January 22, 2020
House of Assembly Management Commission
HAMC Minutes
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HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY MANAGEMENT COMMISSION

MINUTES

A meeting of the House of Assembly Management Commission was held in the Committee Room, One Government Place, on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 11:46 a.m.

Present were: Chair, Hon. Kevin Murphy, Hon. Geoff MacLellan, Hon. Gordon Wilson, Ms Suzanne Lohnes-Croft, Ms Rafah DiCostanzo, Mr Allan MacMaster, Ms Karla MacFarlane, Ms Claudia Chender and Mr Neil Ferguson, Chief Clerk.

Also present were Gordon D. Hebb, Q.C., Chief Legislative Counsel, Deborah Lusby, Director of Administration, Office of the Speaker and Annette M. Boucher, Q.C., Assistant Clerk.

  1. Minutes of September 19, 2019 meeting

    It was moved by Hon Geoff MacLellan and seconded by Ms Rafah DiConstanzo that the minutes of the September 19, 2019 meeting be approved as circulated.

    CARRIED

  2. Financials

    a) 2nd Qtr 2019-20

    b) 3rd Qtr 2019-20

    Ms Lusby indicated that these financial reports had been distributed in advance of the meeting and included explanatory notes at the bottom of the pages. She indicated that should committee members have questions they could contact her in that regard at any time.

  3. House of Assembly Management Commission Audit Committee 2019 Audit Report

    The report was circulated to the members of the Commission in advance of the meeting. Mr Ferguson informed the members that the report had been approved by the Audit Committee at its meeting on January 21, 2020.

    It was moved by Mr Allan MacMaster and seconded by Hon. Geoff MacLellan that the 2019 Audit Committee Annual Report be accepted and approved by the Commission.

    CARRIED

  4. House of Assembly Management Commission 2019 Annual Report

    The 2019 draft report was circulated to the Commission members in advance of the meeting.

    It was moved by Hon. Geoff MacLellan and seconded by Ms Rafah DiConstanzo that the 2019 Annual Report of the House of Assembly Management Commission be approved, and the report be tabled in the House of Assembly by the Speaker.

    CARRIED

  5. Appointment of 2019-20 Auditor

It was moved by Ms Claudia Chender and seconded by Hon. Gordon Wilson that on the recommendation of the Audit Committee of the House of Assembly Management Commission made at their January 21, 2020 meeting, that the Nova Scotia Auditor General be appointed as auditor of the accounts of the House of Assembly for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020, pursuant to subsection 22(2) of the House of Assembly Management Commission Act.

CARRIED

The meeting adjourned the meeting at 11:53 a.m.

The House of Assembly Management Commission went into an in-camera meeting pursuant to Section 9 of the House of Assembly Management Commission Act at 11:53 a.m. to discuss a legal issue. No decision was made by the Commission during the in-camera meeting. Pursuant to subsection 9(2) of the House of Assembly Management Commission Act there is no decision to be recorded or to form part of the public record of the meeting.


These minutes were approved by the Management Commission on October 28, 2020.

Certified

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Speaker

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Chief Clerk