Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
January 12, 2022
On the Council agenda in January
The following are items coming up
at Tribal Council for the rest of
Januar y (subject to change at Coun-
cil discretion):
Wednesday, January 12: Com-
mittee Reports.
9 a.m.: Timber Committee re-
port.
10: Health and Welfare Commit-
tee.
11: Land Use Planning Commit-
tee.
1:30 p.m.: Range & Ag Commit-
tee.
2:30: Water Board update.
3:30: Appeals Court update.
Monday, January 17
9 a.m.: Indian Head Casino and
Plateau Travel Plaza update with
Jeffrey Carstensen.
9:30: February agenda, and re-
view minutes with Glendon Smith,
Secretary-Treasurer.
10: Draft resolutions with the
S-T.
11: Covid update with the Re-
sponse Team.
1:30 p.m.: Enrollments with
Lucille Suppach-Samson, Vital Sta-
tistics.
2: Human Resources update
with Carol Funk.
3: Administrative Services up-
date with the S-T.
Currently, voting districts of the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs are planning to hold Tribal Council
nominations on Thursday, February 3.
Simnasho District nominations will be at the Simnasho
Longhouse; and Seekseequa at the Fire Hall. For Agency,
the Wasco Chief is considering nominations by written
form, as a precaution during the pandemic. More details will
be shared ahead of nomination time. Covid protocol applies.
The Tribal Council election is planned for the start of April.
3:30: Health and Human Ser-
vices discussion with Caroliine
Cruz.
Tuesday, January 18
9 a.m.: Governmental Affairs
update with Louie Pitt.
9:30: Managed Care update with
Mike Collins.
10: Administrative Services up-
date with Glendon.
10:30: Procurement update with
Libby Chase.
11: Tribal Court update with Lisa
Lomas.
1:30 p.m.: Public Safety update
with Nancy Seyler.
2:30: Natural Resources update
with Robert Brunoe.
3:30: Finance update with Isaac
George.
Wednesday, January 19
9 a.m.: Education Branch up-
date with Valerie Switzler.
10: Public Utilities with Chico
Holliday.
11: QLife discussion.
1:30 p.m.: Credit discussion with
Lori Fuentes.
2:30: Warm Springs Housing
Authority update with Danielle
Wood.
3:30: Warm Springs Timber LLC
discussion with Michele Stacona.
Monday, January 24
9 a.m.: OSU Traditional Foods
project discussion with Rosanna
Sanders.
11: Secretary-Treasurer update
with Glendon.
Tuesday, January 25
9 a.m.: Akana update with Said
Amali.
Wednesday, January 26: Open
agenda.
Item for further consideration:
November and December, 2021
financials.
From the desk of the Veterans Service Officer
Ranking masks:
Good, better
and best
Health officials and experts are
increasingly saying it’s time to up-
grade your face masks, especially
in light of the omicron surge. With
the increasing airborne spread of
the coronavirus, it’s important to
improve the fit of masks and their
filtration—making enhancements
that go beyond old, loose, cloth
face coverings that have become
popular since the pandemic began
in 2020.
Since omicron is perhaps twice
as infectious, an encounter that
you could have tolerated for delta
may well infect you with omicron.
Knowing this, it’s worth upgrad-
ing the protection you get from
your mask.
Here’s the latest advice from
leading health officials, ranking the
protectiveness of certain kinds of
masks:
Best masks
The best masks are N95, KN95
and KF94 masks. Don’t wear an
additional face covering on top of
these masks.
Better masks
Less effective, but still better
than loose cloth masks alone, are
surgical masks—commonly called
blue masks because there’s usually
a blue-tinted color on the outside
of the masks.
They can be made more effec-
tive by placing a cloth mask over
the surgical mask, which make the
fit of the face covering more snug.
Officials don’t recommend wear-
ing two surgical masks.
Throw the mask away if it is
wet or dirty or after a day of use,
whichever comes first.
Gaps around the sides of a
surgical mask make them less pro-
tective than a tighter-fitting mask.
With gaps, air that has virus
particles can easily leak in or out
around the sides of the mask.
Good fit forces the air that you
breathe out and breathe in to go
through the mask and be filtered.
