HOUSE LABOR AND COMMERCE STANDING COMMITTEE April 21, 1997 3:22 p.m MEMBERS PRESENT Representative Norman Rokeberg, Chairman Representative John Cowdery Representative Bill Hudson Representative Jerry Sanders Representative Joe Ryan Representative Tom Brice MEMBERS ABSENT Representative Gene Kubina COMMITTEE CALENDAR CONFIRMATION HEARINGS: Board of Barbers and Hairdressers Robert Pearson - Juneau - CONFIRMATION ADVANCED Alaska State Board of Public Accountancy Kathleen Grimes - Palmer - CONFIRMATION ADVANCED Board of Dispensing Opticians Barbara Landi - Anchorage - CONFIRMATION ADVANCED Board of Nursing Carolyn Keil - Anchorage - CONFIRMATION ADVANCED Board of Veterinary Examiners Jean Battig, DVM - Fairbanks - CONFIRMATION ADVANCED (* First public hearing) PREVIOUS ACTION No previous action to record WITNESS REGISTER SHIRLEY ARMSTRONG, Legislative Assistant to Representative Norman Rokeberg Alaska State Legislature Capitol Building, Room 24 Juneau, Alaska 99801 Telephone: (907) 465-4954 POSITION STATEMENT: Answered questions relating to appointments ACTION NARRATIVE TAPE 97-46, SIDE A Number 001 CHAIRMAN NORMAN ROKEBERG called the House Labor and Commerce Standing Committee to order at 3:22 p.m. Members present at the call to order were Representatives Rokeberg, Cowdery, Sanders, Brice and Ryan. Representative Hudson arrived at 3:24 p.m. CONFIRMATION HEARING Number 042 CHAIRMAN ROKEBERG said the first order of business the committee would address would be the appointment of Robert Pearson, from Juneau, to the Board of Barbers and Hairdressers. He noted the committee members have a copy of his resume. REPRESENTATIVE BILL HUDSON indicated he believes Mr. Pearson is a barber. CHAIRMAN ROKEBERG asked if there was an objection to Mr. Pearson being appointed to the board. There being no objection, Chairman Rokeberg said the committee would address the next appointment. CHAIRMAN ROKEBERG announced the next appointment would be Kathleen Grimes, from Palmer, to the Alaska State Board of Public Accountancy. He noted Ms. Grimes is a chief financial officer for a nonprofit entity. Chairman Rokeberg said he would entertain a motion to move the memorandum of March 24, 1997, of the appointments of Robert Pearson to the Board of Barbers and Hairdressers and Kathleen Grimes to the Alaska State Board of Public Accountancy. Number 326 REPRESENTATIVE JOHN COWDERY moved that the memorandum of March 24, 1997, move forward. CHAIRMAN ROKEBERG asked if there was an objection. Hearing none, it was so ordered. Number 338 CHAIRMAN ROKEBERG stated the committee would take up the memorandum of April 16, 1997. He said the first appointment is Barbara Landi, of Anchorage, to the Board of Dispensing Opticians. Chairman Rokeberg asked if there was discussion regarding Ms. Landi's appointment. Hearing none, he said the next appointment the committee would address would be Carolyn Keil, of Anchorage, to the Board of Nursing. Number 448 REPRESENTATIVE JOE RYAN said he believes this woman is extremely well qualified for the appointment. CHAIRMAN ROKEBERG asked if there was any further discussion of Ms. Keil's nomination. Hearing none, he said the next appointment would be Jean Battig to the Board of Veterinary Examiners. He asked Representative Brice if he knows this person. Number 486 REPRESENTATIVE TOM BRICE indicated he doesn't know Ms. Battig. He said he hasn't heard from any of his constituents regarding her, so he would make the assumption the nobody has an objection. CHAIRMAN ROKEBERG said he would entertain a motion to adopt Barbara Landi to the Board of Dispensing Opticians, Carolyn Keil to the Board of Nursing and Jean Battig to the Board of Veterinary Examiners. Number 586 REPRESENTATIVE HUDSON made a motion to move the above mentioned appointees forward to joint session for consideration. CHAIRMAN ROKEBERG asked if there was an objection to the movement of the names. Hearing none, it was so ordered. Number 593 REPRESENTATIVE HUDSON stated he had made a mistake when he said he knew Mr. Pearson. He said there is another person with the same last name, but the one being appointed isn't the person he thought it was. He asked if there are public members on the board. Number 671 SHIRLEY ARMSTRONG, Legislative Assistant to Chairman Rokeberg, said there is a public member. She stated they were going to change the composition of the board from two barbers to two hairdressers. It was changed to one barber and two hairdressers, one of which was a hairdresser and one was a hairdresser cosmetologist. She said there was one public member and she thinks Mr. Pearson is that member. REPRESENTATIVE HUDSON said he would suggest the names be advanced forward. He said he has no problem with Mr. Pearson. Representative Hudson the committee would be recommending that appointments be forwarded to a joint session and that has no reflection on how the committee members might vote. CHAIRMAN ROKEBERG noted the names are forwarded to the Rules Committee and not to the floor. Number 781 REPRESENTATIVE COWDERY said he thinks the Governor has every right to advance his people to these boards. He said if he doesn't know the people, he would try to get to know them before he votes on the floor. CHAIRMAN ROKEBERG indicated he tends to agree with Representative Cowdery. ADJOURNMENT Number 837 CHAIRMAN ROKEBERG adjourned the House Labor and Commerce Committee meeting at 3:34 p.m.