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A PAGE 2 December 16, 1988 Warm Springs, Oregon Spilyay Tymoo Tribal financial management II I III l IUj IJ I I II PP - l I II I I II II , I I., ,11., 11.11. I .111.111 I . ...L.IJ. r-, .... i if A ''.i y I A I I I y-wi" "l-' x 1 I I1, i Jpi ' ' - I f ; ' i aniimtiMfci m n i i inn ii i if ir i,n iMiit.Mi.iit,.,,,. ..a .... . rrlT-Ufnwt f mffrr mrimm in l Fred Carlson Tim Killen Following several years of re duced budgets and the loss of sev eral key employees, tribal manage ment has taken steps to rebuild the financial management capacity of the Tribe. John Henning, of Chicago. Illi nois, has been appointed to fill the newly formed position of chief financial officer. Hcnning's expe rience includes eight years with the Beatrice Company in their corpo rate headquarters in Chicago. The Beatrice Company is an interna tional diversified company owning such well-known names as Hunt's tomato products. Wesson oils. Culligan water treatment, Samson ite luggage, Meadowgold dairy products, Swiss-Miss instant drinks. Avis, Playtex, Dannon yogurt and Tropicana orange juice products. Guilty verdict delivered A 25-year-old member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs was found guilty of second degree murder in the April 13,1988 death of his month-and-a-half old AA Meetings Warm Springs MONDAYS 4:30-5:30 AA for Teens Alternative Ed Trailer near Warm Springs Elementary WEDNESDAYS 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday Night Candlelight AA Meetings in the Community Counseling Center Conference Room FRIDAYS 7-8:30 p.m. Simnasho Longhouse SATURDAYS 7-8:30 p.m. Saturday Night AA Meetings at the Community Counseling Center Conference Room 7-8:30 p.m. Kah-Nee-Ta (Employee's Lounge) AA Meetings Madras MONDAYS Noon Monday Women's AA Group at the Madras Treatment Center, 639 D Street 8 p.m. Monday Night AA Meeting at the Madras Treatment Center, 639 D. Street TUESDAYS 8 p.m. Tuesday Night AA Church, 5th and F WEDNESDAYS 7:30 p.m. Adult Children of Miller for more information THURSDAYS 8 p.m. Thursday Night AA Group (Non-Smoking) Lutheran Church, 1225 C Street FRIDAYS Noon Noon Women's AA Center, 639 D Street SUNDAYS 7 p.m. Sunday AA Group 639 D Street Spilyay Staff Members MANAGING EDITOR : Sid Miller ASSISTANT EDITOR Donna Behrend PHOTO SPECIALISTWRITER Marsha Shewczyk REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER INTERN .... Saphronia Coochise FOUNDED IN MARCH, 1976 Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located in the basement o? the Old Girls Dorm at 1115 Wasco Street. Any written materials to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, PO Box 870, Warm Springs, Oregon 97761 PHONE: (503) 553-1644 or 553-1 161, extensions 274. 285, 321 or 286 Annual subscription rates: Within the US $9 00 Outside the U.S. $15.00 Lisa Kaber Henning also spent eight years as manager with the accounting firm of Coopers & Ly brand as well as six years with Cresap, McCor mick and Paget, an international management consulting firm. He also was general manager or presi dent of several smaller manufac turing concerns. As chief financial officer, Hen ning will be responsible for finan cial policies, forecasting and plan ning, internal auditing, economic development strategy and overall financial reporting. Lisa Kaber, now in her 12th year with the Tribe, will fill the newly established position of assistant controller for trust funds invest ments which will now provide appropriate attention to the ad ministration of the Tribes' trust funds, including funds in the U.S. son, Quinton Dustin Cory Boise. Earl F. Boise will be in the custody of the U.S.' Marshall's office until his sentencing February 6, 19.85, ... According to assistant U.S. At- Group at St. Mark's Episcopal Street Alcoholics Contact Orthclia Group at the Madras Treatment at the Madras Treatment Center, Tymoo John Henning Treasury (B1A); employee. Tribal Council and senior citicn pension funds; scholarship; minors' trust; education and employee deferred compensation. Primary functions include coordination, accounting, reporting, facilitating, policy for mulating, forecasting and analyz ing. A primary objective of this pos tion is to provide management with reliable, timely information so that the beneficiaries of these funds, be they the Tribes, tribal members or employees, attain the highest pos sible returns on these investments at acceptable levels of risk. Kaber came to Warm Springs 1 1 years ago, a graduate of Southern Oregon State College. She has held various positions in the accounting department such as staff auditor. accounting manager, accounting in death of torney Bill Youngman, the federal trial jury, consisting of nine men and three women, deliberated seven hours before reaching their verdict. Youngman explained that the max imum sentence is life in prison. U.S. District Court Judge Helen Frye, who heard the case, will decide the sentence in February. According to reports, the infant was pronounced dead at the IHS Clinic in Warm Springs by Dr. Tom Creelman April 13, 1988. Community readies for , . i -v - ' At ; "7- 1 1 I 18$ k.. . '2 ' - -r i, Douglas Williams, tribal utilities department, decorates community Christmas tree with rebuilt supervisorand. briefly, acting con troller. Currently residing in Portland with his wife and three children. Tim Killen joins the Confederated Tribes as the governmental assist ant controller. A native of Oregon, and a graduate of Portland State University, he has held finance positions serving local government for 1 6 years, including lour years as the finance director at Clackamas County. Having attended high school in Bend, where his parents still reside, Killen is pleased "to be returning to central Oregon." Killen will be respobnsible for accounting activities for all govern ment activities. A