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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 27, 2013)
Spilyay Tymoo N ovem ber 2 7 , 2013 Coyote News, est. 1976 V oi. 38, N o. 22 N ovem ber- Anaku Ipach’aanxa Yaamash New deal for Forest Products in 2014 L Warm Springs Forest P rod ucts Industries will see some changes in 2014, with the goal o f increased revenu e to the tribes. Tribal Council over the past several months has considered all aspects o f the mill operation, weighing many options. T he Council then negotiated a new agreement with Vanport Inter national, sawmill and lum ber marketing specialists. V anport markets the tribal timber to the criticaljapanese market, among the company’s other services. At the recent General C oun cil meeting, Councilman Orvie Danzuka, who works in N atu ral Resources Forestry, said the new agreem ent w ith V anport should result in more revenue from the mill operation to the tribes. “The deal we have now is much better,” he said. “I think Logs are being stacked for milling in 2014. we’ll be pleased with the results.” The mill operation was at a turn ing point during 2013, with every option under consideration in light o f the tribal financial situation. T h e m ill em ploys a b o u t 120 p eo p le, m ostly trib al m em bers. Along with increased revenue, keep ing these jobs was the goal o f Tribal Council during the mill negotiations. D u rin g 2013, th e o p eratio n s team at W arm Springs C om posite Products becam e the acting operations directors fo r the mill. T hey did this for no ad ditional com pensation. C om posite P roducts is located by the mill. Tribal Council approves budget posting Tribal Council on Monday ap proved a balanced budget for 2014. The budget includes an appropria tion o f $13.138 million, a reduction o f m ore than $10.5 million from the current year budget. ' O ver the p ast m o n th , T ribal C ouncil has cond u cted district.and general council meetings,' hearing many comments from the member ship?’ “We take into consideration the voice o f people as we make these cuts,” said Council Chairman Austin G reene Jr. H e said one concern is the need to follow the’ tribal m em ber prefer ence policy in making the reduction- in-workfo'rce decisions. Chief J.R. Smith Jr. and others on Council also mentioned this as a priority. They said the reduction in per capita is another concern voiced very often, as this affects each o f the 5,235 tribal members. I “N o one wants to reduce the per capita, or the senior pension,” Coun cilman Carlos Smith said. “We’re working the best we can with what wg have.” T h e problem Is the reduced rev enue from enterprises over the past several years, especially since 2008? Meanwhile, expenditures have re mained the same,-depleting the re serve down to $9.2 million, the low est am ount ever. The per capita payment in 2014 will be $25. The senior pension fund payment will be $300. The senior pension fund is in serious need o f replenishing or it could run out next year. Council is reducing the senior pension payment in order to make the fund last as long as possible be fore it completely runs out. Councilwoman Evaline Patt said members o f her district were ask ing whether th e manager and direc tors, including enterprise manager and directors, are also taking cuts. Revenue from the enterprises is a critical part o f Solving the budget problem. For 2014 timber revenue is expected to bring in $1.8 million; Power and Water Enterprises, $1 million; and Composite Products,, $750,000. Indian H ead Casino will have no dividend to the tribes, b ut is paying; o f its construction loan. The single biggest source o f rev enue to the tribes in 2014 will “Con tract Support— Indirect Revenue” at about $4.27 million. Contract Support-—Indirect Revenue is compensation for the adminis trative overhead in administer ing grants. S e c retary -T reasu rer Jake Suppah is looking at ways o f im proving enterprise p erfo r P.0. Box 870 Warm Springs, OR 97761 ECRWSS Postal Patron U.S. Postage PRSRTSTD Warm Springs, OR 97761 50 cents Proposed changes to tribal code The tribal Justice Team is pro posing revisions to the Tribal Code, and the team is asking for public input on the proposed changes. The code revisions would be in regard to: The tribal driving under the in fluence code; and the sex offender code. Change is also proposed that w ould increase speeding the fine penalty. A public input hearing on these proposed changes is set for 6-1Q p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 12 at the Warm Springs Community Center Social Hall. . The proposed new code provi sions are included in this publica tion on page 9. As an example o f the proposed ■ changes: T he D riving U nder the Influence standard would be change for blood alcohol content o f .10 percent to .06 percent. A n o th e r exam ple: F ines fo r speeding w ould increase in cases where the speeding occurs in a work zone. T he D ec. 12 m eeting will be ' hosted by thejusti.ee Team. (Note, food and drink will n o t be p ro vided.); m a n c e -to »help the tribe. T he tribal departments will also have b etter b udget m o nitoring in 2014, he, said. Som e d ep artm en ts sp en t over budget in 2013, as in pre vious years. This can be cor rected if the budgets are m oni tored starting at the beginning o f the year, before they have gone too far over. See BUDGET on page 11 Thanksgiving atECE The Early Childhood Education Center this week hosted a Thanksgiving Day lunch for the students. With the pumpkin pie are Kurtis Winishut- Tanewasha, Daiquan Winishut-Tanewasha and Walden Winishut- Tanewasha. On Thursday In Warm Springs the Cottonwood Restaurant at Indian Head Casino is having a Thanksgiving dinner special. Patricia Tanewasha/Spilyay Tobacco restriction okayed Tribal Council approved a sug gestion from the Tobacco Preven- tion Côalition to prohibit smoking within 25 feet o f the entrance or exit o f tribal buildings. P revention co o rd in ato r S cott Kalama made the recommendation. H e said the 2 5 -foot standard is ahead o f the state standard o f 10 feet. ; T he Tobacco Prevention team is going to order some signage that will be placed around tribal buildings indicating the new smoking restric tion. The signage is paid for through a prevention grant, Kalama said. The question was raised whether people smoking away from build ings would discard cigarettes in the parking lots and other areas. BIA Superintendent John Halliday said a solution is to place buckets o f sand in areas th a t are co n v en ie n t to people who smoke. T ribal C ouncil ap proved the smoking restriction 7-1, with Coun cilman Raymond Tsum pti voting against. H e q u it sm oking, b u t people w ho smoke have rights that the new rule infringes on, Tsum pti said.
