ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE  SELECT COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE ETHICS  MARCH 8, 2018 Full Committee  10:35:56 AM Members Present: Representative Chris Tuck Representative Colleen Sullivan-Leonard Chair Skip Cook Conner Thomas Lee Holmes Deb Fancher Joyce Anderson (Teleconference) Others Present: Jerry Anderson, Administrator Janice Stewart, Administrative Assistant Dan Wayne, Legislative Legal   1. Call the Meeting to Order:   Chair Skip Cook called the meeting to order at 10:35 a.m. Administrator Jerry Anderson announced that Item 5: Chair/Staff Report would be deferred to after executive session, time permitting. 2. Approval of Agenda:  A motion to approve the agenda with the amendment was made by Lee Holmes. No objection. Agenda approved. 3. Approval of Minutes: a.  January 12, 2018 Full Committee  Motion by Deb Fancher to approve the minutes. No Objection. Minutes approved. b. January 12, 2018 Senate Committee  Motion by Lee Holmes to approve the minutes. No Objection. Minutes approved. c. January 12, 2018 House Committee  Motion by Lee Holmes to approve the minutes. No Objection. Minutes approved. 4. Public Comment: None 5. Chair/Staff Report (deferred)    6. 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 that 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.  A motion to enter executive session was made by Deb Fancher. No objection. 7. Executive Session  8. Public Session    The committee returned to public session at 11:34 a.m. (Senator Coghill, Senator Egan, and Senator Gardner - Alternate, joined the meeting.) A motion was made by Lee Holmes to approve Advisory Opinion AO 18-01 with amendments made in Executive Session. Chair Skip Cook stated that formal Advisory Opinion AO 18- 01 advises whether a legislator may purchase Facebook ads to communicate with Facebook users believed to reside in the election district for that legislator, by using GPS points of reference or restricting to certain zip codes to target these ads. A Roll call vote to concur or not concur with the final advisory opinion AO 18-01 will be taken. A vote of YES will be a vote to concur with the final advisory opinion. A vote of NO will be to not concur with the final advisory opinion. Roll Call Vote: (Only members present during discussion of AO 18-01) Rep. Sullivan-Leonard Y Rep. Tuck Y Skip Cook Y Conner Thomas Y Joyce Anderson Y Deb Fancher Y Lee Holmes Y The draft will be finalized by Dan Wayne at Legislative Legal and provided to the committee for publication. 5. Chair/Staff Report  Jerry Anderson noted that all current legislators and legislative employees had completed the HRC training with the exception of new legislators and those employees hired after February 1, 2018.   a. Outside Counsel Contract: Deferred to later date.  b. Independent Investigator Contract  Jerry Anderson requested that the current contract with the investigator be amended to reflect the amount of $10,000 from the original $5,000. Lee Holmes moved to approve the amendment. A roll call vote was required to approved. Roll Call: Senator Coghill y Senator Egan y Rep. Sullivan-Leonard y Rep. Tuck y Skip Cook y Conner Thomas y Joyce Anderson y Deb Fancher y Lee Holmes y The amendment to the contract was approved at $10,000 by a vote of 9 - 0. c. Personnel: Jerry Anderson stated that recruitment for the administrative assistant position is in process. He asked that the committee consider a contract for current administrative assistant, Janice Stewart, to precipitate an orderly transition. Hourly amount would be $30 with a maximum of contract amount of $2,000. The contract would come in effect once a new hire is in place, most likely April of this year. Conner Thomas moved to approve the contract. A roll- call vote was required. Roll Call: Senator Coghill y Senator Egan y Rep. Sullivan-Leonard y Rep. Tuck y Skip Cook y Conner Thomas y Joyce Anderson y Deb Fancher y Lee Holmes y Contract to be drafted based on this approval vote of 9 - 0. 9. Other Business: Due to time constraints it was decided that Jerry Anderson would poll the committee and make a decision regarding a date for the next meeting. 10.Adjourn  A motion to adjourn was made by Conner Thomas. No objection. Meeting adjourned at 11:46 a.m.   11:46:18 AM