13, 2023, and
January 15, 2024, meetings, as presented. There being no
objection, the minutes were approved.
^EXECUTIVE SESSION
EXECUTIVE SESSION
5:08:18 PM
CHAIR CARPENTER announced that the next order of business would
be executive session.
5:08:26 PM
SENATOR STEDMAN moved 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, if necessary,
staff for the auditor; Helen Phillips, and the House Finance
Committee staff; any legislators not on the committee; and staff
of legislators on the committee. There being no objection, it
was so ordered.
5:09:27 PM
The committee took an at-ease from 5:09 p.m. to 5:23 p.m. for
the purpose of executive session.
5:23:03 PM
REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER called the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee meeting back to order at 5:06 p.m. Representatives D.
Johnson, Vance, Tomaszewski, Josephson, Cronk and Carpenter and
Senators Wielechowski, Kaufman, Kawasaki, and Stedman were
present at the call to order.
5:23:22 PM
CHAIR CARPENTER stated that during executive session, the
committee discussed a procurement approval request related to
the FY 24 process. He invited Ms. Curtis to present the
details.
5:23:40 PM
KRIS CURTIS, Legislative Auditor, Division of Legislative Audit,
Legislative Agencies and Offices, explained that she was asking
for the committee's consideration and approval of a contract
with an auditing firm for FY 24 federal compliance audit
services. The firm would be asked to audit five major federal
programs for FY 24. She noted that last year, the committee
approved a similar contract for FY 23, adding that this was a
request to amend and extend that contract for an additional year
for similar services. The committee would be asked to approve a
total of $602,000, which reflected an incremental amount of
$365,000 to account for FY 24 services.
5:24:41 PM
SENATOR STEDMAN moved that the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee approve the amendment to the Division of Legislative
Audit's federal compliance audit contract with Clifton Larson
Allen for an amended contract amount not to exceed $602,000.
There being no objection, it was so ordered.
5:25:29 PM
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee was adjourned at 5:25
p.m.
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| Procurement Approval Requests March 4 2024.pdf |
JBUD 3/6/2024 5:00:00 PM |
Procurement approval request 2024.03.06 |