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Page 2 Spilyay Tymoo April 3 Registration for May Primary this month The Oregon Primary election will be on May 21. The last day to register to vote, or to change your party affiliation, is April 30. The county clerk’s office will soon be mailing some of the initial ballots for the May Primary. This week, for instance, the ballot mail- ings are going out to people in the military and overseas. As the Primary is a nominating election, if you are not as affiliated with a major political party, then you will receive a non-affiliated bal- lot: This will only have nonparti- san candidates and measures on it. Most ballots will be in the mail on May 1. The last day to conduct a public certification test of the vote tally system is May 14. On May 21 Election Day, the County Clerk’s office will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. There is a drop-off box in Warm Springs by the Agency Fire Hall. May 28 is the last day the clerk can accept ballots postmarked by May 21. As of last fall in Jefferson County, there were 17,281 regis- tered voters. By affiliation in the County broken down as follows: Non-affiliated: 7,081. Republi- can: 5,642. Democrat: 3,306. Independent: 894. Other minor parties: 316. The Warm Springs community is voting precinct 14. There are 1,466 registered voters in precinct 14. Of the total, 944 are registered as non-affiliated; 384 are registered Democrat, and 68 Republican; 16 as other, and 39 Independent. Par- tisan positions up for the vote dur- ing the Primary are for federal of- fices, like U.S. President and Rep- resentative; and state offices like Treasurer and Attorney General. Non-partisan positions are for judgeships like for the Oregon Su- preme Court, Court of Appeals and the Circuit Court. The district at- torney position is on the ballot, un- opposed. The non-partisan position of Jefferson County Commissioner has seven nominees: Ara Erdekian, Cindy Sue Brockett, George (Wes) Curtiss, Set Taylor, Shawn Stanfill, Rick Molitor and Brandie McNamee. The Madras Aquatic Center board of directors has one position on the ballot with five candidates: Jillisa Suppah, Lindsay Foster- Drago, Jinnell A. Lewis, Deanna Seibold and Jean McCloskey. Another aquatic center matter on the ballot is in regard to dissolv- Summaries of Tribal Council (The following are summaries of Tribal Council from the month of March, 2024.) March 4 The meeting was called to or- der by Chairman Jonathan W. Smith Sr. Roll call: Lincoln Jay Suppah, James ‘Jim’ Manion, Vice Chair man Raymond ‘Captain’ Moody, Wilson Wewa Jr., Alvis Smith III, Carlos Calica, Rosa Graybael, Chief Joseph Moses. Minnie Yahtin, Recorder. · Bureau of Indian Affairs up- date with Bodie Shaw, acting cuperintendent. · Bureau of Trust Funds Ad- ministration update with Kevin Moore. · Federal and state legislative update. · Discussion of the the current Indian Child Welfare Act case. Tribal attorneys discussion with Josh Newton and Ellen Grover: · Rescind Resolution No. 12,826 discussion with Nancy Seyler: Motion by Captain adopting Resolution No. 13,134, that Reso- lution No. 12,826 is hereby imme- diately rescinded and its effective- ness rendered null and void. The Tribal Council directs the general manager for the Branch of Public Safety, or her designee, to coordi- nate with the Director of Human Services to take such steps as nec- essary to promptly transition Warm Springs Tribal Police Department Employment The following are positions re- cently advertised with the Con- federated Tribes of Warm Springs. For information, contact the Human Resources office, lo- cated in the tribal administration building, 1233 Veterans Street, Warm Springs. Staff are available to answer questions related to the applica- tion process and can be reached at 541-553-3262 or hr@wstribes.org Tribal Member preference is exercised in hiring processes as defined in Tribal Personnel Policy PER 202. Mental health therapist. Head Start program manager. Day Careadministrator. Head Start family service coordinator. Head Start health coordinator. Head Start lead teacher. Fisheries biologist (multiple positions, various grades; and including