SILETZ, OREGON, AUGUST, 1987 - PAGE 7
MEETING: Special Tribal Council
DATE: June 9,1987
TIME: 6:00 p.m.
PLACE: Siletz Tribal Community Center
APPROVED MINUTES
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT:
Mary "D o lly" Fisher, Alfred "B u d " Lane, III, Vice-Chairman; Mary
Alice Muncey, Secretary; Delores Pigsley, Chairman; Frank Sim-
mons, Arthur S. Bensell, Douglas Brown (6:37 p.m.)
COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Alta Courville, Lori Johnson.
OTHERS PRESENT:
Tina M. Jones, Secretary; Judy John, Programs Manager; Mary
Brown, Secretary; Dennis Petriquin, Cooper Consultants; Phil
Rilatos, General Manager; Steve Krieg, Tribal Forester; Don Kliewer,
Cooper Consultants.
Chairman, Delores Pigsley, called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m.
Roll call was taken with 6 council members present and 3 absent.
Douglas entered the meeting at 6:37 p.m.
MOTION #1 — Bud Lane moved to approve the agenda, w ith the
addition of Sgt. Brucha of the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office and
Revenue Sharing. Seconded by Frank Simmons. Motion approved,
6-0-0.
Dee felt the minutes of the 5/16/87 Council Meeting were too long
and asked Tina to condense them more. Dee noted a correction on
Page 9.
MOTION #2 — Frank Simmons moved to approve the minutes of
the 5/12/87 Council Meeting, and the amended minutes of the
5/16/87 Council Meeting. Seconded by Bud Lane. Motion approv
ed, 6-0-0.
Sgt. Brucha, of Lincoln County Sheriff's Department, presented the
Tribe with a plaque encasing the new patch. Dee thanked the
Sheriff's Office for considering the Tribe's feelings in designing the
new patch.
GENERAL MANAGER'S REPORT - Judy John presented a re
quest from the Pow-Wow Committee to rent the Tribe's tipis out
this year over pow-wow weekend. Council agreed they did not
want them rented out. The ad hoc Pow-Wow Guidelines Com
mittee w ill not be ready to present their recommendations until the
July meeting. Judy presented the Head Start Handicapped Grant
application, in the amount of $18,203. The grant will provide ser
vices to handicapped students enrolled in the Siletz and Salem
Head Start programs. The Parent Committee has approved this
grani application.
MOTION #3 — Dolly Fisher moved to approve submission of the
F.Y. 1988 Handicapped Services grant application to Head Start.
Seconded by Bud bine. Motion approved, 6-0-0.
Judy presented the Head Start Training/Technical Assistance grant
application, in the amount of $15,173. It includes participation in the
National Head Start Meeting, fees for the Head Start Training Con
sortium, Oregon Head Start Directors Association Meetings, and
other training. The Parent Committee has approved this grant ap
plication.
MOTION #4 — Bud Lane moved to approved submission of the
Training/Technical Assistance grant application to Head Start.
Seconded by Frank Simmons. Motion approved, 6-0-0.
Judy presented the recontract application for the CHR/CHN con
tract. IHS is extending this contract for another year. The Health
Committee has again recommended focusing on diabetes, and this
grant was written around diabetes education and services. It will
fund the CHN for 24 hours/week, but a request was submitted for
additional funding of $15,000 to make the position full-time. This
contract w ill fund one full-time CHR in Siletz, one half-time CHR in
Salem and one half-time CHR in Springfield.
MOTION #5 — Bud Lane moved to approve submission for con
tinuation funding for the CHR/CHN contract to IHS. Seconded by
Rank Simmons. Motion approved, 6-OO.
Judy presented the Adult Education recontract application, in the
amount o f $8,100. A needs assessment was completed this year,
and additional classes suggested include writing wills, federal in
come tax preparation and economics classes.
MOTION #6 — Delores Pigsley moved to approve submission of
the Adult Education recontract application to the Bureau of Indian
Affairs. Seconded by Bud Lane. Motion approved 6-0-0.
Judy presented the Higher Education recontract application, in the
amount of $81,800, which includes $53,066 for grants. This will
fund the continuing students and possibly 5 new students.
MOTION #7 — Bud Lane moved to approved submission of the
Higher Education recontract application to the Bureau o f Indian Af
fairs. Seconded by Rank Simmons. Motion approved, 6-0-0.
Judy presented the Employment Assistance recontract application,
in the amount of $104,300. Grants total $71,426 of the contract.
MOTION #8 — Delores Pigsley moved to approve submission of
the Employment Assistance recontract application to the Bureau of
Indian Affairs. Seconded by Dolly Fisher. Motion approved, 7-0-0.
Judy presented the Johnson O'Malley (JOM) recontract applica
tion, in the amount of $34,790. The Parent Committees submitted
their educational plans and revised performance standards and the
contract was written based on these. Funding may change, depen
ding on the student count, on October 1st.
