03/13/2012 01:00 PM House OMBUDSMAN SELECTION COMMITTEE

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
                 OMBUDSMAN SELECTION COMMITTEE                                                                                
                         March 13, 2012                                                                                         
                           1:02 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Mike Hawker, Co-Chair                                                                                            
Representative Berta Gardner                                                                                                    
Representative Tammie Wilson                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator Lesil McGuire, Co-Chair                                                                                                 
Senator Dennis Egan                                                                                                             
Senator Kevin Meyer                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
All members present                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
LEGISLATIVE OMBUDSMAN SELECTION                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
No previous action to record                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
No witnesses to record                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
1:02:54 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  MIKE  HAWKER  called   the  Joint  Ombudsman  Selection                                                             
Committee meeting to order at  1:02 p.m.  Representatives Hawker,                                                               
T.  Wilson,  and Gardner,  and  Senators  McGuire and  Egan  were                                                               
present  at the  call to  order.   Senator Meyer  arrived as  the                                                               
meeting was in progress.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
^Legislative Ombudsman Selection                                                                                                
                Legislative Ombudsman Selection                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1:03:32 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR HAWKER announced  that the only order  of business would                                                               
be [the selection  of the legislative Ombudsman].   He then noted                                                               
that  personnel   matters  are  to  be   kept  confidential,  and                                                               
therefore the committee would be moving into executive session.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
1:04:07 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  McGUIRE made  a  motion to  move  to executive  session                                                               
under Uniform  Rule 22  for the  purpose of  discussing personnel                                                               
matters.   There  being  no objection,  the  committee went  into                                                               
executive session at 1:04 p.m.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  HAWKER   brought  the   committee  back  to   order  at                                                               
1:18 p.m., and observed that all members were present.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
1:18:32 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR McGUIRE made a motion  that the committee forward to the                                                               
legislature  for  confirmation  the  nomination  of  Linda  Lord-                                                               
Jenkins for a third term as Ombudsman.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR MCGUIRE reminded members  that signing reports regarding                                                               
appointments in  no way reflects individual  members' approval or                                                               
disapproval of  appointees, and that  the nominations  are merely                                                               
forwarded to the full legislature for confirmation or rejection.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR   HAWKER,  after   ascertaining  that   there  were   no                                                               
objections,  announced  that  the motion  carried,  and  reminded                                                               
members to sign the committee report.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
1:19:38 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There  being  no  further  business  before  the  committee,  the                                                               
Ombudsman Selection Committee meeting was adjourned at 1:19 p.m.