JOINT COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT January 24, 2000 12:10 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Representative Gail Phillips, Chair Representative Con Bunde Representative Eric Croft Representative Gary Davis Representative Gene Therriault Senator Randy Phillips, Vice Chair Senator Sean Parnell Senator Gary Wilken Senator Drue Pearce (Alternate) MEMBERS ABSENT Senator Al Adams Senator Rick Halford Representative Eldon Mulder (Alternate) OTHER LEGISLATORS PRESENT Senator John Torgerson COMMITTEE CALENDAR APPROVAL OF MINUTES EXECUTIVE SESSION RELEASE OF FINAL AUDIT TO THE PUBLIC OTHER COMMITTEE BUSINESS WITNESS REGISTER No witnesses to record ACTION NARRATIVE TAPE 00-2, SIDE A [Several portions not recorded -- tape malfunction] CHAIR GAIL PHILLIPS called the Joint Committee on Legislative Budget and Audit meeting to order at 12:10 p.m. Members present at the call to order were Representatives Phillips, Bunde, Croft, Davis and Therriault, and Senators Phillips, Parnell, Wilken and Pearce. APPROVAL OF MINUTES CHAIR PHILLIPS announced that the approval of the minutes from the meeting held on January 14, 2000, would be postponed until the next meeting. EXECUTIVE SESSION Number 0095 SENATOR PHILLIPS made a motion to move to executive session for the purpose of discussing the preliminary audits. There being no objection, the committee went into executive session at 12:15 p.m. CHAIR PHILLIPS asked the following people to attend the executive session: Pat Davidson, legislative auditor, and staff; Jim Griffin; Ginger Blaisdell from the Legislative Finance Division; and Pat Hartley, Legislative Budget and Audit Committee aide. [The committee resumed open session at 12:50 p.m. Not recorded after this point -- tape malfunction] RELEASE OF FINAL AUDIT TO THE PUBLIC SENATOR PHILLIPS made a motion to release the final audit from the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to the public. There being no objection, the audit was released to the public. OTHER COMMITTEE BUSINESS CHAIR PHILLIPS announced that the Joint Committee on Legislative Budget and Audit meeting would continue on Friday, January 28, 2000, at 8:00 a.m. CHAIR PHILLIPS recessed the Joint Committee on Legislative Budget and Audit meeting at 12:50 p.m.