ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE  LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE  March 6, 2018 8:01 a.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Senator Bert Stedman, Chair Senator Anna MacKinnon Senator Cathy Giessel Senator Click Bishop Senator Lyman Hoffman Representative Andy Josephson, Vice Chair Representative Scott Kawasaki Representative Paul Seaton Representative Jennifer Johnston MEMBERS ABSENT  Representative Ivy Spohnholz Representative Dan Ortiz (alternate) Senator Natasha von Imhof (alternate) COMMITTEE CALENDAR  APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES EXECUTIVE SESSION PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION  No previous action to record WITNESS REGISTER No witnesses to record ACTION NARRATIVE 8:01:04 AM CHAIR BERT STEDMAN called the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee meeting to order at 8:01 a.m. Representatives Kawasaki, Seaton, and Josephson and Senators Stedman, Hoffman, Giessel, Bishop, and MacKinnon were present at the call to order. Representative Johnston arrived as the meeting was in progress. ^APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA  8:01:49 AM CHAIR STEDMAN announced that the first order of business would be approval of the agenda. 8:02:04 AM REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON made a motion that the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee approve the agenda. There being no objection, it was so ordered. ^APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES  8:02:16 AM CHAIR STEDMAN announced that the next order of business would be approval of the minutes. REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON made a motion to approve the minutes of the January 15, 2018 meeting. There being no objection, the minutes from the meeting of January 15, 2018 were approved. ^EXECUTIVE SESSION EXECUTIVE SESSION  8:02:43 AM CHAIR STEDMAN announced that the next order of business would be to move into executive session. 8:02:48 AM REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON made a motion to move to executive session under Uniform Rule 22 and AS 24.20.301. He 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, necessary staff from the Legislative Affairs Agency, and any legislative staff working for committee members. There being no objection, the committee went into executive session at 8:03 a.m. 8:03:18 AM The committee took an at-ease from 8:03 a.m. to 8:26 a.m. for the purpose of executive session. 8:26:15 AM CHAIR STEDMAN called the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee back to order at 8:26 a.m. Representatives Kawasaki, Seaton, Johnston, and Josephson and Senators Stedman, Bishop, Giessel, Hoffman, and MacKinnon were present at the call to order. 8:26:45 AM REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON made a motion that the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee give approval to the Legislative Auditor to enter into a contract not to exceed $350,000 for specialized information technology and expertise. There being no objection, it was so ordered. 8:27:05 AM REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPHSON made a motion that the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee approve the contract amendments as presented to the committee for Gaffney, Cline and Associates, Inc. and In3nergy, LLC. There being no objection, it was so ordered. 8:27:25 AM ADJOURNMENT  There being no further business before the committee, the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee meeting was adjourned at 8:27 a.m.