03/20/1998 05:00 PM Senate FIN

MINUTES                                                                        
SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE                                                       
20 March 1998                                                                  
5:00 p.m.                                                                      
                                                                               
                                                                               
TAPES                                                                          
                                                                               
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CALL TO ORDER                                                                  
                                                                               
Senator Drue Pearce, Co-chair, called reconvened the meeting                   
at approximately 5:00 p.m.                                                     
                                                                               
                                                                               
PRESENT                                                                        
                                                                               
In addition to Co-chair Pearce, Senators Sharp, Donley,                        
Parnell and Adams were present when the meeting convened.                      
Senator Torgerson arrived shortly thereafter.  Senator                         
Phillips was absent.                                                           
                                                                               
                                                                               
Also Attending: Remond Henderson, Director, Division of                        
Administrative Services, Department of Community and                           
Regional Affairs;  Nico Bus, Administrative Services                           
Division, Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs;                        
Kevin Brooks, Director, Division of Administrative Services,                   
Department of Fish and Game; Fred Fisher, Fiscal Analyst,                      
Division of Legislative Finance; Jim Hauck, Fiscal Analyst,                    
Division of Legislative Finance; aides to committee members                    
and other members of the Legislature.                                          
                                                                               
                                                                               
SUMMARY INFORMATION                                                            
                                                                               
 SENATE BILL NO. 229                                                           
"An Act making appropriations for the operating and                            
loan program expenses of state government, for certain                         
programs, and to capitalize funds; making                                      
appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution                         
of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget                         
reserve fund; and providing for an effective date."                            
                                                                               
Co-chair Pearce reconvened the Senate Finance Committee.                       
She noted final review of results based government on RUBA,                    
Habitat Permitting and Youth Corps.  She noted for the                         
record that Senator Phillips had gone home ill, however, the                   
committee would go ahead and do the closeouts as scheduled.                    
                                                                               
Remond Henderson, Director, Division of Administrative                         
Services, Department of Community and Regional Affairs was                     
invited to join the committee.  He said the department had                     
no problems with the revised mission and measures statement.                   
He called the committee's attention to the performance                         
measures having been cut from six to four.  There was no                       
problem with the two that were eliminated.  The only other                     
change, he said, was to delete the section with the                            
activities, which was not necessary for missions and                           
measures and a slight modification to the mission to make it                   
more concise.                                                                  
                                                                               
Senator Parnell MOVED the committee adopt program review                       
mission and measures for Rural Utility Business Advisors and                   
incorporate it into the working budget document.  WITHOUT                      
OBJECTION it was ADOPTED and incorporated into the working                     
budget document.                                                               
                                                                               
Nico Bus, Administrative Service Manager, Department of                        
Military and Veterans' Affairs was invited to join the                         
committee.  He said the department had no problems with the                    
mission and measures statement.                                                
                                                                               
Senator Parnell MOVED the committee adopt program review                       
mission and measures for the Youth Corps and incorporate it                    
into the working budget document.  WITHOUT OBJECTION it was                    
ADOPTED and incorporated into the working budget document.                     
                                                                               
Senator Sharp explained that they had worked with Habitat in                   
modifying the mission statement.  There were three separate                    
mandates as statutorily required.  He noted there had been a                   
consolidation of some of the performance measures.                             
                                                                               
Kevin Brooks, Director, Division of Administrative Services,                   
Department of Fish and Game was invited to join the                            
committee.                                                                     
                                                                               
Senator Parnell asked if there was data in place for all the                   
measures or would that have to be collected to establish a                     
data base line?   Mr. Brooks said they think they will be                      
able to track for the current year and establish some base                     
lines for the current year 1998.  He said they maintained                      
accounts on all the different types of permits.  It is just                    
a matter of manipulating the types of data the department                      
already has to fit the criteria they were presenting before                    
the committee.  He said this would not be a very large task.                   
                                                                               
Senator Sharp MOVED the committee adopt Habitat, Title 16,                     
permitting program mission and performance measures and                        
incorporate it into the working budget document.  WITHOUT                      
OBJECTION it was ADOPTED and incorporated into the working                     
budget document.                                                               
                                                                               
Senator Sharp reminded the committee that the capital budget                   
was scheduled for 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, beginning with                   
Department of Administration up through Fish and Game.                         
                                                                               
                                                                               
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
Co-chair Pearce recessed the committee at approximately 5:10                   
p.m.                                                                           
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