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,
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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
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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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