Legislature(2017 - 2018)CAPITOL 106
03/08/2018 10:30 AM House SELECT COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE ETHICS
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE ETHICS
MARCH 8, 2018
Full Committee
10:35:56 AM
Members Present:
Representative Chris Tuck
Representative Colleen Sullivan-Leonard
Chair Skip Cook
Conner Thomas
Lee Holmes
Deb Fancher
Joyce Anderson (Teleconference)
Others Present:
Jerry Anderson, Administrator
Janice Stewart, Administrative Assistant
Dan Wayne, Legislative Legal
1. Call the Meeting to Order:
Chair Skip Cook called the meeting to order at 10:35 a.m.
Administrator Jerry Anderson announced that Item 5:
Chair/Staff Report would be deferred to after executive
session, time permitting.
2. Approval of Agenda:
A motion to approve the agenda with the amendment was made
by Lee Holmes. No objection. Agenda approved.
3. Approval of Minutes:
a. January 12, 2018 Full Committee
Motion by Deb Fancher to approve the minutes. No
Objection. Minutes approved.
b. January 12, 2018 Senate Committee
Motion by Lee Holmes to approve the minutes. No
Objection. Minutes approved.
c. January 12, 2018 House Committee
Motion by Lee Holmes to approve the minutes. No
Objection. Minutes approved.
4. Public Comment: None
5. Chair/Staff Report (deferred)
6. Motion to go into EXECUTIVE SESSION to discuss matters
which by law must remain confidential under AS 24.60.160,
Uniform Rule 22(b) regarding executive sessions, and
Rules of Procedure Section 5: Executive Sessions and
discussion of matters that the immediate knowledge of
would adversely affect the finances of a governmental
unit, and discussion of subjects that tend to prejudice
the reputation and character of a person.
A motion to enter executive session was made by Deb
Fancher. No objection.
7. Executive Session
8. Public Session
The committee returned to public session at 11:34 a.m.
(Senator Coghill, Senator Egan, and Senator Gardner -
Alternate, joined the meeting.)
A motion was made by Lee Holmes to approve Advisory Opinion
AO 18-01 with amendments made in Executive Session.
Chair Skip Cook stated that formal Advisory Opinion AO 18-
01 advises whether a legislator may purchase Facebook ads
to communicate with Facebook users believed to reside in
the election district for that legislator, by using GPS
points of reference or restricting to certain zip codes to
target these ads.
A Roll call vote to concur or not concur with the final
advisory opinion AO 18-01 will be taken. A vote of YES
will be a vote to concur with the final advisory opinion.
A vote of NO will be to not concur with the final advisory
opinion.
Roll Call Vote: (Only members present during discussion of
AO 18-01)
Rep. Sullivan-Leonard Y
Rep. Tuck Y
Skip Cook Y
Conner Thomas Y
Joyce Anderson Y
Deb Fancher Y
Lee Holmes Y
The draft will be finalized by Dan Wayne at Legislative
Legal and provided to the committee for publication.
5. Chair/Staff Report
Jerry Anderson noted that all current legislators and
legislative employees had completed the HRC training with
the exception of new legislators and those employees hired
after February 1, 2018.
a. Outside Counsel Contract: Deferred to later date.
b. Independent Investigator Contract
Jerry Anderson requested that the current contract
with the investigator be amended to reflect the amount
of $10,000 from the original $5,000.
Lee Holmes moved to approve the amendment. A roll call
vote was required to approved.
Roll Call:
Senator Coghill y
Senator Egan y
Rep. Sullivan-Leonard y
Rep. Tuck y
Skip Cook y
Conner Thomas y
Joyce Anderson y
Deb Fancher y
Lee Holmes y
The amendment to the contract was approved at $10,000
by a vote of 9 - 0.
c. Personnel:
Jerry Anderson stated that recruitment for the
administrative assistant position is in process. He
asked that the committee consider a contract for
current administrative assistant, Janice Stewart, to
precipitate an orderly transition. Hourly amount would
be $30 with a maximum of contract amount of $2,000.
The contract would come in effect once a new hire is
in place, most likely April of this year.
Conner Thomas moved to approve the contract. A roll-
call vote was required.
Roll Call:
Senator Coghill y
Senator Egan y
Rep. Sullivan-Leonard y
Rep. Tuck y
Skip Cook y
Conner Thomas y
Joyce Anderson y
Deb Fancher y
Lee Holmes y
Contract to be drafted based on this approval vote of
9 - 0.
9. Other Business:
Due to time constraints it was decided that Jerry Anderson
would poll the committee and make a decision regarding a
date for the next meeting.
10.Adjourn
A motion to adjourn was made by Conner Thomas. No
objection. Meeting adjourned at 11:46 a.m.
11:46:18 AM
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
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| 20180308FullCommitteeAgenda.pdf |
JETH 3/8/2018 10:30:00 AM |
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| 20180308FullCommitteeDocuments.pdf |
JETH 3/8/2018 10:30:00 AM |
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| 20180308FullCommitteeMinutesAPPROVED.pdf |
JETH 3/8/2018 10:30:00 AM |