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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1996)
7R 05! - i mill t" ijffr"y "" ft ik J t SKm!laafeiJffisaikw University of Ore r on T i h r ten do d Received on: 05-02-96 Smoke signal: ID5H1T A Special Budget Hearing for oral testimony will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 5, 1996 (before the General Council Meeting). Attendance at this meeting is limited to tribal members, spouses and legal guardians of tribal mem bers. The agenda for the Supple mental 1996 Budget Proposal is: Tribal Trust Funds; Health Security Program; Education Services; Pension Program; Benefits Distribution Plan; Ad ministrative Costs; Economic Development; and Reserve Pool, which was explained in a recent letter mailed out to all tribal members. This is the proposed 1996 Supplemental Budget. After oral and written testimony is considered, Tribal Council will finalize it. General Council Meeting Sunday, May 5 -- 1 1:30 a.m. -- Community Center Nominees must be present at this General Council meeting to accept or decline nomination. Any enrolled tribal member who will be 18 years of age or older by the date of the election is qualified to run. Any eligible voter may nominate from the floor at the meeting. CAMPAIGN LITERATURE will be published in the June 1 issue of Smoke Signals. The CANDIDATE FORUM will be held on June 15. ABSENTEE BALLOTS will be sent out on July 1. This year's ELECTION will be held on September 7, 1996. New clinic focus of April 14 General Council Meeing Minutes: General Council Meeting held Sunday, April 14, 1996 All tribal council members were present. Previous minutes were approved. New Clinic Presentation: Health Facility Architect, Frank Whalen gave a update on the progress of the new clinic. The con struction documents and legal review should be complete by June 15. The design was started in August of 1995. Ground-breaking should begin this August, with construction taking about one year. "We are still within the budget of around $3.5 million. It is running $122 a square foot," Whalen said. The 29,000 square foot, 2-story building will be about four times the space the departments are in right now. The second floor will be office space. Occupying the building will be the present Human Services components of Medi cal and Dental, Wellness, Support Services, and Counseling. Human Services administrative of fices will also be located in the clinic. The Tribe presently employs a Human Services staff of about fifty, but when the clinic opens there will be some hiring of new staff. Additional services included in the plan are Am bulance, Pharmacy, Radiology, Laboratory, and Maintenance. The pharmacy will be open for cli ents to have prescriptions filled, and will also carry some Over-The-Counter medicines and drugs. According to Cheryle Kennedy, Human Ser vices Division Manager, the Tribes' agreement with Indian Health Services allows any Native American person to receive treatment at the Grand Ronde clinic, even if the client is a member of another Tribe. Additionally, services will also be available to community members. Future expansion of the building will be easy due to the design. All four wings can be easily expanded, depending on the growth of each de partment. If one department grows more than another, that wing can be added onto without affecting any other departments or the structure of the entire building. Shown below is the architect's model of the clinic. Also, in the center of the building is a courtyard which is de signed to resemble a medicine wheel, a cross inside a circle with each wing extending the cross. The Human Services Division is currently coordinating some fund-raising activities in order to sup port artwork for the interior of the clinic. They plan to ask the tribal members for suggestions on the name of the clinic, as well. The clinic site is to the south of the main tribal offices on Grand Ronde Road. continued on page 3 XT