MOTION #9 — Delores Pigsley moved to approve submission of
the Johnson O'Malley recontract application to the Bureau of In
dian Affairs. Seconded by Dolly Fisher. Motion approved, 7-0-0.
Don Kliewer and Dennis Petrequin, from Cooper Consultants, inc.,
gave a presentation on the Siletz Reservation Transportation Plan.
Currently, the BIA has 0.3 miles of paved road on the Siletz Reser
vation, and the tribe has 0.3 miles of gravel road. Proposed projects
in the future include the Judd Road, HUD subdivision roads. Tribal
Facilities Road, and a campground road. They also suggested some
safety measures, such as painting a center line down Government
Hill Road and putting up one-way signs on Cemetery Road.
Steve Kreig presented the Forestry recontract apaplication in the
amount of $264,990. A discussion was held on the Chemawa Tree
Farm. The trees either need to be sheared for Christmas Trees or
thinned for sawtimber. Phil noted the $30,000 for the Siletz Agency
has not been taken out of the Forestry contract budget.
MOTION #10 — Bud L a n ^m o v p d to approve submission of the
Forestry recontract application to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Seconded by Douglas Brown. Motion approved, 7-0-0.
Phil reported the Pow-Wow Security w ill cost approximately $2,500
and can come from the Tribal Security budget. Council agreed w ith
this request. Phil met w ith the City about pow-wow parking. They
agreed to allow parking in the field between City Hall and Highway
229. The grange agreed to allow parking behind their building. The
School agreed to parking in the school parking lot. The Head Start
bus w ill be used to shuttle passengers between parking lots to the
Pow-Wow. Phil stated there was $10,681 in funds left over from the
F.Y. 86 Tribal Council/Government budget. He requested using
$5,684 to purchase a computer and tw o terminals for the Account
ing Department. Dee felt these funds should be put in trust. A
discussion was held on these leftover funds and the projected
shortfall for next year if a timber sale is not held by next year.
MOTION #11 — Douglas Brown moved to approved purchase of a
computer and terminals in the amount of $5,684 from the balance
of F.Y. 86 funds. Seconded by Dolly Fisher. YES: Dolly Fisher,
Douglas Brown, Frank Simmons. NO: Delores Pigsley, Art Bensell,
Bud Lane, ABSTAIN: Mary Alice Muncey. Motion tied, therefore
defeated, 3-3-1.
MOTION #12 — Mary Alice Muncey moved to enter Executive Ses
sion to discuss Timber, 8:55 p.m. Seconded by Frank Simmons.
Motion approved, 7-0-0.
MOTION #13 — Mary Alice Muncey moved to return to Regular
Session, 8:58 p.m. Seconded by Frank Simmons. Motion approved,
7-0-0.
Bud requested a current Tribal Government/Council budget
expenditures report so the Council could see where their budget is
at. Phil reported we will lose use of the Head Start modular building
at the Siletz School, it is being moved to Toledo School. Mike Dar
cy stated they will move the Title IV program so that we can use
that room. Phil asked about adding names to the Veterans
Memorial Marker. Council agreed to add names one time per year,
in April of each year. Phil reported we received the Lutheran Grant
in the amount of $5,000. It w ill begin on October 1st. While Phil was
at the meeting w ith City of Siletz, they requested an ad hoc Com
mittee, consisting of the Mayor, City Attorney and an additional Ci
ty representative, the Tribal Chairman, Tribal Attorney, and an addi
tional tribal representative, meet to iron out the details of the Water
Agreement. Council appointed Phil Rilatos, SIHA Chairman, as the
additional tribal representative, and w ill meet w ith the City on June
18th, or earlier, if possible.
TRAVEL REQUESTS — Phil presented travel requests for Social
Service and JTPA staff.
MOTION #14 — Dolly Fisher moved to approve the following travel
requests: Alice Werth, Wilma Strong, Allison Simmons, and
possibly Nancy Simmons, to Child Abuse/Neglect Training, July.7 -
9, in Seattle, Washington; Mary Lane, Terry Russell, Tammy Brown
and Linda Rilatos to Reno, Nevada, to attend the Region X JTPA
training on July 14 -15,1987. Seconded by Delores Pigsley. Motion
approved, 7-0-0.
Tina presented a revenue sharing request from Norma Kentta. Her
house was broken into and vandalized.
MOTION #15 — Bud Lane moved to approve up to $250 from
Disaster Fund for Norma Kentta. Seconded by/Mary Alice Muncey.
Motion approved, 7-0-0.
Phil reported the Indirect Cost Proposal w ill be completed and mail
ed to the Council for their review before the June 20th Council
Meeting. A discussion was held on Tribal Council travel in high
rates areas. Council w ill be reimbursed for actual travel costs, but
must keep both motel and meal receipts for reimbursement. Bud re
quested approval for the Oregon Committee for the Humanities
grant application, in the amount of $1,500. These funds w ill be used
for language development. Bud signed this request so it could be
mailed to meet the deadline. Council requested future grant and
contract applications be submitted to Council for review and ap
proval prior to submission.
