SENATE RULES COMMITTEE                                    
                         Fairbanks, AK                                         
                       September 12, 1996                                      
                           1:02 p.m.                                           
                                                                               
  MEMBERS PRESENT                                                              
                                                                               
 Senator Mike Miller, Chair                                                    
 Senator Drue Pearce, Vice Chair                                               
 Senator Judy Salo                                                             
                                                                               
  MEMBERS ABSENT                                                               
                                                                               
 Senator Bert Sharp                                                            
 Senator Jim Duncan                                                            
                                                                               
  COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                           
                                                                               
  -- APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS                 
                                                                               
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 TAPE 96-13, SIDE A                                                            
 Number 001                                                                    
                                                                               
 CHAIRMAN MILLER  called the Senate Rules Committee meeting to order           
 in the Fairbanks Legislative Information Office at 1:02 p.m.                  
 Senator Pearce and Senator Salo were participating in the meeting             
 via the teleconference network from Anchorage.  Present in the                
 Juneau Legislative Information Office were Pam Varni, Executive               
 Director, Legislative Affairs Agency, and Mary Gore, committee                
 staff to the Senate Rules Committee.                                          
                                                                               
  CHAIRMAN MILLER  stated the first order of business would be an              
 amendment to the contract for James Martin Johnson extending the              
 date of the contract from March 1, 1996 to February 28, 1997.  He             
 noted there was no increase in the dollar amount of the contract.             
 Hearing no discussion, he asked for the pleasure of the committee.            
                                                                               
  SENATOR PEARCE  moved approval of the extension to the Johnson               
 contract.  A voice vote was taken and Senators Pearce, Salo and               
 Miller all voted in the affirmative.   CHAIRMAN MILLER  stated the            
 motion carried.                                                               
                                                                               
  CHAIRMAN MILLER  stated the next order of business would be an               
 amendment to the contract for Douglas L. Blankenship extending the            
 date of the contract from March 1, 1996 to February 28, 1997.  He             
 noted there was no increase in the dollar amount of the contract.             
 Hearing no discussion, he asked for the pleasure of the committee.            
                                                                               
  SENATOR PEARCE  moved approval of the extension to the Blankenship           
 contract.  A voice vote was taken and Senators Salo, Pearce and               
 Miller all voted in the affirmative.   CHAIRMAN MILLER  stated the            
 motion carried.                                                               
                                                                               
  CHAIRMAN MILLER  stated the last item on the agenda was an amendment         
 to the contract for Charles Meacham, which extends the date of the            
 contract from July 31, 1996 to July 31, 1997, and increases the               
 amount of the contract by $25,000.                                            
                                                                               
  SENATOR SALO  asked if copies of Mr. Meacham's reports are being             
 sent to the members of the committee.   SENATOR PEARCE  replied that          
 at Senator Duncan's request, Mr. Meacham has been sending  copies             
 of his reports to that office.   SENATOR SALO  said she thinks all            
 committee members dealing with uping the contracts should be                  
 looking at those reports as well.   CHAIRMAN MILLER  agreed and               
 assured her that she would be receiving copies of those reports.              
 He then asked for the pleasure of the committee.                              
                                                                               
  SENATOR PEARCE  moved approval of the extension and the increase in          
 the amount of the Meacham contract.  A voice vote was taken and               
 Senators Salo, Pearce and Miller all voted in the affirmative.                
  CHAIRMAN MILLER  stated the motion carried.                                  
                                                                               
 There being no further business to come before the committee,                 
  CHAIRMAN MILLER  adjourned the meeting at 1:07 p.m.