MINUTES
Legislative Post Audit Committee
January 30, 2006
The meeting was called to order by Chair Donovan at 12:05 p.m. in Room
519-S of the Statehouse. Committee members present:
| Senator Les Donovan, Chair Senator Nick Jordan |
Representative John Edmonds, Vice-Chair Representative Tom Burroughs Representative Peggy Mast Representative Bill McCreary Representative Tom Sawyer |
Approval of Minutes
Representative Mast moved to approve the minutes of the January 18, 2006, meeting. Senator Edmonds seconded the motion; motion carried.
Consideration of Audit Topics
Requests for Performance Audits. Leo Hafner, Deputy Post Auditor, took members through the list of legislators’ audit requests.
Representative Mast moved to approve request #9, Board of Healing Arts:
Reviewing Issues Related to Complaint Investigations, Background Investigations,
and Composition of the Board. Senator
Representative Edmonds requested that the minutes show he did not participate in the discussion of this audit request, and that he abstained from the vote.
Representative Frank Miller made brief remarks supporting audit topic #5, Foster Care: Reviewing Decisions To Remove Children From Their Homes. Representative Burroughs moved to approve the request. Representative McCreary seconded the motion; motion passed.
Representatives Joe McLeland and Becky Hutchins addressed the Committee in support of request #13, Post-Secondary Educational Institutions: Reviewing Tuition Rates Being Charged in Kansas. Representative Sawyer moved to approve the request. Representative Mast seconded the motion; motion passed.
Senator Donovan moved to approve request #15, Insurance Auto Salvage Auctions in Kansas: Reviewing the System for Regulating the Sale of Vehicles Acquired Through These Auctions. Representative Sawyer seconded the motion; motion passed.
Senator
Representative Doug Gatewood made brief remarks to members in support of request #12, Healthwave: Determining Whether the Program’s Call Center is Working As It Should. Representative Mast suggested that, rather than ask for an audit, Representative Gatewood might get a quicker resolution by taking his concerns to the House Social Services Budget Committee. Representative Gatewood agreed to do so, and to ask the Legislative Post Audit Committee to revisit the audit request at a later time if necessary.
The Chair directed staff to prioritize the approved audits. Barb Hinton, Legislative Post Auditor, said she would distribute an updated audit schedule in the near future.
Old/New Business
Ms. Hinton told members the 2010 Commission had met and gave audit topics to the School Audit Team Manager, Scott Frank. Mr. Frank is reviewing them.
Date of Next Meeting
The Chair set the next Committee meeting for Monday, February 20, 2006.
The meeting adjourned at 12:55 p.m.
(All handouts and other documents referred to in these minutes are on file with Legislative Post Audit.)