at Hood River). Main- tenance/Custodian (two full-time positions). Staff accountant. Project lead. Wildland fire mod- ule crew member. Sanitation back to the tribe’s Salary Adminis- tration Program in accordance with the Confederated Tribes Personnel Policy Manual; and adjust the sala- ries of officers and dispatchers ac- cordingly, and otherwise carry out the purposes of this resolution. Sec- ond by Jim. Question: Jim/yes, Joe/ no, Captain/yes, Jay/yes, Alvis/yes, Wilson/yes, Rosa/yes, Carlos/yes, 7/1/0, Chairman not voting. Mo- tion carried. · Executive Session, 2:03 p.m. Tribal attorney update with Brent Hall: Executive session until 4:20 p.m. With no further discussion the meeting adjourned at 4:20. March 5 The meeting was called to order by Vice Chair man Raymond Moody. Roll cal: James ‘Jim’ Manion, Vice Chairman Raymond ‘Captain’ Moody, Chief Joseph Moses, Alvis Smith III, Carlos Calica, Rosa Graybael, Chairman Jonathan W. Smith Sr., Wilson Wewa Jr. Minnie Yahtin, Recorder. · Concealed Weapon Code dis- cussion with Gayleen Adams, Nancy Seyler and Howard Arnett: Tabled for edits and amend- ments to the application, will be pre- sented again in April. · Indian Health Services expan- sion update with discussion with Howard Arnett, Michael Collins and Matthew Hill: This discussion will be continued technician. Community Health Services driver. Assistant Prevention technician. Home visitor (two full-time positions). Purchasing agent. Assistant engine operator (four positions). Wildland firefighter (HotShot: Three posi- tions. temporary). Wildland firefighter (HotShot: Five posi- tions). Firefighter - Fuels (13 posi- tions). Squad boss - Fuels. Wa- tershed restoration coordinator. Corrections officer (two posi- tions). Police officer (two posi- tions). Med Aid (two positions) and PSA (four positions). Lam- prey program supervisor. Hood River fisheries program supervisor. Controller, non-trea- sury. Registered Nurse. Hy- drologist coordinator. Commu- nity Health program manager. Surveillance observer (part- time). Director of Information Systems. Property manage- ment specialist. Treasury con- troller. Conservation properties pro- gram supervisor. Project Ar- chaeologist/principal investiga- ing the current recreation district and forming a new one. The bound- aries of the new district would be identical to those of the current dis- trict. The situation is explained in the ballot measure regarding this ques- tion: “The recreation district’s cur- rent funding is insufficient to sus- tain continued district operations. State law does not permit the dis- trict electors to vote on whether to increase the current permanent tax rate to fund the district operations. A new park and recreation district may be formed with a new perma- nent tax rate subject to voter ap- proval….” in April. · Tribes’ Health Insurance Reso- lution discussion with William Sam, Tyler Moore, Sarah Monkton and Howard Arnett: Motion by Carlos adopting Reso- lution No. 13,135, that the Tribal Council hereby approves the Signa agreement (attached to the resolu- tion as exhibit A), including the cection VI express limited waiver of sovereign immunity. By the Tribal Council that it hereby autho- rizes the Secretary-Treasurer/CEO or the Human Resources Depart- ment manager to sign and execute the Signa to that which is reflected in the exhibit, and to take such other actions as are necessary to carry out the purposes of tis reso- lution, with corrections. Second by Wilson. Question: Jim/yes, Joe/yes, Alvis/yes, Wilson/yes, Carlos/yes, Jonathan/yes, 6/0/0, Chairman not voting. Motion carried. · Early Childhood Education up- date with Caroline Cruz and Taw Foltz. With no further discussion the meeting adjourned at 3:30 p.m. March 18 The meeting was called to order by Vice Chairman Raymond ‘Cap- tain’ Moody. Roll call: James ‘Jim’ Manion, Vice Chairman Raymond ‘Captain’ Moody, Lincoln Jay Suppah, Chairman Jonathan W. Smith Sr., Alvis Smith III, Carlos Calica, Rosa Graybael and Chief Joseph Moses. Minnie Yahtin, Recorder. Tribal Council summaries continue on page 3 tor (two positions). Maternal child health Nurse. Soil scientist/watershed plan- ner. Community Health Nurse.
