ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE  SELECT COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE ETHICS  OCTOBER 4, 2023  1:30 PM    FULL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES      1:33:06 PM    1. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER  Skip Cook called the meeting to order at 1:33 pm.  Skip Cook directed Joyce Anderson to conduct roll call.  Roll Call  Senator David Wilson no  Senator Löki Tobin  Representative Andy Josephson  Representative DeLena Johnson (telephonic)  Conner Thomas (telephonic)  Jerry McBeath (telephonic)  Deb Fancher  Skip Cook(telephonic)    Quorum present.  Skip Cook asked if there was anyone [else] online for the  meeting.    Joyce Anderson responded there was not.    Skip Cook reminded the committee to identify themselves  when speaking for the benefit of individuals on  teleconference and in the audience. He added he expected  the meeting to last approximately one hour.    2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA (+)  Skip Cook entertained a motion to approve the agenda, with  the addition of one item.    Joyce Anderson explained the additional item was minutes  from the June 12, 2023, Senate Subcommittee meeting. She  added there was no action taken during the meeting; it was  opening the meeting, going into executive session, and  coming out of the meeting with no action. The minutes are  just standard language.    Skip Cook offered that if there was no objection, the  committee could take care of the minutes at the outset and  then approve the rest of the agenda. He entertained a  motion to approve the minutes of the June 12, 2023, Senate  Subcommittee meeting.    Deb Fancher so moved.    Skip Cook thanked Deb Fancher and entertained objections.    Jerry McBeath stated that he hadn't seen the minutes.    Skip Cook asked Joyce Anderson if the minutes had been  circulated.    Joyce Anderson responded it had been just noticed that the  minutes had not been approved and thought it appropriate to  add to the agenda. She restated that the minutes including  opening the meeting, approving the agenda, going into  executive session, coming out of executive session, and a  motion to adjourn. There was no action taken.    Skip Cook asked Deb Fancher if her motion still stood with  the explanation provided by Joyce Anderson.    Deb Fancher replied yes.    Skip Cook asked again if there were any objections to  approving the minutes after the explanation.    Jerry McBeath said while he appreciated Joyce Anderson's  explanation, he was not in favor of approving the minutes  until he saw them in print.    Skip Cook asked if there was any other discussion about the  minutes. He offered the minutes could be circulated and put  on the next agenda. He asked Joyce Anderson her thoughts  about that.    Joyce Anderson responded that the minutes could be added to  the next agenda.    Skip Cook affirmed that the minutes would be on the next  agenda.    Skip Cook entertained a motion to approve the agenda as  circulated.    Representative Andy Josephson so moved.    Skip Cook entertained objections. There were no objections.  The agenda was approved.    3. PUBLIC COMMENT  Skip Cook asked if there was public comment. Hearing no  public comment, he moved to the next item on the agenda.    4. ACTING ETHICS ADMINISTRATOR Joyce M Anderson  Skip Cook asked Joyce Anderson to speak to the agenda item.  Joyce Anderson said her leave of absence from serving on  the Select Committee on Legislative Ethics was July 17,  2023, through October 31, 2023. It was approved on August  10, 2023. At the September 29, 2023, meeting, her contract  term was extended to February 29, 2024. She explained that  a motion was needed to extend her leave of absence from  serving on the committee through February 29, 2024. The  item was overlooked at the meeting on September 29.    Skip Cook entertained a motion to extend Joyce Anderson's  leave of absence from the committee until February 29,  2024.    Jerry McBeath so moved.    Skip Cook entertained objections. Hearing none, he asked  Joyce Anderson to conduct a roll call vote.    Roll call  Senator Löki Tobin  Representative Andy Josephson  Representative DeLena Johnson  Conner Thomas  Jerry McBeath  Deb Fancher  Skip Cook    All yes. The motion was approved.    Skip Cook asked Joyce Anderson to speak about the second  part of the agenda item, the contract amount.    Joyce Anderson explained the original contract amount,  approved on August 10, 2023, was not to exceed $25,000. Due  to the extended contract time period, the contract amount  needs amending. She reported that she and Skip Cook had  agreed to an amount not to exceed $50,000, though it is not  anticipated to reach that amount.    Skip Cook explained that Joyce Anderson's pay was  calculated on an hourly basis. He entertained a motion to  increase the contract amount.    Jerry McBeath so moved.    Skip Cook entertained discussion.    Jerry McBeath asked how many hours $50,000 would include.    Joyce Anderson responded that the hourly rate was approved  at the meeting on August 10. She opined to the chair that  she did not think the hourly rate needed to be approved  again.    Skip Cook agreed and asked Joyce Anderson if she had any  idea how many hours $50,000 equates to.    Joyce Anderson responded that she did not. She offered to  provide that information to the committee at a later time  if that was what the committee wanted.    Skip Cook said he did not think the extended contract would  more than double the original contract amount. He asked if  there was further discussion. There was no further  discussion. He directed Joyce Anderson to conduct a roll  call vote.    Senator Löki Tobin joined the meeting in person in  Anchorage.    Roll call    Representative Andy Josephson  Senator Löki Tobin  Representative DeLena Johnson  Deb Fancher  Jerry McBeath  Conner Thomas  Skip Cook    All yes. The motion was approved.    1:44 p.m.    5. Skip Cook entertained a motion to go into EXECUTIVE  SESSION to discuss matters which by law must remain confidential under AS 24.60.160, Uniform Rule 22(b) regarding executive sessions, and Rules of Procedure Section 5: Executive Sessions and discussion of matters, the immediate knowledge of would adversely affect the finances of a governmental unit, and discussion of subjects that tend to prejudice the reputation and character of a person.    Conner Thomas so moved.    The committee moved into executive session.    6. EXECUTIVE SESSION    2:39 p.m.    7. PUBLIC SESSION  Skip Cook reconvened public session. No further action is  needed.    8. OTHER BUSINESS    9. ADJOURN    Skip Cook entertained a motion to adjourn the meeting.    Jerry McBeath so moved.    Skip Cook entertained objections. There were none.    The meeting was adjourned.    2:40 p.m.                ADJOURN: