Legislature(2019 - 2020)ADAMS 519
02/28/2020 07:00 AM Senate LEGISLATIVE BUDGET & AUDIT
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| Audio | Topic |
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| Start | |
| Approval of Minutes | |
| Fy 19 Audit of the Alaska State Legislature | |
| Executive Session | |
| Other Committee Business | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
February 28, 2020
7:03 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Senator Click Bishop, Vice Chair
Senator Bert Stedman
Senator Natasha von Imhof
Senator Cathy Giessel
Senator Bill Wielechowski (alternate)
Representative Neal Foster
Representative Andy Josephson
Representative Ivy Spohnholz
MEMBERS ABSENT
Senator Lyman Hoffman
Representative Chris Tuck, Chair
Representative Mark Neuman
Representative Jennifer Johnston (alternate)
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
FY 19 AUDIT OF THE ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
EXECUTIVE SESSION
OTHER COMMITTEE BUSINESS
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
No previous action to record
WITNESS REGISTER
KRIS CURTIS, Legislative Auditor
Legislative Audit Division
Legislative Agencies and Offices
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Provided information on the FY 19 Audit of
the Alaska State Legislature.
ACTION NARRATIVE
7:03:30 AM
VICE CHAIR CLICK BISHOP called the Legislative Budget and Audit
Committee meeting to order at 7:03 a.m. Representatives
Josephson, Foster, and Spohnholz and Senators von Imhof,
Stedman, Giessel, and Bishop were present at the call to order.
Senator Wielechowski (alternate) arrived as the meeting was in
progress.
VICE CHAIR BISHOP announced that Pat Pitney had been hired as
the Legislative Fiscal Analyst [Director, Legislative Finance
Division] effective January 27, 2020.
^Approval of Minutes
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
7:04:28 AM
VICE CHAIR BISHOP announced that the first order of business
would be Approval of the Minutes.
7:04:36 AM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON made a motion to approve the minutes of
the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee on December 18, 2019,
January 22, 2020, and January 24, 2020. There being no
objection, the minutes from the meetings of December 18, 2019,
January 22, 2020, and January 24, 2020 were approved.
^FY 19 Audit of the Alaska State Legislature
FY 19 AUDIT OF THE ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
7:05:00 AM
VICE CHAIR BISHOP announced that the next order of business
would be the FY 19 Audit of the Alaska State Legislature.
7:05:16 AM
KRIS CURTIS, Legislative Auditor, Legislative Audit Division,
Legislative Agencies and Offices, directed attention to the
independent audit of the Alaska State Legislature, a schedule of
appropriations, expenditures, and encumbrances, and a schedule
of revenues for FY 19 [Included in members' packets]. She
stated that this was conducted every year and was required by
statute. She added that there was also included a letter to
those charged with governance [Included in members' packets]
which was required to accompany the audit opinion, pointing out
that the auditor had stated that these were accurate.
^Executive Session
EXECUTIVE SESSION
7:06:05 AM
VICE CHAIR BISHOP announced that the next order of business
would be executive session.
7:06:11 AM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON made a motion to move to executive
session under Uniform Rule 22(b)(3), discussion of matters that
may, by law, be required to be confidential, for the purpose of
discussing confidential audit reports under AS 24.20.301. There
being no objection, the committee went into executive session at
7:07 a.m.
7:07:01 AM
The committee took an at-ease from 7:07 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.
8:15:16 AM
VICE CHAIR BISHOP brought the committee back to order. Senators
Bishop, Stedman, Giessel, and Wielechowski (alternate) and
Representatives Josephson, Foster, and Spohnholz were present at
the call to order.
8:15:50 AM
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON made a motion for the preliminary audit
for the State of Alaska Single Audit for the Fiscal Year ended
June 30, 2019 to be released to the appropriate agencies for
response. There being no objection, it was so ordered.
^Other Committee Business
OTHER COMMITTEE BUSINESS
8:16:08 AM
VICE CHAIR BISHOP announced that the consultants for the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee, IN3NERGY, would be
offering Petroleum Fiscal Policy 103 training sessions for all
legislators and staff on Saturday, February 29, at 9 a.m. and 1
p.m.
8:16:38 AM
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the
Legislative Budget and Audit Committee meeting was adjourned at
8:17 a.m.
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| 20-02-28 Agenda.pdf |
JBUD 2/28/2020 7:00:00 AM |
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| FY19 Audit of the Alaska State Legislature.pdf |
JBUD 2/28/2020 7:00:00 AM |