Legislature(2019 - 2020)ADAMS ROOM 519
04/25/2019 07:00 AM Senate LEGISLATIVE BUDGET & AUDIT
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| Audio | Topic |
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| Start | |
| Approval of the Minutes | |
| Special Audit Request | |
| Executive Session | |
| Adjourn |
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
April 25, 2019
7:00 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Chris Tuck, Chair
Representative Andy Josephson
Representative Ivy Spohnholz
Representative Mark Neuman
Representative Jennifer Johnston (alternate)
Senator Click Bishop, Vice Chair
Senator Bert Stedman
Senator Natasha von Imhof
Senator Cathy Giessel
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative Neal Foster
Senator Lyman Hoffman
Senator Peter Micciche (alternate)
OTHER LEGISLATORS PRESENT
Representative DeLena Johnson
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
SPECIAL AUDIT REQUEST
EXECUTIVE SESSION
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
No previous action to record
WITNESS REGISTER
TOM WRIGHT, Staff
Senator Mia Costello
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Presented a special audit request on behalf
of Senator Costello.
ACTION NARRATIVE
7:00:30 AM
CHAIR CHRIS TUCK called the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee meeting to order at 7:00 a.m. Representatives Tuck,
Neuman, and Johnston (alternate) and Senators Bishop, Giessel,
Stedman, and von Imhof were present at the call to order.
Representatives Josephson and Spohnholz arrived as the meeting
was in progress. Also present was Representative Johnson.
^Approval of the Minutes
Approval of the Minutes
7:01:14 AM
CHAIR TUCK announced that the first order of business would be
approval of the minutes.
7:01:18 AM
SENATOR BISHOP made a motion to approve the minutes of the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee of April 12, 2019. There
being no objection, the minutes from the meeting of April 12,
2019 were approved.
^Special Audit Request
Special Audit Request
7:01:35 AM
CHAIR TUCK announced that the next order of business would be a
request for a special audit of the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board.
7:02:16 AM
TOM WRIGHT, Staff, Senator Mia Costello, Alaska State
Legislature, explained that Senator Costello was requesting an
audit of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board's licensing
process. He noted that her office had received numerous
complaints regarding long wait times in processing the license
applications. He directed attention to the letter submitted to
the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee [Included in members'
packets], and explained that the audit should include:
identification and examination of the time it takes the board to
make application decisions; determination of the cause of
application decision delays; recommendation for improving the
timeliness of application decisions; and follow-up on areas of
related concern identified by the Legislator Auditor.
CHAIR TUCK noted that this performance audit request could be
done in conjunction with an upcoming Sunset Audit of the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
7:03:36 AM
SENATOR BISHOP made a motion that the Legislative Budget and
Audit Committee approve the request for an audit of the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and directed that the
Legislative Auditor address the audit request as part of Board's
next sunset audit. There being no objection, the audit request
was approved.
^Executive Session
Executive Session
7:04:11 AM
CHAIR TUCK announced that the next order of business would be to
move into Executive Session.
7:04:24 AM
SENATOR BISHOP made a motion to move to executive session under
Uniform Rule 22 of the Alaska Legislature for the purposes of
receiving legal guidance regarding the auditor's opinion on the
FY 18 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). There being
no objection, the committee went into executive session at 7:05
a.m.
7:05:22 AM
The committee took an at-ease from 7:05 a.m. to 7:58 a.m.
7:58:29 AM
CHAIR TUCK brought the committee back to order.
7:58:38 AM
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee meeting was adjourned at
7:58 a.m.
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Special Audit Request.pdf |
JBUD 4/25/2019 7:00:00 AM |
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| 19-04-25 Agenda Amended.pdf |
JBUD 4/25/2019 7:00:00 AM |