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they want the design changed and the additional manhole put in.
Steve Swinehart and Phil met w ith Gary Snyder. Mr. Snyder does
not want to give the Tribe a formal easement because it would
divide his property through the middle. He might consider an ease­
ment if it were put on the edge of the property. A discussion was
held on who had access to the road. It is believed GP had access,
and they will check into whether or not an easement was granted.
Mr. & Mrs. Coates have access through the gate across the road.
Steve noted that Snyder's property has not been surveyed to his
knowledge. He feels we need to get the property surveyed to
establish the boundaries. Mary Alice mentioned there was a County
road that started at the bridge at Logsden and went past the
cemetery. Mr. Coates has agreed to deed the cemetery to the Tribe.
Dee said we heeded to accept the Cemetery and continue working
on access. Access can be gained by clearing about 150 feet from
the road and building a small footbridge across the creek there. Mr.
Coates is concerned about the Tribe cutting down trees, but is okay
with the idea of clearing brush and building the footbridge. Dee ask­
ed Phil to check with GP about use of the road. The survey of the
Harney-Evans-Baker Cemetery needs to be filed, and will cost about
$150. Steve will hold off for up to 60 days, until we find out if we
can get an easement. Mr. Snyder would like to sell his property for
assessed value, $17,350 for the property and $1,600 for the house,
but said we can make an offer. A title company needs to be con­
tacted to see who has the right to give an easement. Bud will set up
a meeting with GP to see about getting use of the road. Gary noted
that he was told if a right-of-way was used for 7 years, legally we
can continue to use it. Council agreed that if we could obtain access
without going to court it would be best.
Phil reported we received our indirect cost proposal back. Our rate
for FY 87 is 27,6%. We need new signatures on our signature
cards. Bud asked about Letter of Credit signers. We need signers
who are close by.
MOTION #4 — Alta Courville moved to appoint Mary Alice
Muncey, Dolly Fisher, Bud Lane and Art Bensell as Letter of Credit
Signers. Seconded by Delores Pigsley. Motion unanimously ap­
proved, 9-0-0.
Phil received a request from the Boys & Girls Club of Marion & Polk
County. They would like to camp overnight on 3/24/87 on Govern­
ment Hill. They are on a bike trip from Salem to the Coast. There are
15 students and 4 adults, for one night only. Council agreed, but
asked that they camp on the outskirts of the pow-wow grounds,
near the trees. The Volunteer Coordinator for the Help the Elders
Program, Angella Robertson, has been taught to do blood pressure
screenings. She is requesting approval from the Council to do this.
Dee stated it was nice of her to volunteer her time. A iot of Com­
munity Action volunteers do this in the cities. It is okay with Council
for her to continue doing so. Phil received a letter stating PUD rates
would increase in October by 10-11.8%. The Terminix man check­
ed the USDA warehouse in Siletz. He read his letter of 1/30/87. Pro­
blems include the leaks in the roof and the floor. The weight of the
food items is making the floor bow. Art responded that he assumed
the leaks were taken care of when the Tribe installed a heater. A lot
of work was done on the floor and a foundation put in. This is the
fist time he has heard of any problems. He said the Tribe is getting
the building for practically nothing and that he has never raised the
rent. He and Phil will meet to discuss what needs to be fixed. The
Chemawa Tree Farm Agreement was signed. We are waiting for
the money to come in the contract. Phil named the grants that we
have applied for, including Core Management, CDBG, Library
Grant, Suzuki Foundation for Life Grant for the Elders Program,
Lutheran Grant and more. Dolly asked when we would hear some­
thing on the CDBG grant application. Phil thought within the next
couple of months. W e had to drop the objective on land acquisition
or they would have denied the entire grant. We are trying for hous­
ing rehabilitation. A discussion was held on the Department of
Education — Vocational Education Program grant, it was felt that
without jobs to place tribal members in, there was no point in apply­
ing for the grant. The hardest goal to fulfill is job placement. The
other alternative is to sign contracts with private businesses to hire
tribal members when they are trained. Lori felt we needed to tie into
JTPA and STEDCO. The problem w ith this is that neither one have
businesses to place tribal members in. A discussion was held on a
grant writer. There is concern that we need one. There are a lot of
funds available if someone knows how to go after them, and Dee
felt that they could pay for themselves by the grants they bring in.
