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Spilyay Tym oo, Warm Springs, Oregon Head Start accepting registration applications Warm Springs Head Start is taking applications for the Head Start 2006-07 school •year. Head Start is offering 3- to 4-year-olds a great p re school experience. HeadStart provides children with activi ties to grow mentally, socially, emotionally and physically, as well as giving them kindergar ten readiness. , When registering, be pre pared to present the follow ing: Verification o f income, Page 9 A p ril 26* 2 0 0 7 ¡p p p ® Employees of the Pennington Guide Service prepared for the beginning of the busy season by cleaning up alongside the Deschutes River. “I just try to keep this area of the river clean,” Harold Pennington said. Because their guide services bring so many people through that area, he said, he wants them to have a positive view of Warm Springs. “It gives them a better perspective when they leave here,” Pennington (pictured at left) said. “W e plan to clean up the river all the way up to the hydroelectric turnoff.” The Pennington Guide Services began operating for the season last weekend. birth certificate or tribal let ter, physical and immuniza tion papers, custody or place ment papers. HeadStart will need all the paperwork in before the child is selected fo r the school yeafc ■ Sign up at the Health Fair on May 15. The deadline to register is June. 1. For information On regis tration, call Jodi, Snuffie or Althea at the Early Childhood Education Center, 553-3241. Beads and Baskets A variety of beaded items and baskets are on dis play at the M useum at W arm Springs Changing Ex hibits Gallery. Leslie Mitts/Spilyay Council: reform recommendations based on comparison with other governments (Continued from page 1) . Decker also examined tribal h The result was the need to budgets and financial docu adopfean integrated approach to ments, and compared those fig reservation planning, focusing on ures with other governments in all three legs. Central O regon to see' how “A nd that’s w hat-C ouncil CTWS measures up, A fte r a asked for in its directives to the series o f adjustm ents w ere different groups working on this made to ensure valid compari project,” Hamstreet said. son between similar services “Council asked tribal organi offered by all the governments, zations tp work together with the study found that tribal ad istrafion during election periods consultants and OSU to develop ministration' costs three times and reduce employee fears over a comprehensive plan to achieve more and employs many more job, security; improve commu th e com m unity’s visio n o f people than regional govern nications throughout the govern greater harmony on the reser ments to provide the same core ment and the Tribe; introduce vation; improved quality o f life services. widespread use o f performance as measured by more jobs and measurements, job evaluations, housing, better health and edu Effective government and staff training to promote a cation;, while preserving sover i The administrative report variety o f positive work prac eignty, culture, spirituality, and concluded with a series o f 12 tices; and develop new policies values passed down through the srecommendations to improve^ ^adjM ocedures that reduce bu- generations.’* governmental effectiveness and ^ p ^ P P ^ d build teamwork. host-efficiency. Topping thé list ^The repdrt also recommends Need for reform 2 j.s the first recommendation ánacroSSHhe-board staffing cut In accordance with Council’s was the return to a single execu back o f .Í5 percent for admin- directive to assess the adminis tive head o f government. fxstrative personnel. The p ro tration-and come up with a re “A key component for meet? posed cut is based on compar structuring plan, the Secretary- ing Council priorities and deliv ing CTWSgovernmeritcosts for Treasurer appointed a gover ering service to members is a coíé^seryices to those o f • four nance team composed o f two single chief executive with a other regional governments. groups, one from within the ad single, direct line o f authority to The' fact''that CTWS cojsts áre ministration and one consisting the Council,” Decker said.“ This so much higher suggests that the o f at-large tribal members. was the recom m endation o f Tribe should, pe getting more Serving on the latter commit most people involved in the pro value from fewer employees. tee was Frank Charley, Russell cess, The report recommends The report, proposes apply Charley, T erry Courtney, Jr., 'that the Secretary-Treasurer be ing savings from personnel re- Viola Kalama, Delford J ohnsori the chief executive, and that he düctiohs (approximately $3.7 (who later resigned due to sched pr she hire the C hief Opera million per year) to ne\y Ways uling cpnflicts) and Brigitte tions' Officer '(CQO) to be in o f meeting critical tribal needs Whipple. Tom Decker, an out charge o f the government’s day- for health care and housing. One such idea in the report is a new side consultant, led the project tb-day operations,” and delivered the final report. • The proposed plan has the health-promotion program that Decker described the^ssess- Secretary-Treasurer focusing on would start with tribal employ ment process and resulting find policy strategy, oversight and ees and could be extended'to ings, which arose directly from com m unication w ith Tribal tribal members. The report algo outlines a tribal administrators’ own views Council, while the COO, at the p'f their work environment In direction o f the Secretary-Trea building refurbishm ent and preparing them, Decker con surer,. would focus on manage home-ownership program. If ducted eighteen lengthy inter ment o f the operating depart approved, phase one wopld fo cus on repairing tribal buildings views with senior-level adminis ments. ' “This configuration would trators and met several times mark an im portant change, with the governance team. Many o f the findings echoed D edler said,- “A majority o f those from previous administra those involved in the study feel tive studies conducted in the that the present split between the 1980’s and again in 1993 prior ST 'and COO creates all kinds to introducing the current man p f challenges by confuting ad agement plan. This fact suggests ministrative direction, diminish ^ that attempts to change, the sys ing accountability and hamper tem had not been successful in ing decision-making. A single the past and Would not be easy chief executive would changé all that for the better.” now Decker emphasized the im- Findings pointed to a lack o f consistent vision and direction ,portance o f the COO’s role. “As the person in charge o f from leadership at all leyels o f governm ent; a dysfunctional day-to-day operations, the COO chain- o f command caused by in this new organization would splitting authority between the oversee the effective manage Secretary-Treasurer and Chief m ent o f p erson n el and re Operations Officer; poor coni- sources to deliver services to munications within the admin tribal members. Other key re istration; limited managerial ex sponsibilities fo r the CO O pertise; intimidation in the work would be to improve teamwork, place, with employees fearing develop staff talents, and insure AHMajot * reprisal fo r making job-related accountability for results within decisions; and a poor work en departments.” Other recommendations in vironm ent characterized by a frustrating bureaucracy and de the administrative report include measures to stabilize the admin- partmental rivalries. The report also recom mends an across-the- board staffing cutback o f 15 percent fo r ad ministrative personnel. in need o f immediate attention. Phase two would promote indi vidual home-ownership for quali fying tribal members along the lines o f Habitat for Humanity. A third way to use savings from personnel cuts would be to increase grant-writing on be half rif tribal organizations. The report proposes further staffing cutbacks in the future, but only after economic devel opment projects have begun to create jobs. Specifically, the re port suggests cutting one admin istrative position for every three jobs created for tribal members in the economic sector. A report graph illustrates how 800+ jobs created by a project at Bear Springs (developed in the eco nomic strategy report) could offset cuts in administrative positions over several years. “A t issue here is the Tribe’s long-term economic strategy,” Decker said. “Do you want to rely on government as the main source o f jobs, or do you want to build a productive economy that generates jobs on a consis-1 tent basis over the long term?’1 Tribal administration will alwaysJ play a central role in improving1 the lives o f members; but we;- believe the economic side o f the1 pieprre is the most reliable on going source o f new jobs for the - future.” Specific recommendations’ for job creation will have to wait, I however, until the economic'- strategy team has the ,opportuJ • nity to report to Council. 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