Legislature(2023 - 2024)ADAMS 519
05/07/2024 08:00 AM House LEGISLATIVE BUDGET & AUDIT
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
May 7, 2024
8:01 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Ben Carpenter, Chair
Senator Bert Stedman, Vice Chair
Representative Sarah Vance
Representative Frank Tomaszewski
Representative Andy Josephson
Representative Mike Cronk (alternate)
Senator Bill Wielechowski
Senator Lyman Hoffman
Senator James Kaufman
Senator Scott Kawasaki
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative DeLena Johnson
Senator Click Bishop (alternate)
OTHER LEGISLATORS PRESENT
Senator Cathy Giessel
Senator David Wilson (via teleconference)
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
EXECUTIVE SESSION
PROCUREMENT
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
No previous action to record
WITNESS REGISTER
JC KESTEL, Procurement Officer
Legislative Affairs Agency
Legislative Agencies and Offices
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Offered explanation of a procurement.
ACTION NARRATIVE
8:01:24 AM
CHAIR BEN CARPENTER called the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee meeting to order at 8:01 a.m. Representatives Vance,
Josephson, Cronk, Tomaszewski, and Carpenter and Senators
Stedman, Wielechowski, and Kaufman were present at the call to
order. Senators Hoffman and Kawasaki arrived as the meeting was
in progress. Also present was Senator Giessel.
^APPROVAL OF MINUTES
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
8:02:17 AM
CHAIR CARPENTER announced the first order of business would be
the approval of minutes.
CHAIR CARPENTER explained that a correction was needed;
therefore, approval of the 4/4/24 Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee minutes would be postponed to the 5/9/24 meeting.
^EXECUTIVE SESSION
EXECUTIVE SESSION
8:02:30 AM
CHAIR CARPENTER announced that the next order of business would
be executive session.
8:02:38 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, under law, be required to be confidential. He asked that
the following persons remain in the room or on line: Emily
Nauman, Director, Legislative Legal Services; JC Kestel,
Procurement Officer; Earnest Daigle, Contracting Officer; any
legislators not on the committee; staff to legislators on the
committee, and Helen Phillips, House Finance Staff. There being
no objection, it was so ordered.
8:03:35 AM
The committee took an at-ease from 8:03 a.m. to 8:18 a.m. for
the purpose of executive session.
8:18:22 AM
CHAIR CARPENTER called the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee back to order at 8:18 a.m. Present at the call back
to order were Representatives Vance, Josephson, Tomaszewski,
Cronk, and Carpenter and Senators Kaufman, Wielechowski, Hoffman
(alternate), Kawasaki, and Stedman. Also present were Senators
Wilson (via teleconference) and Giessel.
^PROCUREMENT
PROCUREMENT
8:18:57 AM
CHAIR CARPENTER announced the final order of business would be
procurement.
8:19:18 AM
JC KESTEL, Procurement Officer, Legislative Affairs Agency,
reviewed that the agency had conducted a request for proposal
(RFP) 24-33-02 for consulting work related to oil and gas and
carbon storage in the areas of Cook Inlet, North Slope, and
Middle Earth. That solicitation was canceled early in 2024
because of a conflict of interest presented with the single
proposal received; there was a contract that existed for the
executive branch for that proposal for a similar scope of work.
Through negotiation with the executive branch, Chair Carpenter
was able to negotiate a new contract to concentrate on gas in
Cook Inlet, which was approved by the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee [during its 4/4/24 meeting]. However, after
further analysis, Chair Carpenter understood the legislature
needed additional consulting services. These needs include
expertise on oil and gas issues for both the North Slope and
Middle Earth, further expertise on liquified natural gas, and
assistance in analyzing carbon proposals. Chair Carpenter's
office tasked the Legislative Affairs Agency to draft an
amendment to the existing Gaffney, Cline & Associates
("GaffneyCline") contract. [The agency] recommended that the
committee exercise a new contract for the expanded scope of
work. Mr. Kestel offered to answer questions.
8:21:36 AM
SENATOR STEDMAN moved that the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee approve the contract award to GaffneyCline related to
oil and gas, carbon, and tax analysis in an amount not to exceed
$1 million and that the committee terminate the existing
contract with GaffneyCline entered into on April 22, 2024,
related to Cook Inlet gas analysis. There being no objection,
it was so ordered.
8:22:06 AM
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee meeting was adjourned at
8:22 a.m.
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