LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL  May 18, 1999      1. ROLL CALL The Legislative Council meeting was called to order at 12:40 p.m. by Senator Miller, Legislative Council Chair, in the Butrovich Room, Capitol Room 205. The roll was taken. In attendance were Council members Miller, Donley, Hoffman, Kelly, Leman, Pearce, Barnes, Berkowitz, Cowdery, Ogan, G. Phillips, and Rokeberg. Members absent were Porter and Torgerson. Staff present were Varni, Cook, Finley, Ibesate, Kempton, McCauley and Schofield. 2. APPROVAL OF APRIL 8, 1999 MEETING MINUTES Senator Donley moved the minutes of the April 8, 1999 meeting be approved. The motion was approved unanimously. 3. APPROVAL OF FAIRBANKS LIO/LEGISLATIVE OFFICE SPACE    Representative Barnes moved approval of the office space for the Fairbanks LIO/Legislative Office proposal from Denali State Bank in the amount of $9,133.75 per month ($1.97 first floor, $1.77 second floor for total square footage of 5,035) be approved. With no objection, the motion was approved unanimously. 4. CHANGE TO LEGISLATIVE SESSION MOVING & TRAVEL POLICY    Representative Barnes moved the proposed amendment to the session moving and travel policy be approved. With no objection, the motion was approved unanimously. 5. APPROVAL OF TERRY MILLER LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING RENOVATION  CONTRACTS    Senator Kelly moved the Council approve the expenditure, solicitation and award of the Terry Miller Legislative Office building renovations from the FY 99 Legislative Affairs Agency and the legislative space renovation capital funds. With no objection, the motion was approved unanimously. 6. APPROVAL OF LEXIS LAW PUBLISHING STATUTE SUPPLEMENT INCREASE AND  DISCUSSION OF TWO NEW IDEAS IN CODE PUBLISHING    Ms. Pam Finley, Revisor of Statutes, informed the Council of the recent request by Lexis Law Publishing to amend the publishing contract. She stated that the price per page for the annual supplement and temporary and special acts pamphlet increased from five to five and one-half cents per page for the State, and from ten to eleven cents per page for the private users. She also stated that Lexis Law Publishing has requested that an annotation citator be published as an additional volume in the sets of Alaska Statutes. It would cost $40 for the private users and $20 for the State. Also, Lexis Law Publishing has requested that it publish as part of the Alaska Statutes a hardbound volume containing the ethics opinions of the Alaska Bar Association. Representative Barnes moved to amend the publishing contract. With no objection, the motion was approved unanimously. 7. APPROVAL TO PURCHASE COMPUTERS    Mary Gore, Legislative Assistant to Council Chair Miller, briefed the Council regarding the results of the legislative office computer survey. She indicated that the IS Subcommittee was not ready to present their recommendations but would have an update for the Council at the next Council meeting. 8. CHANGE TO LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING MANUAL    Senator Donley moved to add sections creating uncodified laws to the legislative drafting manual. With no objection, the motion was approved unanimously. 9. LATE PER DIEM REQUEST    Representative Barnes moved that the Council approve the late travel request by Representative Davies. Senator Pearce objected. YEAS: Miller, Donley, Kelly, Barnes, Berkowitz, Cowdery, Phillips, and Rokeberg NAYS: Leman, Pearce, and Ogan ABSENT: Hoffman, Torgerson and Porter The motion was adopted. 10. HOMER LIO UPDATE    Representative Phillips informed the Council that the convenience store located in the same building as the LIO had problems with gas fumes. She stated the fuel tank started to leak and was removed. It has not affected the operation of the LIO. 11. NEW BUSINESS    Senator Leman asked the Council to authorize up to $25,000 to retain legal counsel to represent the Legislature's interest in the case of Planned Parenthood of Alaska v. Karen Perdue, No. 3AN-98-7004 CI. The legal representation will take the form of intervention in the litigation as a Co-defendant, or, in the event an intervention motion is not granted by the Alaska Supreme Court, as amicus curiae defending the position of the Department of Health and Social Services. Representative Berkowitz amended the motion to $10,000: YEAS: Kelly, Barnes, and Berkowitz NAYS: Miller, Donley, Leman, Pearce, Cowdery, Ogan, Phillips, and Rokeberg ABSENT: Hoffman, Porter, and Torgerson The motion failed. Senator Leman's original motion not to exceed $25,000: YEAS: Miller, Donley, Hoffman, Leman, Pearce, Barnes, Cowdery, Ogan, Phillips, and Rokeberg NAYS: Kelly and Berkowitz ABSENT: Porter and Torgerson The motion passed. 12. NEW BUSINESS    Council Chair Miller appointed himself, Senator Pearce, Representative Porter, and Representative Barnes to the Personnel Policy Subcommittee to work during the interim to draft proposed personnel policy changes to present to a joint Rules Committee meeting before next session. The meeting was adjourned at 1:05 p.m.