ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                    
                  OMBUDSMAN SELECTION COMMITTEE                                                                               
                         April 18, 2002                                                                                         
                            2:08 p.m.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Randy Phillips, Co-Chair                                                                                                
Senator Johnny Ellis                                                                                                            
Representative Pete Kott, Co-Chair                                                                                              
Representative Lesil McGuire                                                                                                    
Representative Ethan Berkowitz                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Ben Stevens                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                              
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SELECTION OF AN OMBUDSMAN                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
See  Ombudsman  Selection  Committee   minutes  dated  4/2/02  and                                                              
4/17/02.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
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CO-CHAIR RANDY  PHILLIPS called the Ombudsman  Selection Committee                                                            
meeting  to  order  at 2:08  p.m.  Senators  Ellis,  Phillips  and                                                              
Representatives  Berkowitz,  McGuire and  Kott  were present.  Co-                                                              
Chair  Phillips announced  that Senator  Stevens  was attending  a                                                              
meeting and would arrive shortly.  He then announced the committee                                                              
would first interview Bridget Brice.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
AN  UNIDENTIFIED  COMMITTEE  MEMBER  moved to  go  into  executive                                                              
session  pursuant  to  Uniform  Rule   22(b)(2).  There  being  no                                                              
objection, the motion carried.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
The committee proceeded to go into executive session.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
When the interview concluded, CO-CHAIR  PHILLIPS thanked Ms. Brice                                                              
and announced that the committee  would next interview Maria Moya.                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee proceeded to go into executive session.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
3:07 p.m.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  PHILLIPS thanked  Ms. Moya and  announced the  committee                                                              
would next interview Ruth DeCamp.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
AN  UNIDENTIFIED  COMMITTEE  MEMBER  moved to  go  into  executive                                                              
session  pursuant  to  Uniform  Rule   22(b)(2).  There  being  no                                                              
objection, the motion carried.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
The committee proceeded to go into executive session.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR PHILLIPS  thanked Ms. DeCamp and announced  the committee                                                              
would take a 15-minute recess and then interview Gwen Byington.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
4:15 p.m.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  PHILLIPS   reconvened  the  meeting  of   the  Ombudsman                                                              
Selection Committee to interview Ms. Byington.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
AN  UNIDENTIFIED  COMMITTEE  MEMBER  moved to  go  into  executive                                                              
session  pursuant  to  Uniform  Rule   22(b)(2).  There  being  no                                                              
objection, the motion carried.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
At the conclusion  of Ms. Byington's interview,  CO-CHAIR PHILLIPS                                                              
thanked her.  There being no further  business to come  before the                                                              
committee,  he  announced  the  committee   would  meet  again  on                                                              
Saturday,  April 27  at 11:00 a.m.  and adjourned  the meeting  at                                                              
4:42 p.m.