Legislature(2017 - 2018)ANCH LIO Sm Conf Rm
12/14/2017 02:30 PM Senate LEGISLATIVE BUDGET & AUDIT
| Audio | Topic |
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| Start | |
| Approval of Agenda | |
| Approval of Minutes | |
| Revised Program Legislative (rpls) | |
| Executive Session | |
| Preliminary and Final Audit Reports | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
December 14, 2017
Anchorage, Alaska
2:31 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Bert Stedman, Chair
Senator Anna MacKinnon (via teleconference)
Senator Cathy Giessel
Senator Natasha von Imhof (alternate) (via teleconference)
Representative Andy Josephson, Vice Chair (via teleconference)
Representative Scott Kawasaki (via teleconference)
Representative Paul Seaton (via teleconference)
Representative Jennifer Johnston
Representative Dan Ortiz (alternate)(via teleconference)
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Click Bishop
Senator Lyman Hoffman
Representative Ivy Spohnholz
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
REVISED PROGRAM LEGISLATIVE (RPLs)
EXECUTIVE SESSION
PRELIMINARY AND FINAL AUDIT REPORT
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
No previous action to record
WITNESS REGISTER
DAVID TEAL, Legislative Fiscal Analyst
Legislative Finance Division
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Provided information on RPL 10-8-5024 to
the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee.
ACTION NARRATIVE
2:31:24 PM
CHAIR BERT STEDMAN called the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee meeting to order at 2:36 p.m. Representatives
Kawasaki (via teleconference), Seaton (via teleconference),
Johnston, Ortiz (alternate, via teleconference), and Josephson
(via teleconference) and Senators MacKinnon (via
teleconference), Giessel, von Imhof (alternate, via
teleconference), and Stedman were present at the call to order.
2:32:08 PM
The committee took an at-ease from 2:32 p.m. to 2:37 p.m. to
address technical difficulties.
^APPROVAL OF AGENDA
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
2:37:36 PM
CHAIR STEDMAN announced that the first order of business would
be approval of the agenda.
2:37:39 PM
SENATOR GEISSEL moved that the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee approve the agenda. There being no objection, the
agenda was approved.
^APPROVAL OF MINUTES
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
2:37:49 PM
CHAIR STEDMAN announced the next order of business would be the
approval of minutes.
2:37:57 PM
SENATOR GIESSEL moved that the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee approve the minutes of the November 9, 2017 meeting.
There being no objection, the minutes were approved.
^REVISED PROGRAM LEGISLATIVE (RPLs)
REVISED PROGRAM LEGISLATIVE (RPLs)
2:38:14 PM
CHAIR STEDMAN announced that the next order of business would be
a revised program legislative (RPL).
2:38:27 PM
DAVID TEAL, Legislative Fiscal Analyst, Legislative Finance
Division, Alaska State Legislature, explained that in RPL 10-8-
5024, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) asks for the
authority to receive and spend $297,000 in federal receipts.
Mr. Teal said the RPL states that the money would be used to
continue an agreement between the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) and DNR. Under the agreement, personnel costs for the
executive director of the North Slope Science Center's Science
Initiative is paid by BLM. Mr. Teal said the request is for the
full amount of the one-year agreement. He advised that since
the fiscal year 2018 (FY 18) budget already contains funding for
six months of the agreement, the amount is about $150,000 more
than is needed to fund the agreement for the remainder of the
year.
MR. TEAL said his staff discussed the situation with the agency
staff of DNR, who informed the Legislative Finance Division that
DNR was awarded two unanticipated grants totaling approximately
$100,000. He said the bottom line is that RPL 10-8-5024 would
leave DNR with approximately $50,000 in excess federal
authorization in FY 18. Mr. Teal stated, "We don't see a
particular problem with that; the excess authorization can
eliminate the need for a second RPL if additional grants are
received - or a supplemental ... if we go into session before
that - and the federal authority - the extra $50,000 - cannot be
used unless additional federal receipts become available." He
said the situation is not troubling, but perhaps is a bit
confusing in the way it was presented by the department.
2:40:42 PM
SENATOR GIESSEL moved that the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee approve RPL 10-8-5024, Department of Natural
Resources, in the amount of $297,000 in federal receipts, Fund
Code 1002, as a supplemental FY 18 operating budget item. There
being no objection, RPL 10-8-5024 was approved.
^EXECUTIVE SESSION
EXECUTIVE SESSION
CHAIR STEDMAN announced that the next order of business would be
an executive session.
2:41:33 PM
SENATOR GIESSEL moved that the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee go into executive session under Uniform Rule 22 for
the purpose of discussing confidential audit reports under AS
24.20.301. She asked that the following individuals remain in
the room or on line: Kris Curtis, necessary staff for the
Legislative Audit Division, any legislators that are not on the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee, and any legislative
staff working for committee members. There being no objection,
it was so ordered.
2:42:21 PM
The committee took an at-ease from 2:42 p.m. to 3:47 p.m. for
the purpose of an executive session.
3:47:38 PM
CHAIR STEDMAN called the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee
back to order. Representatives Kawasaki (via teleconference),
Seaton (via teleconference), Johnston, Ortiz (alternate, via
teleconference), and Josephson (via teleconference) and Senators
Mackinnon (via teleconference), Giessel, Senator von Imhof
(alternate, via teleconference), and Stedman were present at the
call back to order.
CHAIR STEDMAN requested that the committee's alternate members
standby to vote in case any members had to leave.
^PRELIMINARY AND FINAL AUDIT REPORTS
PRELIMINARY AND FINAL AUDIT REPORTS
3:48:52 PM
CHAIR STEDMAN announced that the final order of business would
be the preliminary and final audit reports.
3:49:25 PM
SENATOR GIESSEL moved that the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee release the following preliminary audits to the
appropriate agencies for response: the Department of Commerce,
Community & Economic Development (DCCED), Alcohol Beverage
Control Board; DCCED, Board of Pharmacy; DCCED, Alaska Tourism
Marketing Board; and DCCED, Board of Social Work Examiners.
There being no objection, the preliminary audits were released.
3:50:33 PM
SENATOR GIESSEL moved that the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee release the following final audits: DCCED, Marijuana
Control Board; DCCED, Board of Psychologist and Psychological
Examiners; DCCED, Board of Massage Therapists. There being no
objection, the final audits were released.
3:51:47 PM
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee meeting was adjourned at
3:52 p.m.
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