To date, Indians have competed for funds set aside for Indians, but
can compete With other funds as well. It was decided that Phil, Lori,
Mary Lane, Bob Tom, Judy John, Sharon Edenfield and others
would meet and brainstorm to see if it is feasible for us to apply for
the grant. They will bring this back to the Council in March. Phil
presented a copy of a draft lease for SIHA and the Tribe. LeRoy will
be sent a copy to review. There was a question about how much
land would be leased to the Housing Authority, They need at least
25 acres for the current housing project. Bud raised concerns about
trust land going out of tribal ownership. He felt there were other
questions that needed answering. It was decided to meet with
SIHA Commissioners. Their next regularly scheduled meeting is
April 4th, but they will call a meeting earlier. Dee suggested Council
send their questions to Phil in advance. Phil announced there would
be another coordination meeting between HUD, IHS, City of Siletz
and the Tribe on February 26th. Phil will try to get an evening
meeting. We received the figures from the City of Siletz. They want
to charge us $3.55/1,600 gallons for the water. Our verbal agree­
ment with them was at actual cost, but this is above that amount.
Kris Kinney worked on some figures and thought its h p u ld post
about $.80/1,000 gallons. It was decided to send Kris Kinney a copy
o f the City's Resolution #110, and to have Kris explain how he arriv­
ed at his figures Phil will try to set a meeting up with the City
Council took a 5 minute break.
HEALTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS - The Health Com­
mittee reviewed the CHR situation anc looked at the FY 86 Ac­
complishment Report, FY 86 Year-End Reports, and computer prin­
touts. Thes recommendation is to transfer one Siletz CHR to the
SIHA counselor position, increase the Siletz CHR position to 40
hrs/wk., refiii the 1/2 time Salem CHR position and combine the
Springfield CHR & JOM positions into one full-time position for
Don Holman (subject to Parent Committee approval). Other recom­
mendations include providing instruction to the Siletz CHR in pro­
per reporting procedures, restricting transportation to emergencies
only, transportation to Chemawa is in groups of tw o; or more,
transportation of elderly is first priority and CHR's are to encourage
tribabp^m bpr^ to utijizg Iqcjal health care providers through con­
tract care. Phil discussed these recommendations with the Siletz
CHR's, but neither want to transfer to the SIHA Counselor position.
If no action is taken, the entire CHR program will shut down 1 -1 %
months early because of lack of funds. Council decided to review
the proposal and make a decision at their February 21st meeting.
They directed Phil to contact the CHR's and let them know that if
one of them does not take the SIHA position, that the Council will
proceed with lay-off procedures.
Judy John presented a draft resolution opposing an IHS cut of
3.4% in the CHR program to pay for the Federal Employee Pay Act.
This would result in an additional $2,500 - $2,700 being cut from the
CHR budget. Dee noted the Federal Employee Pay Act comes up
each year and before Congress has always made a special ap­
propriation to cover these costs, but this year they did not and OMB
is asking programs to take the cuts to cover the pay increases.
MOTION #5 — Delores Pigsley moved to approve the draft resolu­
tion opposing the 3.4% CHR Program cuts to pay the Federal
Employee Pay Act. Seconded by Mary Alice Muncey. Motion
unanimously approved, 9-0-0.
A discussion was held on complaints about services through
Chemawa. Several complaints have been received about billing and
payments. Dee suggested that the CHR's document their cases so
that it can be presented to Jim Edge at the next quarterly Service
Unit meeting. Tina reported a problem of Clerks at Chemawa
stating they would not approve doctor's appointments. Dee asked
that these cases be documented also and suggested that a written
complaint be made to Jim Edge.
TRAVEL REPORTS — Mary Alice Muncey presented a written
report on Affiliated Tribes. Committee meetings were held to
finalize their mission statements. The task force is working hard to
eliminate the 15% Indirect rate being imposed by the Bureau. A f­
filiated Tribes wants tribes to send letters to Select Committees and
our Congressional leaders to stop the Mellon Bank from taking over
the Trust Fund management. Dee explained the duties of Affiliated
Tribes, and that resolutions approved at Affiliated Tribes are for­
warded to NCAI. Affiliated Tribes stressed that tribes have a
government-to-government relationship with the Federal Govern­
ment and the U.S. Government has trust responsibilities to tribes.
They aiso stressed tribes working together. Their next meeting will
be in August in Moscow, Idaho.
Dee reported on her trip to Washington, D.C. Because of weather
conditions, they were unable to meet with Bureau officials. They
did get in to see some of AuCoin's staff representatives. We need
to look at the privitization concept for our land acquisition efforts, or
we may not get far in our efforts. They want us to make a decision
on land use. The privitization concept will be on the February 21st
agenda so that Council can make a decision. It was beneficial to talk
to Congressional staff.
