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Smoke Signals March '1990 Page 14 V .w. J . .i TRIBAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 01-10-89 TRIBAL OFFICE REQUEST TO ATTEND INDIAN HEALTH PROMOTION CONFERENCE: Kathryn requested Council approval to attend the Indian Health Promotion Conference being held in Phoenix, Arizona February 6th -9th. Council approved the request. NPAIHB QUARTERLY MEETING: Kathryn will get a gift for Mel Sampson at Spirit Mountain Store and will present it to him at the meeting in Seattle. TRIBAL ACTION PLAN: Cheryle Kennedy ex plained the concept of the Tribal Action Plan and then she and Greg Archuleta reviewed the plan with Council. RESOLUTION NO. 004-90 - Kathryn moved to amend Resolution No. 189-87 with the following amendments. To add the Health and Human Services Committee to the resolution; to have the second Whereas as written in the resolution in the plan; and to incorporate JCHO Accredidation Standards instead of IHS. Motion carried. T'CHA TEEMANWI COMMITTEE: Merle submit ted a draft letter to Council for consideration to send to the University of Washington to request some language tapes. Consensus of Council was to send the letter. 638 MEETING: Jim announced that another 638 Meeting will be held January 30th, 31st and February 1st at the Monarch Motor Hotel in Portland. Mark re quested Council approval to attend and present testi mony. Consensus was to approve the request. OTHER BUSINESS: Jim submitted material for Council signatures for the credit cards. Council members, Jim, Pat and Greg will have access to the cards. RESOLUTION NO. 005-90 - Ray moved to adopt a resolution approving payment to NAPOLS for services rendered in November, 1989 in the amount of $6,425.47. Rick seconded the motion. Motion carried. - Pat, Jim and Greg will begin drafting the Budget Procedures as soon as the FY '89 audit is completed. - The Community Development Block grant has been completed and was mailed. TRIBAL COUNCIL MINUTES 01-17-90 TRIBAL OFFICE TRIBAL COURT: Les Marsten, Tribal Court judge, was introduced again to Council and explained a bit about his background and the organization he works for, California Indian Legal Services. NAPOLS: Craig informed Council that a letter has been received indicating a favorable response to our being included in the Indian Tax Status. He also told Council of a ICWA case being challenged. Jim Willis gave Craig a copy of the current proposed 638 rules and Regs changes for his review. FORESTRY; Discussion was held concerning the benefit to the Tribe to contract (638) with the Bureau for our Forestry Program, excluding the Trust responsi bilities that are not contractible. resolution no. 007-90 -Following the discussion, Candy moved to adopt a resolution notifying the Bureau of the Tribes' intent to 638 contract our Forestry program, keeping all Trust responsibility in place. Wilma seconded the motion. Motion carried. -Candy also noted that she felt it would be a good idea for the all committees to meet more often and have reports submitted to the Council so the Council can be better informed of the Forestry activities and thereby VA -4a County and Western singers Gene and Pat Pullin recently were in Grand Ronde visiting Pat's mother Kathryn Harrison. The Pullins are from Ketchikan, Alaska and they have been in the Country music industry for more than 25 years. Pat and Gene took time to' sit in on a Tribal Council meeting and said they were impressed by changes. relay more information to the General membership when asked. Mark suggested that a report from at least one commit tee be given at each Council meeting. TRIBAL COUNCIL TRAVEL POLICY & CREDIT CARD POLICY: Jim submitted drafts of the Tribal Council Travel and Credit Card Policy for Tribal Council Minutes. Council review and answered any questions the Council had on each policy. Ray moved to approve the Tribal Council Travel Policy. The Per Diem will become effective immediately with the new mileage rate of .26 per mile becoming effective February 1,1990. Wilma seconded the motion. Motion carried. Candy moved to approve the Credit Card Policy, changing the time the cards are returned from 1 to 5 working days after returning from travel status. Ray seconded the motion. Motion carried. ICWA GRANT:: Tom Jones explained that funds are available through the Bureau to fund projects that would prevent family break-ups. He said that a maximum of $50,000 could be available to our Tribe with our population of 2,500 or less living in the service area. The deadline for the grant submission is February 16, 1990. Tom will begin working on a draft proposal for Councils consideration. RETREAT: Mark introduced T.O. Traversie, Tribal Government Officer, BIA Portland Area Office to the Council. T.O. told the Council that the Nisqually Tribe of Northwestern Washington is in the process of drafting an IRA federal Corporation Charter, modeled after a Federal Charter drafted by the BIA in 1934, but amended for modern times. T.O. suggested that we contact the Nisqually Tribe, to see if we may review their charter, to see if Grand Ronde may consider such a charter. The Agenda for the retreat was submitted to Council for review. SPECIAL TRIBAL COUNCIL MEETING 2-04-90 TRIBAL OFFICE RESOLUTION NO. 009-90 - Following a discussion on check signers availability when necessary, Ray moved to adopt a resolution to have all Council members as check signers and to include Pat Mercier and Greg Archuleta as additional signers when Council members are unavailable. Kathryn Seconded the motion. Motion carried. Council discussed possibly using the new van to travel to Affiliated. Decision was made not to use the van since it is for the Elders' use. TRIBAL COUNCIL MINUTES 2-14-90 TRIBAL OFFICE RESOLUTION NO. 012-90 - Rick moved to adopt a resolution approving application for a grant to the Indian Child Welfare Association (ICWA) to provide Emergency ShelterFoster Group Home assistance to Tribal members, in the amount of $49,956.48. Candy seconded the motion. Motion carried. Greg Leno requested that Council sponsor a basketball team to travel to Warm Springs next weekend to participate in a basketball tournament. Eight Tribal members will play for Grand Ronde. The team has raised $90.00 so far and are requesting $175.00. Kathryn moved to approve the request. Rick seconded the motion. Motion carried. Jim informed Council that Yamhill County has accepted the Tribes' offer of a one time payment for lost revenues to the county in the amount of $20,000. Mark will contact the Yamhill County Commissioners to make certain they are satisfied with the arrangement. Merle moved to have the Tribe pay the one time payment of $20,000. to Yamhill County for lost revenues. Candy seconded the motion. Motion carried. Brent invited Council to the next Fish and Wildlife meeting. They will have several guests.
