SILETZ, OREGON
Now Council is , questioning, and ,,r wants , to f ir e
someone because they don’ t agree with .the action
taken. Dee said th a t they haven’ t answered the
question Martha had brought up about) c o n flic t of
in te re s t. The subject of C o n flic t of In te re st w ill
be discussed more during the STEDCO re p o rt. Martha
said th a t th is goes back to when P h il’ s w ife was
hired and that
th is
co nstitu te d
c o n flic t
of
in te re s t. Dee said the question before the Council
is what action the Council should take. The action
th a t Council can take is
to
remove Housing
A u th o rity members for cause or sake recommendations
to the Housing A u th o rity. Everybody has th e ir own
perception as to what is wrong not only with
housing.but w ith in the Tribe,
Frank said th a t i f
h is f i l e was there i t wouldn’ t aake any diffe re n ce
i f people wanted to look at the f i l e unless he did
something wrong and then he would be concerned.
A fte r surveying Council
aesbersi
the a a jo rity
agreed th a t no action should be taken to remove any
of the Housing A u th o rity aeabers.
The other
question is c o n fid e n tia lity .
Andy said th a t the
D irecto r breached the c o n fid e n tia lity ru le and the
Chairaan watched th is breached of c o n fid e n tia lity .
Dee said the question is whether Council was going
to le t Housing A u th o rity resolve the problea or
invoke the a u th o rity to advise actions to the
Housing A u th o rity. Manuel asked how »any Council
aeabers have v is ite d the A uth ority and offered to
help. L i l l i e said th a t she has and when she did
there was a lo t of discussion about what was
authorized and what was not. L i l l i e said th a t with
ju s t re ce ntly buying a place how many of the people
in housing are able to put down downpayments and
fix. the problems with the houses themselves.
Bud
said that in previous years i t has been hard to
fin d anyone who wanted to serve on the Housing
A u th o rity , Jane said th a t th is 'year we . have 9
persons who applied for the seat, Monte said that
we should appoint someone
w ith
a
housing
co nstru ctio n background to the Housing A u th o rity.
Jessie said th a t before there was, only one person
signing checks and now they have to have 2 people
sign the checks and to double check the a ction ,
Monte asked i f there was tra in in g a va ila b le and
maybe to pay the». Dee said there is tra in in g but
they can not be paid. Bonnie said the schooling is
expensive, Monte said the schooling is expensive
but so are the problems.
K r is ti said th a t they
need social s k ills a lso. Leonard said there should
be a dropbox at Housing for people to drop
suggestions. Dee said there has to be so lu tio n s
and i f Council wants to be a part o f i t they have
to be involved in the probleas also.
P hil said
th a t several people are not aware o f where we were
when we starte d the housing p ro je c t. To begin w ith
we couldn’ t get 39 names to f i l l the hoaes and had
no a u th o rity or expertise to f a ll back on. We went
out and hired Indian contractors who ripped us o ff.
Paul caae in and picked up the pieces a fte r we had
2 previous housing d ire c to rs . We have hired 2 top-
notch Indian co ntra ctors who were supposed to
oversee the construction and id e n tify the probleas
but have le t us down. Phil said to c r itic iz e and
to set back on the outside and say what should be
done is easy but doesn’ t help solve the probleas.
L i l l i e said tha t i f these people don’ t cose forward
we are going to continue as usual and not be aware
of the problems.
Monte asked who inspects the
houses, Bonnie said HUD and Cooper Consultants and
the Housing D ire cto r.
Craig said that he has
drafted a new KIP contract and th is should prevent
f-.:ure issues. This is the saae th in g w ith Blaze
arid w ith the new houses» we can prevent these
problems in. the fu tu re .
Paul, said th a t Blaze and
Coope/r designed.the... French' Draif^ ¿ im F ■ the HUD
Engineer said th a t i t was fine, and dandy and was
u n w illin g to lis te n to anything else, Leonard said
th a t we hired an Indian Contractor and he brought
in h is own workers.
When working w ith HUD you do
not always get the contractor th a t you want to
h ire . Leonard said that h is complaint was s t r ic t ly
business and had nothing to do with
anyone
personally.
LAND ACQUISITION REPORT
- Dee said th a t the
Committee.working on the Spotted Owl Habitat
published a report c a llin g , for expansion of the
Spotted Owl H a bita t.
Based on, th is report Senator
H a tfie ld has delayed in tro du cin g the b i l l . Dee is
d ra ftin g a le tte r requesting for him to continue
w ith plans to introduce the b i l l . The le tte r wi11
include sections of the report showing how such is
included in Lincoln County.
Bud said th a t we
talked about a land swap and we should leave th is
option open for futu re issues.
Dee said there is
a d d itio na l land a v a ila b le .in other, areas.
Frank
asked how Senator
Inouye got involved in the
Washington T ribe ’ s land b i l l .
Dee said i t was a
land claim , ours is not a land claim .
Robert
Kentta asked i f there was language in the b ill
about any futu re land claim s.
Dee said in regards
to th is b i l l we need to be fle x ib le .
HONORARY HEHBERSHIP/ENROLLHENT ORDINANCE
-
A
proposed change to the Enrollment Ordinance to
allow fo r the establishment
of
a Honorary
Membership Ordinance has previously been sent to
Council for review. D o lly said th a t she had a
couple of recommendations to add to the Ordinance.
