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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
On the Tribal Council June agenda
The following are some of
the items coming up on the
Tribal Council June agenda
(subject to change at Council
discretion):
Thursday, June 6
9 a.m.: Health and Hu-
man Services update with
Caroline Cruz.
11: Education update with
Valerie Switzler.
1:30 p.m.: Public Safety
update with Carmen Smith.
3: Development update
with Bruce Irwin.
4: Tribal Court update
with Lisa Lomas.
Monday, June 10
9 a.m.: Indian Health Ser-
vices self determination and
joint venture with Howie
Arnett and Josh Newton.
11: Indian Head Casino
with Jeffrey Carstensen.
1:30 p.m.: Johnson
O’Malley Committee.
2:30: Draft resolutions
with Secretary-Treasurer
Michele Stacona.
3:30: Joint Health Com-
mission update with
Caroline Cruz.
Wednesday, June 12
9 a.m.: Indigenous Capi-
tal Fund update with
Wakinyan.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: EPA
funding summit at the Fire
Management building.
Tuesday, June 18
9 a.m.: Boys and Girls
Club update with June Smith
and Bill Tsoukalas.
10: Oregon State Bar
meet and greet with Bar
president
Christine
Costantino.
11: Union Pacific update
with Josh Newton.
1:30: Warm Springs For-
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Tribal
Council Proclamation and
Priorities.
Wednesday, June 19
9 a.m.: War m Springs
Power and Water Enterprises
bond refinancing update with
Jim Manion and counsel.
11: Oregon Department
of Education meeting with
director Colt Gill.
1:30: Business Oregon
meet and greet with Lisa
Ansell.
2:30: OST per capita.
Monday, June 24
9 a.m.: Secretary-Trea-
surer and Chief Operations
Officer updates with Michele
Stacona and Alyssa Macy.
10: July Agenda, review
minutes.
11: Draft resolutions.
1:30: Legislative update
calls.
2:30: Enrollments.
3:30: Board and commit-
tee appointments.
Thursday, June 20
Little League Nation
Summaries of Tribal Council
May 20, 2019
Roll call: Chief Alfred
Smith Jr., Vice Chair Lola
Sohappy,
Brigette
McConville, Glendon
Smith, Lincoln (Jay)
Suppah, and Raymond
(Captain) Moody. Minnie
Yahtin, Recorder.
June Agenda/minutes:
· Motion by Captain
approving the June agenda,
subject to change. Second
by Brigette. Question: 6/
0/0, Chair not voting. Mo-
tion carried.
Draft resolutions:
· Tribal Council re-
ceived three drafts for con-
sideration in three weeks,
giving time for review.
Enrollments:
· Motion by Brigette
adopting enrollment Reso-
lution.
Second
by
Glendon. Question: 6/0/
0, Chair not voting. Motion
carried.
The Secretary-Trea-
surer gave an update on
the water issues.
State Legislative call
update.
Federal Legislative call
update.
Warm Springs Ventures
update.
With no further discus-
sion the meeting adjourned
at 4:55 p.m.
May 21
Vice Chair Lola
Sohappy delegated the
Chair
to
Brigette
McConville for today with
no objections from other
members.
Roll call: Chief Alfred
Smith Jr., Acting Chair
Brigette McConville, Wil-
son Wewa Jr., Glendon
Smith, Lincoln Jay
Suppah, and Raymond
Moody. Minnie Yahtin,
Recorder.
Updates
Warm Springs Power &
Water Enterprise update.
Warm Springs Credit
Enterprise update.
Warm Springs Telecom
update.
Warm Springs Timber,
LLC update.
Indian Head Casino/
Travel Plaza update.
Request to place Ron
Suppah on Fish & Wildlife
Committee:
· Motion by Glendon
denying the request to
place Ron on the Fish &
Wildlife Committee, to
treat Ron’s request like
other past Tribal Council
members request so there
is no disproportion; Second
by Wilson; Question; 3/0/
2, Captain and Jay/abstain;
Acting Chair not voting;
Motion carried.
Motion by Wilson to ad-
journ at 3:54 p.m.
May 23
Roll call: Chief Alfred
Smith Jr., Chair man
Raymond Tsumpti, Vice
Chair Lola Sohappy, Wilson
Wewa Jr., Glendon Smith,
Lincoln Jay Suppah, and
Raymond Moody. Minnie
Yahtin, Recorder.
Updates
Education Committee
update.
Range & Agriculture
Committee update.
Water Control Board
update.
Timber Committee up-
date.
Health & Welfare Com-
mittee update.
Warm Springs Housing
Authority issue was dis-
cussed.
With no further discus-
sion the meeting adjourned
at 4:09 p.m.
May 28
Roll call: Chief Delvis
Heath, Chief Joseph
Moses, Chief Alfred Smith
Jr., Chairman Raymond
Tsumpti, Vice Chair Lola
Sohappy,
Brigette
McConville, Wilson Wewa
Jr., Anita Jackson, Glendon
Smith, Lincoln (Jay)
Suppah, and Raymond
(Captain) Moody. Minnie
Yahtin, Recorder.
Natural Resources
update. Current work un-
derway and plans:
· Deschutes Basin
Habitat Conservation Plan.
· Opal Springs Fish Pas-
sage.
· Hunting Oregon.
· 401 Water Quality Per-
mit for Pelton Project.
· BPA Accords.
· PGE/WSPW.
· Sea Lion Removal.
· Oregon Land Use
Planning and Zoning issues.
