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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
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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.