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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.