major project for the coming year will be to review current financial systems for cither revision or replacement, with the objective of increasing available information and employee effi ciency. Fred Carlson is coming to the Confederated Tribes as the assist ant controller for enterprises. He is a graduate of the Unviersity of Oregon in accounting, a CPA. and has held positions in public and private accounting. He is planning to move to central Oregon from Hillsboro where he currently resides with his wife and daughter. The current emphasis of the work for the Tribes is the decentralization of accounting for tribal enterprises. Carlson will be responsible for the financial reporting of enter prise operations and development of accounting systems for existing and new tribal enterprises. He will also be assisting the enterprise manager with financial manage ment. He will be heavily involved in assisting with economic devel opment efforts. Other key supervisory positions in finance include the contracting officer (Orthclia Miller), budget officer (Evaline Patt), director of information systems (Lloyd Phil lips), insurance risk manager (Charles Nathan) and accounting superivsor for operations (Norma Smith). With the decentralization, the internal audit position ( Aurolyn Stwyer) will take on a more vital infant Cause of death was listed as "bat tered child syndrome with skull k fractures." Youngman stated that not only did the infant have two recent skull fractures which caused inter-craneal bleeding which lead to his death, but there were three older head injuries, a broken left arm and 15 broken ribs. Reports showed that the child's arm was broken three weeks prior to his death and that the ribs were broken 14 days prior to his death. u v:i. V , i 1 i .... --.f -. V .st lights. . - 4 Council makes budget recommendations In a December 6. I9H8 memo to lection services in terms of effec Secrctary 1 reasurer Larry C'alica. tivenessand cost benefit. Whilethc Tribal Council advised Calica their action and intent. Stressinng prudent implementation. Council suggested that "necessary adjust ments occur throughout the oper ating year, rather than an abrupt and arbitrary reaction within the first month" of 1989. Council recommended reductions in the 1989 operating budget and the following explains those recom mendations. Office of SecretaryTreasurer The $50,000 reduction in this office calls for a realignment of the management structure, requiring a review and re-allocation of man gement resources currently included in the budget and branch and departmental management. The 1989 proposed budget asked for an increase in professional fees. But with the addition of profes sional staff in the finance depart ment. Council felt the proposed increase was unnecessary. Because some proposed economic development studies came in under $25,000, Council suggested that they could be supported by cost share with other entities or a budget resolution less than $25,000. Health and Social Services The department is improved by special project funds for alcohol and drug initiatives. Lack of adequate professional staff shows that the aspects of pov erty and dependence are not cur rently being addressed. Council suggested that BIA contract resources be transferred to the Superintendent's office for his supervision. Better management will be expected provided that a competent social worker is hired. The balance of professional and para-professional staff should be standards, Council questions the retained within the department. costs associated with public build Special reports are the only data inSs- Thev fet that possibly the supplied Tribal Council as to the users shou'd assume a portion of effectiveness of individual programs tne cleaning requirements, in the reduction of social and health Council is concerned that pri problcms. Further investment of vafe nome repairs are no longer tribal monies will require this type beinS dorle bv the utilities depart of information on a regular basis. ment- Tnis decision was made on Council questions the child pro- tne assumption that private sector Continued on page 5 The Nutcracker Suite Saturday, December 17 Matinee 2:00 p.m. Evening 7:00 p.m. Adults-$4.00, Children $2.00 Christmas A - iriM.i f j . ! w u n c nnsimus comes giji wrapping. i,f - f. - Children s candy fantasies came bazaar. of juvenile court controls the disposi- tio of cases, Council has not seen a proposal which addresses the improvement of services to juve niles who go through the systems. Council suggested that the Com munity Center encourage user managed and community-based recreation because of the reduction of Center staff. -Public Safety- Council suggested that the com munity relations position, tribal member employment, fish and game enforcement and inmate services be continued in 1989. To create savings by leaving posi tions vacant within the police department was a concern of Coun cil. A fully staffed department is needed rather than reduced service levels or over-extended employees. Council suggested that the pro secutor cooperate with the Chief Judge and Chief of Police to reduce processing requirements associated the high volume of cases. Council has been supplied no data that demonostrates the effec tive use of tribal investigation resources. Fire and Safety requested the addition of two firemen positions to improve emergency services. Council recognizes the need of these services, but the use of volunteers and the expectation of IHS respons ibility are not served by this prop osal. Council suggested more active recruitment of volunteers and the use of certain BIA personnel who arc required to participate in fire response. Public Works While Tribal Council recognizes that the cost for facility mainte nance is in line with industry holiday 4'2 k. 11 I Ji m Mi t i lit , 9 r I through at the Christmas