·
Columbia River
Gorge.
· Wolf Management.
National Historic Pres-
ervation Act Section 106
and other applicable Cul-
tural Resource laws.
Market starts soon
est Products Industries receiv-
ership update with Al
Kennedy and Josh Newton.
War m Springs Nation
Little League games this Fri-
day and Saturday include
tournament play in Bend for
the Minor girls, Major girls
· Army Corps of Engi-
neers Project.
· Columbia River Bio-
Op.
· Columbia River Water.
· Pine Creek land ex-
change/BLM.
· Dunstan TNC Trans-
fer.
· Willamette Wildlife
Trust.
· Willamette River Bio-
Op.
· Summer Youth BNR.
· Comments with Fed-
eral Agencies.
· ODOT Safety Corri-
dor Project Highway 26.
· Integrated Resource
Management Plan.
· Highway and Train Spill
Response.
· Warm Springs Hatch-
ery.
· Governors Wildland
Fire Council.
· Deschutes River Con-
servancy.
· Water Resources De-
partment.
· Deschutes River Alli-
ance.
· Carbon Sequestration
Project.
· Fire Fuels reduction
work.
· Big Game and livestock
counts.
· Farm.
· Restoration projects on
Reservation.
June 5, 2019
and Junior boys.
Monday, June 10: Warm
Springs Nation Little League
games today: Minor softball
hosts Crook County.
· Willamette Falls Scaf-
fold issue.
· City of West Linn Zon-
ing at Willamette Falls.
· Hood River Water
Rights.
· Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission (FERC).
Departments
· Planning.
· Forestry/Fire Manage-
ment.
· Range and Ag.
· Cultural Resources Su-
pervisor BNR Archaeologist.
· Wildlife, Parks & En-
forcement.
· Water and Soil.
· Fisheries.
· GIS/IT.
Motion by Captain to ad-
journ at 2:23 p.m. due to the
funeral services.
May 29
Roll call: Chief Joseph
Moses, Chief Alfred Smith
Jr., Chair man Raymond
Tsumpti, Vice Chair Lola
Sohappy,
Brigette
McConville, Wilson Wewa Jr.,
Anita Jackson, Lincoln (Jay)
Suppah, and Raymond (Cap-
tain) Moody. Minnie Yahtin,
Recorder.
· Financial Overview.
· Pi-Ume-Sha Dignitary
Dinner:
· Tribal Council staff will
move forward planning this
event.
· Gaming Regulatory
Since the spring of
2013, the Warm Springs
Community Action
Team has operated the
Friday Outdoor Market.
The market provides
community members a
place to sell locally made
arts, crafts, value-added
foods, and locally-grown
fruit and vegetables.
The market has
grown each year, averag-
ing over nine vendors
each week.
This year Tananáwit,
the Community of
Warm Springs Artists,
will facilitate the market.
The Outdoor Market
is open for the 2019 sea-
son on the following Fri-
days:
June 14 and 21; July
5, 7 and 19; August 2, 16
and 30; and September
30.
If you would like to
become a Warm Springs
Friday Outdoor Market
vendor, please contact
the Community Action
Team and Tananáwit at
541-553-3148.
Warm Springs Sanitation reminds residents to place
their tote at the road. This will help them save time
so they can do all the scheduled pick up with the
staff and equipment they have available right now.
If you have questions, call the landfill at 553-3163.
Update.
· TERO Commission
Update.
· Cannabis Commission
Update.
· Motion by Captain to
adjourn at 3:38 p.m.
May 30
Roll call: Chief Delvis
Heath, Chief Joseph Moses,
Chief Alfred Smith Jr., Vice
Chair Lola Sohappy, Wilson
Wewa Jr., Anita Jackson,
Glendon Smith, Lincoln
(Jay) Suppah, and Raymond
(Captain) Moody. Minnie
Yahtin, Recorder.
Self-Deter mina tion/
Compacting:
· Executive Session 9:10-
11.
· Kah-Nee-Ta discussion.
· Minors Trust update/
discussion.
· Carbon Sequestration
update.
· Update was given on the
Greeley Heights water issue:
· Tribal Council will meet
on Friday, May 31 for an
update on the water issues.
With no further discus-
sion the meeting adjourned
at 3 p.m.
Special meeting - May 31
Roll call: Chief Delvis
Heath, Chief Joseph Moses,
Chief Alfred Smith Jr.,
Chair man
Raymond
Tsumpti, Vice Chair Lola
Sohappy, Wilson Wewa Jr.,
Anita Jackson, Glendon
Smith, and Lincoln Jay
Suppah. Minnie Yahtin,
Recorder.
. Update on the water is-
sue:
· Discussed concerns/is-
sues regarding the water
break under the Shitike
Creek.
· Director of Indian
Health Service committed
to work as a partner on the
Declaration of Emergency.
· Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs also committed towards
the same goal.
· A meeting/phone con-
ference will take place early
in the afternoon to discuss
preliminary work and deter-
mine what the plan will be
going forward.
· Motion made by Wilson
declaring State of Emer-
gency for the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs for
benefit of the people. Sec-
ond by Anita. All in favor:
8/0/0, Chairman not voting.
Motion carried.
· Tribal Council will re-
convene at 2 for an update
from the meeting/phone
conference.
· Recessed at 11:20 a.m.
Reconvened at 2 p.m.
· Chief Operations Of-
ficer will release the Emer-
gency Disaster Declaration
immediately to the public.
With no further discus-
sion the meeting adjourned
at 2:35 p.m.