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Smoke Signals
Recent Tribal Council actions
In 1999, Smoke SignalsmW publish minutes
in every issue.
By Tracy Dugan
Editor
Many tribal members have ex
pressed an interest in having all the
minutes of the Tribal Council meet
ings published in Smoke Signals.
Although major agenda items are
usually mentioned, the members
have said they want to see the min
utes in their entirety. So, our com
mitment for 1999 is to publish the
meeting minutes in a timely fashion
so the members can have a chance
to review them. In addition to the
monthly General Council meetings,
Tribal Council typically meets on
Wednesdays, and sub-committees
meet during the weekdays. Call
Lauri Smith to be placed on the
agenda, or to find out the specific
time of a meeting you want to at
tend. All votes are recorded with the
"yes" votes first, "no" votes, and the
number of abstentions are last. A
Tribal Council member will abstain
on a vote if the subject Council is vot
ing on creates a conflict of interest
for the Council member. The Coun
cil Chairperson does not vote unless
there is a tie.
GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING
DECEMBER 30, 1998
Kathryn Harrison called the meet
ing to order at 2:40 p.m. A full Coun
cil was present. Chip Tom moved,
Ed Pearsall seconded a motion to
approve the minutes from the pre
vious meeting. The motion carried.,
IVal Grout moved, Bob Mercier
seconded a motion to adopt Reso
lution 093-98 approving a tribal
credit card for Ted Mala and also des
ignating Mr. Mala as an authorized
signer of tribal documents. The mo
tion carried by a vote of 8-0-0.
2 Bob Haller moved, Chip Tom sec
onded a motion to approve the
Calendar Year 1999 tribal budget in
its final form by adopting Resolution
094-98. The motion carried by a
vote of 7-1-0. Mark Mercier voted
no.
3Reyn Leno moved, Ed Larsen
seconded a motion to adopt Reso
lution 095-98, extending the Polk
County Intergovernmental Agree
ment to March 30, 1999 at the in
creased rate as specified in the
agreement and immediately seek
bids for inspection services. The
motion carried by a vote of 8-0-0.
4Val Grout moved, Ed Larsen sec
onded a motion to adopt Resolu
tion 096-98, approving the trans
fer of custody of tribal funds to
Schwab Institutional from North
western Trust. The motion carried
by a vote of 8-0-0. .
5 Ed Pearsall moved, Bob Mercier
seconded a motion to adopt Reso
lution 097-98 authorizing the re
location of $13,500,000 from a re
volving loan to long-term capital in
- vestments and to authorize Spirit
Mountain Development Corporation
to use the Tribe's line of credit up to
$20,000,000 for short term develop
ment as specified in the Resolution.
The motion carried by a vote of 8-0-0.
6 Ed Pearsall moved, Ed Larsen
seconded a motion to adopt Reso
lution 098-98 changing the name
of the Gaming Dividend Fund to the
Corporate Dividend Fund, effective
January 1, 1999. The motion car
ried by a vote of 8-0-0.
7 Bob Mercier moved, Reyn Leno
seconded a motion to adopt Reso
lution 099-98 extending the cur
rent Tribal Court Judge contract
through January 31, 1999. The
motion carried by a vote of 8-0-0.
OTHER BUSINESS: Val Grout
moved, Ed Larsen seconded a mo
tion to purchase 500 Pendeltonblan
"kets (starting with 250) at $90 per
blanket. The motion carried.
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Dear Editor:
I am writing this letter to com
mend a tribal employee. My name
is Michael Flores, and in August of
1996 my family and I came to visit
Grand Ronde for the first time. My
grandfather was born on the origi
nal reservation and told us stories
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give some discounts on rooms at the
new hotel. I could think of no bet
ter person for the job than my friend
Jackie Whisler.
Sincerely,
Michael Flores
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Correction:
Natural Resources
In last issue's story on "The
Roots of a Timber Sale" we mis
takenly referred to the Grand
Ronde Forester as Mike Miller.
The name should have been Mike
Karnosh. Sorry, Mike.
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