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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1982)
'E B B I . '! r \\ OGT 181982 OREGON HISTORIC/' q d piptv WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 9 7 7» I < «'Inner 11, 19X2 PGE payment helps ease budget pinch by Donna Behrend Tribal Council members and management officials breathed a long-awaited sigh of relief last week, for two reasons. One, the $ 1 2 ,4 5 2 ,4 0 8 1983 tr ib a l operating budget was finalized and two, Portland General Electric (PGE) issued a check to the Tribes for the Pelton rent payment. T r ib a l C o u n c il a n d management worked hectically to finalize the budget in order to have it posted by the October Tylenol warning As you may have learned from newspapers and TV news, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning/ alert to not use “Extra S tr e n g th T y le n o l.” T h e warning will remain in effect until deaths in the Chicago area can be fully investigated. Tyleno lot control numbers 1910M D , M B 2728 and MC2880 have been recalled by the manufacturer for possible cyanide contamination. Buyers are urged not to take Extra Strength Tylenol until the c y a n id e in v e s tig a tio n is completed. Mark Budge, Warm Springs IHS pharmacist, indicated that the m anufacturer, McNeil L a b o r a to r ie s , has been advertising Tylenol in an unethical manner over the past few years. This advertising has 'a tendency to mislead and misinform the public as to the very se rio u s sid e -e ffe cts associated with liver and kidney damage. M c N e i l ’s a d v e r t i s i n g campaign states that Tylenol does not have the side effects of aspirin, which-it doesn’t, but they don’t indicate just what the side effects are. Tylenol is definitely not without side effects. The effects, in many cases, are much more serious and deadly than aspirin’s side effects. Don’t let McNeil’s informa tion convince you into taking their product, because the side effects of Tylenol are much more serious than the side effects of aspirin. Not only McNeil Laborato ries are advertising unenthi- cally, but other companies as well. The consumer should be aware aird cautious when taking any over-the-counter medication. They all have some kind of side effect which could cause serious health problems. Clinic officials also indicated •hat the IHS clinic, Kah-Nee- Ta gift shops and Macy’s store have p u lled all T y le n o l products off the shelf until the FD A issued ap p ro v al to distribute/sell the products once again. 1 midnight deadline. Word of PGE’s payment came just before noon, Friday, and the Tribes received the $4,652,260. 72 check at 12:05 p.m. The paym ent som ew hat relieved the budget pressure for 1983. H o w e v e r, t r i b a l departments will go into 1983 with whatever cuts were made. Tribal revenue for 1983 was expected to be down by 22% but with PGE’s payment, the revenues will be down only about 17%, meaning a $900,000 surplus in the 1983 budget. Gross expenses are down 18% and net expenses are down 22% from 1982’s net expenses of $16,003,148. Many departments suffered cuts, but according to fiscal manager Doug McClelland, the cuts aren’t serious, and those people whose positions was eliminated shouldn’t have any problems finding another job. “I don’t see any problems. There are plenty of job opportunities,” said McClel land. Twelve or thirteen tribal m e m b e rs’ p o sitio n s were elim inated in the budget process. However, most of those positions were temporary CETA-funded, meaning three or four tribal members will be out of a job come January I. According to one tribal official, there are at least that many, if not more, positions vacant in the 1983 budget. There were over 60 positions cut from the 1983 budget, but over 40 were vacant sometime in 1982. The Health and Social Service branch cut 15 positions and the justice-services branch “absorbed” five positions, “ A b so rb ed ,” according to officials, means the department is large enough and turnover rate high enough that there won’t be a “people problem.” Headstart cut six positions and the child development center cut positions. Originally, the after-school program was to be eliminated, but after r e c o n s i d e r a t i o n it w as reinstated. The OSU Extension program had to cut one half time position and the entire C u l t u r a l a n d H e r ita g e department was cut. However, the Cultural and Heritage Committee still exists. The utilities departm ent absorbed five positions and the community center cut the assistant director’s positions. The adm inistrative service center (steno pool) cut two committee secretary positions and tribal court cut two full tim e and one p a rt-tim e position. These positions were v a c a n t, th o u g h . S p ilyay T y m o o c u t tw o v a c a n t positions. Six CETA positions and a b o u t half of the D ata Processing personnel were cut due to lack of federal funding. Purchasing cut one position and the accounting department cut two vacant positions. The r e c o r d s c e n t e r , w h ic h employed two people, was also eliminated. A vacant enterprise branch secretary position was cut and two vacant information center positions were cut. The current clerk-of-the-w orks position was also cut. The to ta l K ah-N ee-T a a n t i c i p a t e d r e v e n u e is $3,811,000 and anticipated expenditures are estimated to be $4,306,000 for 1983. The tribe will fund $495,000 in expenses in excess of revenue. The tribe will also fund $200,000 in capital improve ments. The capital improve ments will not be made until October ot 1983. According to K a h -N e e -T a g e n e ra l manager Garland Brunoe, capital improvements may include a new jacuzzi at the Village pool, formulation of a plan for a new trailer park and cam pground, a sp h a lt the parking lot at the golf course, resurface the village and lodge parking lots and refurbish the banquet rooms including the Council room. Brunoe also mentioned that of energy specialist may possibly be brought in to conduct an energy audit and recommended ways to cut down on energy loss. As of press time, no date had been set for a general council meeting to discuss the Kah- Nee-Ta budget. However, there will be an Agency district meeting on October 21 at the Agency Longhouse beginning at 6 p.m . to discuss the sting operation on the Columbia River, the 1983 budget and the land claims issue.