Alta reported on the CHR Supervisor's Workshop in Portland. IHS Is
putting together basic CHR training and training to recognize Baby
Bottle Tooth Decay. Also, CHR's need to understand IHS's
schedule of payments so they can inform tribal members. IHS is
training CHR's to recognize other health problems. Judy added that
IHS is putting toether national CHR training w ith $511,700 in train­
ing money for 160 CHR's. Portland voted to provide direct money
to Area Offices to provide this trailing. Judy also reported that
CHR's do a lot of coding weekly for computer data. The Area Office
is working to get the computer to compute this information and put
out reports in a usable form. They are looking for information like
major disease areas, household size, child health, health promotion,
accidents and more. They have changed the codes 3 times making
it difficult to report There was a discussion on the unmet needs for
deferred services. The Siletz Tribe has 255 cases of unmet needs
while Grand Ronde has a surplus of 305. There will be a 2 % day Na­
tional CHR Conference in Yakima on April 7-9. Alta was concerned
because the Health Committee has stated its priorities for the
CHR's to work on but they have not worked on these. She feels
they need to do something besides transport. Doug noted they
prepare foods for USDA. Gary explained they prepared recipes sup­
plied from the Chemawa Nutritionist using USDA foods. Judy
reported they would be doing workshops regarding foot care, nutri­
tion and others regarding diabetes.
Alta reported the ad hoc Cemetery Committee had met to discuss
the Paul Washington Cemetery. They would like more time to meet
on this. They are recommending that a tribal member and his/her
spouse are eligible, and their children. Non-Indian children under
the age of 18 are allowed, but not after they reach the age of 18. No
plots should be assigned to families and they would like Alton
Butler, Phil Rilatos and Shirley Strickler to plot where current graves
are now to see what space is available. Art added that we need to
find out how many places are available now and monitor them, so
that when someone requests space we will know what is available.
Alta also requested that when tribal members request space, Alton
should be notified. Phil was concerned that if we do not plot our
space now we w ill not know how much space we will need in the
future. Bud felt that we do not have plots now, just groups of
burials. If we start allowing tribal members to request plots there
will be a rush to do this. He feels the answer is to secure an expan­
sion and people will begin to move into the new area.
Dee read the draft HUD — CDBG resolution. We are required to
provide the public with an opportunity to comment. This resolution
assures that we did this.
MOTiON #6 — Doily Fisher moved to approve the draft resolution
certifying the assurances from the Tribe regarding their HUD —
CDBG Application. Seconded by Douglas Brown. Motion
unanimously approved, 9-0-0.
TRAVEL REQUESTS — Art requested permission to attend the
OlEA Board Meeting. It was cancelled in Pendleton and reschedul­
ed for Portland on February 24 & 25,1987. Dee and Dolly requested
permission to attend the NCAI Conference in Washington, D.C. It is
scheduled for March 10-12,1987. Dee is the Delegate and Dolly is
the Alternate. Dee is requested, to go contingent upon the agenda.
MOTION #7 — Bud Lane moved to approve the following Council
travel requests; Art Bensellto Portland, Oregon, to attend the OlEA
Board Meeting on 2/24 & 2/25/87; Delores Pigsley and Doily Fisher
to Washington, D.C. to attend the NCAi Conference in March
10-12, 1987. Seconded by Lori Johnson. Motion unanimously ap­
proved, 9-0-0.
Phi! requested travel to the Regional Education Meeting in Seattle,
Washington on March 2-5, 1987 for Bob Tom and 1 additional per­
son. Rosemary Leas requested out-of-state travel approval to attend
the National Head Start Conference in New Orleans on 4/25-5/3/87.
Phil feqdested’travel to attend the IHS RAM/SURAM Indirect Cost
Meeting in Tulsa, Oklahoma on March 17-20. Dee was concerned
about IHS not doing what they said they would. Judy reported that
rumor now is that RAM will apply only to new monies, possibly
alcohol funds. Bud asked who the one person would be going with
Bob Tom since we are concerned about our travel funds. Phil
responded that there are three parts to seminars or training,
political, program and financial information. We have missed get­
ting the financial information many times. He intends to send Judy,
Sharon or himself with Bob Tom. Dolly asked why only the Director
was going to the Head Start Conference. The Training and
Technical Assistance Grant was originally submitted so that the
Director, Teacher and Aide would all attend the conference, but
Head Start said they would reject it unless only the Director attend­
ed because we have such a small program.
MOTION #8 — Frank Simmons moved to approve the following
out-of-state travel requests: Bob Tom and 1 additional person to the
Regional Education Meeting in Seattle, Washington on 3/2-3/5/87;
Rosemary Leas to New Orleans on 4/27/87 to attend the National
Head Start Conference; Phil Rilatos to the IHS RAM/SURAM Con­
ference on 3/17-3/20/87 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Seconded by Lori
Johnson. Motion unanimously approved, 9-0-0.
Dee asked if someone would be attending the meeting in Portland
with Ross Swimmer. He w ill be discussing the Mellon Bank. LeRoy
will talk about his discussion with the Warm Springs Attorney. The
meeting will be held at the Cosmopolitan Hotel from 9:00 a.m. -
4:00 p.m.