Good masks
Cloth masks can work well if
they are tight-fitting and made of
materials that filter out small par-
ticles. Regarding these masks,
health workers say look for the
following properties:
—Two layers of tightly woven
cotton with a third layer of non-
woven fabric. The third layer could
be a mask filter insert or a syn-
thetic fabric such as polypropylene.
— Nose wires to reduce gaps
from the nose.
— Adjustable ear loops or
straps that go around the head to
reduce gaps from the face.
Face coverings without these
properties should not be used in
higher-risk situations if other op-
tions are available. Examples of
less-effective face coverings are
two-layer cotton masks, bandanas
and gaiters.
Still, any cloth mask is better
than no mask at all.
Why masks are important
People who are vaccinated and
have received their booster are
well-protected from severe illness,
hospitalization and death, unless
they have weakened immune sys-
tems—even against the omicron
variant.
Officials say the newest
variant’s highly mutated strain
likely means that more vaccinated
people will get infected compared
with earlier variants, including
delta. But even if vaccinated
Frankie Williams, W.S.
Veterans Representative
people do get infected, they are
more likely to show either no
symptoms or only mild symptoms.
Nonetheless, vaccinated,
boosted people remain the least
likely to suffer a coronavirus in-
fection.
Unvaccinated people have the
highest chance of getting infected
and being hospitalized with Covid-
19.
For more information on getting
masks, contact the Tribal Veter-
ans Service Officer, Frankie Wil-
liams , 541- 460-0605.
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Summary of Tribal Council
January 5, 2022
The meeting was called to
order at 9:10 a.m. by Chairman
Raymond Tsumpti Sr. Roll call:
Chief Delvis Heath, Glendon
Smith, Chief Joseph Moses,
Anita Jackson, Vice Chair
Brigette McConville, Lincoln Jay
Suppah, Wilson Wewa Jr.,
Raymond ‘Captain’ Moody.
Minnie Yahtin, Recorder.
· Akana update with Said
Amali.
· January agenda amend-
ment by Tribal Council:
Motion by Brigette approv-
ing: Water Treatment Plant up-
date at 1:30. Blue Stone and
Akana to January 10 at 1:30.
Warm Springs Ventures—Kah-
Nee-Ta discussion with up-
date—on January 10.
Human Resources and Pay-
roll regarding personal time off
carry-over on January 17. Q-
Life on January 19 at 11 a.m.
Appeals Judges meet and greet,
and Housing and Credit are can-
celled, to be rescheduled. Sec-
ond by Wilson. Discussion.
Glendon/yes, Joe/yes, Captain/
yes, Delvis/yes, Anita/yes,
Brigette/yes, Wilson/yes, Jay/
yes, 8/0/0, Chairman not vot-
ing. Motion carried.
· Willamette Falls Trust Up-
date with Gerard Rodriguez.
· HVAC system update with
Chico Holliday.
· January agenda amend-
ment with Glendon Smith, S-
T:
Motion by Glendon to in-
clude Public Safety budget dis-
cussion today at 3 p.m. Second
by Brigette. Discussion.
Glendon/yes, Joe/yes, Cap-
tain/yes, Delvis/yes, Anita/yes,
Brigette/yes, Wilson/yes Jay/
yes, 8/0/0, Chairman not vot-
ing. Motion carried.
· Water treatment plant up-
date with tribal attorney, Utili-
ties’ Chico Holliday, and Barry
Buchannan.
· Public Safety 2022 budget
discussion with Nancy Seyler
and Ron Gregory:
Public Safety, Secretary-
Treasurer, Carol Funk at Hu-
man Services, and William Sam,
Payroll, will work together on a
proposed salary chart and rec-
ommendations, then bring it
back.
· Fire and Safety is no longer
held in abeyance.
· Paid time off carry-over
due to Covid-19:
Motion by Glendon approv-
ing the temporary amendment
to PER 702(3), as noted. Sec-
ond by Anita. Discussion.
Glendon/yes, Joe/no, Delvis/
no, Anita/yes, Brigette/yes, 3/
2/0, Chairman not voting. Mo-
tion carried.
Motion by Glendon to ad-
journ at 4:20 p.m.