Legislature(2023 - 2024)ADAMS 519
04/04/2024 05:00 PM House LEGISLATIVE BUDGET & AUDIT
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
April 4, 2024
5:09 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Ben Carpenter, Chair
Senator Bert Stedman, Vice Chair
Representative Sarah Vance
Representative Frank Tomaszewski
Representative Andy Josephson
Senator James Kaufman
Senator Scott Kawasaki
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative DeLena Johnson
Senator Bill Wielechowski
Senator Lyman Hoffman
Representative Mike Cronk (alternate)
Senator Click Bishop (alternate)
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
EXECUTIVE SESSION
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
No previous action to record
WITNESS REGISTER
No witnesses to record
ACTION NARRATIVE
5:09:29 PM
CHAIR BEN CARPENTER called the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee meeting to order at 5:09 p.m. Representatives Vance,
Tomaszewski, Josephson, and Carpenter and Senators Kaufman,
Kawasaki, and Stedman were present at the call to order.
^APPROVAL OF MINUTES
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
5:10:18 PM
CHAIR CARPENTER announced that the first order of business would
be the approval of minutes.
5:10:26 PM
SENATOR STEDMAN moved that the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee approve the minutes for the March 6, 2024, meeting, as
presented. There being no objection, the minutes were approved.
^EXECUTIVE SESSION
EXECUTIVE SESSION
5:10:44 PM
CHAIR CARPENTER announced that the next order of business would
be executive session.
5:11:00 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: Kris Curtis, legislative auditor, and
necessary staff; Emily Nauman, legal services director, and
necessary staff; JC Kestel, procurement officer, and Ernest
Daigle, contracting officer; 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.
5:11:50 PM
The committee took an at-ease from 5:11 p.m. to 6:52 p.m. for
the purpose of executive session.
6:52:06 PM
REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER called the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee meeting back to order at 6:52 p.m. Representatives
Vance, Tomaszewski, Josephson, and Carpenter and Senators
Kaufman, Kawasaki, and Stedman were present at the call back to
order.
6:52:28 PM
REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER stated that during executive session,
the committee discussed the consideration of a contract award.
In addition, the legislative auditor presented on the pre-
release of the single audit.
6:52:56 PM
SENATOR STEDMAN moved that the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee approve the contract award to Gaffney, Cline &
Associates for a contract amount not to exceed $200,000. There
being no objection, it was so ordered.
6:53:23 PM
SENATOR STEDMAN moved that the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee release the following preliminary audits to the
agencies for formal comment: FY 23 single audit. There being no
objection, it was so ordered.
6:53:47 PM
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee meeting was adjourned at
6:53 p.m.
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