ANNOUNCEMENTS — A discussion was held on Maxine's re­
quests for a donation for Jamie Lewis. It was decided a cash dona­
tion would be most useful since the medical expenses were large
and they had to travel a great deal for treatments.
MOTION #9 — Douglas Brown moved to approve a $100 donation
for Jamie Lewis to help pay for her medical expenses. Seconded by
Frank Simmons. Motion approved, 8-0-0.
On February 27th, there will be a Health Committeee Meeting at the
Tribal Community Center at 1:00 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend.
There will be a meeting of the volunteers for the "Help the Eiders"
Program on Wednesday, February 11th, at 7:00 p.m. in the Tribal
Community Center. Everyone is invited.
Meeting adjourned, 10:20 p.m.
Mary Alice Muncey
Tribal Council Secretary
Regular Tribal Council Meeting
Unapproved
DATE: February 21, 22, 1987
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
PLACE: Siletz Tribal Community Center
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT:
Mary Fisher, Arthur S. Bensell, Alta Courville, Alfred "B u d " Lane III,
Vice-Chairman, Frank Simmons, Delores Pigsley (9:40 a.m.), Mary
’ Alice Muncey, Secretary, Lori Johnson, Douglas Brown 1:50 p.m.).
OTHERS PRESENT:
Tina M. Jones, Secretary; Sharon Edenfield, Bus. Mgr.; Sherry L
Addis; Ted Worth, Stedco Exec. Dir.; Gary L. Butler, Certif. Clerk;
Phil Rilatos, General Manager; LeRoy Wilder, Attorney, Bonnie
Peterson, Court Clerk; Lee Michael Berry.
Vice Chairman, Bud Lane, called the meeting to order at 9:03 a.m.
Invocation was given by Mary Alice Muncey. Delores Pigsley, Tribal
Chairman, will be late to the meeting and Douglas Brown had to
work In the morning. Roll Call was taken w ith 7 Council Members
present and 2 absent. Gloria Werth will be unable to attend the
meeting. Bud requested that the Culture Committee be added to
the agenda at 3:00 p.m.
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MOTION #1 — Frank Simmons moved to approve the amended
agenda with the following addition: Culture Committee on 2/21/87
at 3:00 p.m. Seconded by Bud Lane. Motion approved, 7-0-0.
MOTION #2 — Frank Simmons moved to approve the minutes
from the 2/10/87 Special Council Meeting. Seconded by Lori
Johnson. Motion approved, 7-0-0.
TRIBAL COUNCIL CONCERNS — Art was concerned about the
way the meeting is conducted. More than one person is talking at a
time and they are not asking to be recognized by the Chairman
before proceeding. Frank felt we should have 1 or 2 Sergeants-at-
Arms for the General Council meeting, also. Council discussed this
and agreed to proceed in a more orderly fashion. Dolly stated she
received telephone calls regarding LeRoy being made an Honorary
Tribal Member. They feel we are violating our own Constitution
since we have not made any specific rules for adopting tribal
members. Bud noted the Constitution does call for establishment of
an Honorary Roll to be set up and since this is the 1st Honorary
Tribal Member the Council would be starting a roli now. Alta felt it
was for tribal members that did not meet the blood quantum to be
enrolled. Dolly stated Ed Ben felt it should be voted on by all tribal
members at General Council. Bud stated he would meet with Dee
to see if the Council is in compliance with the Tribal Constitution.
Doily mentioned that Pauline Ricks is requesting that an ad-hoc
committee be set up to draft rules for the pow-wow and Princess
pageant. Council agreed with this and also requested they discuss
guidelines for the Whipman and Whipwoman, use. of Government
Hili, and vendor guidelines. Pauline Ricks, Bonnie Petersen and
Gladys Bolton were appointed to the ad-hoc committee. This com­
mittee will bring their recommendations back to the Council. Bud
asked if the Council could request an Executive Session with Ted
Werth for an update on STEDCO activities. Rank discussed the
Toledo write-up on the declining amount of timber being cut. He
was concerned this would affect our land acquisition effort. Mill will
be worried about how to keep going without additional timber.
Frank asked abut the proposed American Conservation Corp. 25%
would be set aside for indian youth and he feels w e should support
this bill. Phil noted this had been attempted fot years and it was
fashioned after the California Conservation Corp implemented by
Reagan. Grants are given to states and they operate the programs.
Phii believes it may affect our JTPA program. The intent is to con­
tract out management of the Job Corps Centers. Phil felt It was
similar to what the Bureau is doing now by contracting Out Bureau
programs to private organizations in order to save money. Reeagan
wants all programs out tq p riv a te enterprises; The responsibility
would then be shifted From the Federal government tp states,
releasing the federal government from trust responsibilities toward
tribes. Phi! felt our Alcohol program was a good example o f what
would happen if the federal government were to give responsibility