ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE  OMBUDSMAN SELECTION COMMITTEE  March 13, 2012 1:02 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Representative Mike Hawker, Co-Chair Representative Berta Gardner Representative Tammie Wilson Senator Lesil McGuire, Co-Chair Senator Dennis Egan Senator Kevin Meyer MEMBERS ABSENT  All members present COMMITTEE CALENDAR  LEGISLATIVE OMBUDSMAN SELECTION PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION  No previous action to record WITNESS REGISTER No witnesses to record ACTION NARRATIVE 1:02:54 PM CO-CHAIR MIKE HAWKER called the Joint Ombudsman Selection Committee meeting to order at 1:02 p.m. Representatives Hawker, T. Wilson, and Gardner, and Senators McGuire and Egan were present at the call to order. Senator Meyer arrived as the meeting was in progress. ^Legislative Ombudsman Selection Legislative Ombudsman Selection 1:03:32 PM CO-CHAIR HAWKER announced that the only order of business would be [the selection of the legislative Ombudsman]. He then noted that personnel matters are to be kept confidential, and therefore the committee would be moving into executive session. 1:04:07 PM CO-CHAIR McGUIRE made a motion to move to executive session under Uniform Rule 22 for the purpose of discussing personnel matters. There being no objection, the committee went into executive session at 1:04 p.m. CO-CHAIR HAWKER brought the committee back to order at 1:18 p.m., and observed that all members were present. 1:18:32 PM CO-CHAIR McGUIRE made a motion that the committee forward to the legislature for confirmation the nomination of Linda Lord- Jenkins for a third term as Ombudsman. CO-CHAIR MCGUIRE reminded members that signing reports regarding appointments in no way reflects individual members' approval or disapproval of appointees, and that the nominations are merely forwarded to the full legislature for confirmation or rejection. CO-CHAIR HAWKER, after ascertaining that there were no objections, announced that the motion carried, and reminded members to sign the committee report. 1:19:38 PM ADJOURNMENT  There being no further business before the committee, the Ombudsman Selection Committee meeting was adjourned at 1:19 p.m.