One is fo r a p p lica tio n s to be submitted during the
f i r s t 90 days of the calendar year instead of any
tim e. The other, one L,s.. th a t , supposing we put
someone on the r o ll and through a marriage that
c h ild becomes a dependent. Craig said th a t the
ordinance could say that you are not e n title d any
b e n e fits under th is ordinance,
NOTION #11 -
D o lly Fisher moved to approve the
Honorary Membership Ordinance with the follow ing
changes: 1) a p p lic a tio n s are to be submitted during
the f ir s t 90 days o f each calendar year» 2) persons
adopted as honorary members of the S ile tz Tribe
sh all not be e n title d to any b e n e fits unless they
q u a lify independently under other federal laws.
Seconded by Monte Kentta. Motion approved» 9-0-0.
NOTION >12 - Jane John moved to
Session to discuss
2:10 p.m. Seconded
approved» 9-0-0.
enter Executive
Bingo Ad-Hoc Committee report»
by
NOTION #13 - D o lly Fisher
Jessie
Davis.
moved to
Regular Session, 2:30 p.m.
Seconded
Kentta. Motion approved» 9-0-0.
Motion
re tu rn to
by Monte
STEDCO REPORT - Curt Mader reported th a t at the
la s t STEDCO meeting the Commission approved to
negotiate a sale of Christmas Trees on the Chemawa
Tree Farm. The Commission w ill be looking at ways
to proceed w ith the Salmon processing p lant at the
next meeting.
STEDCO hire d a new re c e p tio n is t
(G lo ria Durban) under the JTPA work experience
program. STEDCO signed a contract with LS i L
C onstruction, Inc. to do a re p a ir study on the 8-
plex. They w ill
be looking at re p a irin g or
replacing appliances, plumbing,
e le c tr ic a l, e tc.
This was brought about because o f a complaint by
one of the re n te rs.
Just the ro tte d s ta irs w ill
cost about $1600 to re p a ir.
The STEDCO fence has
b e e n c o n tra c te d o u ta n d th e c o n tra c to i^ J ’^ ^ S I ^ S j ,
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to h ire 2 tr ib a l ^embers on hi.s crew. The C ity *o f
Newport has put a time c o n stra in t to look at the
Snow H ist Plant pro pe rty. The Port of Newport is
also in tereste d in purchasing the plant and STEDCO
would lik e to look in to a jo in t venture w ith the
P ort. The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
has contacted STEDCO about maybe b u ild in g a Museua
in the Newport area s im ila r to the f a c i lit y in
Portland, They want to be close to the Marine
Science Center and Aquarium and they have contacted
STEDCO to see i f they would be in terested in going
in to a jo in t venture. I t may be good to pursue
construction o f the b u ild in g and reserve space for
a r e ta il store or incubator business (where you set
up fu tu re entrepreneurs to tra in them how to s ta rt
a business,and get out on th e ir own). The f ir s t
meeting w ill be on Monday and w ill be to get an
idea of what they want. Andy asked why they wanted
STEDCO to be the land owner. Curt said they are
looking at someone to purchase th e .b u iI ding because
they are unable to do i t themselves. The Port owns
the property and are w illin g to work, with STEDCO.
Dee asked i f the.re are other in tereste d p a rtie s and
i f they are s t i l l in te re s te d . Curt said they are
not for sure.
One of the p a rtie s contacted the
C ity ’ s development o ffic e but they have not heard
from th e |L,since. Dee a?k.ed about the Chemawa tree
farm and i f they are going to spray the tre e s. Dee
said they are s ta rtin g
to bud and she was
understanding th a t they can’ t be sprayed a fte r they
have starte d to bud. Before anyone goes on the
tre e farm they have to stop at Chemawa and get
w ritte n permission to be on the land.
L i l l i e asked about the job p o s itio n s w ith C a ffe !I
B ro s .. Curt said a fte r the la s t meeting everything
has been put on hold. Curt is meeting wit.h C a ffe ll
th is Monday to look over the log so rt yard in
Newport. Council agreed
th a t
it
would be
b e n e fic ia l to have a Council member present during
the meeting. L i l l i e said th a t she would attend.
Dee asked Curt i f STEDCO discussed c o n flic t of
in te re s t. Curt said ju s t b r ie f ly at the March 30
meeting. Dee said th a t she was under the
impression th a t STEDCO and Council
would have
separate discussions on c o n flic ts of in te re s t and
then have a jo in t discussion on what c o n s titu te s
c o n flic ts o f in te re s t and ways to resolve the
problem. Mary V ile s said th a t she thought i t was a
c o n flic t o f in te re s t fo r the Chairaan o f STEDCO and
Vice-Chairman of the Council to hold both p o s itio n s
and be involved in in it ia lin g and making decisions.
Frank said th is discussion seems to center around
him and h is p o s itio n on STEDCO Board and i t was
appropriate at th is time for him to resign as
Council Representative on STEDCO. Honte asked i f
he was s t i l l in tereste d in serving as a Commission
member. Frank said no because he would s t i l l vote
the sane way whether he was Chairman or a
Commission member and the c o n flic t of in te re s t
would s t i l l be the re .
L i l l i e said they are not
questioning h is opinions but the p o s itio n he f i l l s
and the d utie s involved w ith those p o s itio n s . Mary
said th a t the same issue was brought up at the Reno
meeting when Dee was Chairman of STEDCO and the
Council and the STEDCO Charter was changed as a
re s u lt. You can not draw a lin e between Chairaan
and Vice-Chairman. Dee said tha t th is has more far
reaching a ffe c ts , fo r instance ATNI where you can
get elected as an o ffic e r ./M a r y said tha t having 2
Councils or Commissions w ith in
one tr ib e
is
considered to be to re o f a c o n flic t o f in te re s t.
Gladys said th a t she wondered about th is when Dee
le f t as Chairman o f STEDCO and then Frank was
elected as Vice-Chairman o f the Council. Dee said