MOTION #16 — Bud Lane moved to approve submission o f a grant
appalication in the amount o f $1,500 for Language Development to
Oregon Committee for the Humanities. Seconded by Rank Sim
mons. YES: Delores Pigsley, Rank Simmons, Bud Lane, Art
Bensell, Douglas Brown. NO: Mary Alice Muncey, Dolly Fisher.
ABSTAIN: None. Motion approved, 5-2-0.
Bud reminded Council that all Committee budget requests needed
to be in to Phil Rilatos no later than July 1st. Dee discussed the let
ter submitted by SLPC for mailing to other tribes. It is to host a
meeting on July 11th regarding tribal archaeological service areas
and other matters. Dee thought if the meeting is hosted by the
Tribe, the letters should be directed to Tribal Chairmen of the other
tribes. Dolly and A rt w ill take the letter back for discussion at the
next SLPC meeting on June 17th. It was suggested that all corres-
ondence to the Tribal Council from Committees should be signed
by the Committee Chairman.
Meeting adjourned, 9:40 p.m.
/s/ Mary Alice Muncey
CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF SILETZ IN D IA N S
Lincoln County M ental Health, Alcohol/Drug Program
Alcohol/Drug Survey
April/May 1987
The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and Lincoln
County Mental Health Alcohol and Drug Program jointly
conducted a survey to gather information regarding com
munity awareness, concerns, and needs of alcohol/drug
problems. One hundred fourteen surveys were distributed
and ninety-five were returned. * The survey asked people
to identify the community in which those surveyed reside.
37% Siletz
23% Salem/Marion County
15% Grand Ronde/Polk County
8% Lincoln County (other than Siletz)
6% Did not specify community
3% Portland
3% Eugene/Lane County
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2% Albany/Linn Con
2% Tillamook
1% Benton County
1% Columbia County k
Age groups of those surveyed are as follows:
1% age 19
41% 20 to 34 years
34% 35 to 49 years
23% 50 years and older
1% Did not specify age
Highest grade completed of those surveyed:
2% 7th grade
6% 8th grade
3% 9th grade
9% 10th grade
14% 11th grade
26% 12th grade
6% GED
7% 1 year college
10% 2 years college
4% 3 years college
5% 4 years college
2% more than four years college
2% did not specify highest grade completed
AWARENESS A N D USE OF C O M M U N IT Y ALCOHOL/DRUG
RESOURCES
Of the 95 surveys returned, .63 people said they are
aware of the community resources for alcohol and drug
problems. Of those 63,, 42 people said that they or a family
member have utilized these resources. Of those 42,36 said
they found the services helpful and 8 said those services
were not helpful., .
* Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole. Figures
may total more or less than 100%.
ALCOHOL USE CONCERNS
Eighty-seven people responded to questions about pre
sent concerns of alcohol problems. Of those 87, 20% are
concerned about their own use, 44% are concerned about a
family member’s use, 40% are concerned about a friend’s
use, and 4% indicated concern regarding the use of other
community members.
Those 87 people also indicated their opinions about the
seriousness of alcohol problems in their communities.
Fifty-seven percent said they believe alcohol is a serious
problem, 34% said it is a moderate problem, and 6% said
it is a mild problem. Serious, moderate, and mild were not
defined on the survey.
DRUG USE CONCERNS
Seventyæight people said they believe drugs other than
alcohol are a problem in;their communities.. Sixty-seven
percent said drugs are a serious problem, 27% said drugs
are a moderate problem, and-6% said drugs are a mild
problem.
Types of drugs indicated, in order of seriouness and or
frequency of use are: marijuana, cocaine, ampheta
mines/methamphetamines, heroin, hallucinogens, andin-
halents.
CONCERNS ABO UT ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL/DRUG USE
Seventy people responded to questions about adoles
cent alcohol/drug use. Of those 70, 91% said they believe
alcohol is a serious problem among teenagers in their
communities and 88% said drugs other than alcohol are a
seriuos problem in their communities.
LIFE AREAS AFFECTED BY ALCOHOL/DRUGS
When asked to define areas which individuals and their
families have been affected by drugs and alcohol the
following was indicated:
70% Family Problems
58% Financial Problems
54% Martial Problems
45% Legal Problems
42% Employment Problems
42% Physical Problems
42% Accidents
39% Social Problems
34% Domestic Violence
28% Death
27% School Problems
26% Sexual Abuse/Assault
C O M M U N IT Y NEEDS
Finally, those surveyed were asaked what they believe
is needed to deal with alcohol/drug problems in their com
munities. Twenty-one percent said stricter laws are need
ed, fifty-eight percent said there should be more education
about alcohol and drugs in their communities, sixty per
cent said there should be more education in the schools,
fifty-one percent said there should be more treatment ser
vices available, and fifty-two percent indicated they
would like to have more self help groups such as AA,
Alanon, NA, and ALATEEN available in their com
munities.
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