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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 2000)
4 Smoke Signals l z 5:00 p.m. Meeting was called to order by Kath ryn Harrison, Tribal Chair. Reyn Leno and June Sell-Sherer were absent and excused. Earl "Butch" LaBonte moved, Ed Pearsall sec onded to approve the previous Tribal Council meet ing minutes as submitted. Motion carried. RESOURCE SUBCOMMITTEE D Finance Department: Authorization for Tribal Court Action on Childcare Debt. Ed Pearsall moved, Bob Mercier seconded to adopt Resolution No. 029-00 authorizing the Finance Office staff to submit the forms necessary to file Small Claims action in Tribal Court on behalf of the Tribe to seek payment for outstanding childcare payments. Motion carried 6-0-0. D Big Grouse Combination Logging Unit. Bob Haller moved, Bob Mercier seconded to adopt Resolution No. 030-00 approving the Big Grouse Logging Unit sale as proposed by the Timber Com mittee. Motion carried 6-0-0. O Coyote Thin Logging Unit. Val Grout moved, Ed Larsen seconded to adopt Resolution No. 031-00 approving the Coyote Thin Logging Unit as presented by the Natural Resources staff. Motion carried 6-0-0. D Natural Resources Youth Crew Budget. Bob Haller moved, Bob Mercier seconded to adopt Resolution No. 032-00 approving the proposed Natural Resources Youth Crew Budget in the amount of $11,128 for the year 2000 and to waive the indirect costs associated with the budget. Mo tion carried 6-0-0. HEALTH & COMMUNITY SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEE D Housing Authority Commissioner Ap pointments. Ed Pearsall moved, Ed Larsen sec onded to adopt Resolution No. 033-00 appoint ing Sheri Wahrgren and Monty Parazoo each to three year terms and Dakota Whitecloud to a two year term on the Grand Ronde Tribal Housing Authority Board of Commissioners. Motion car ried 6-0-0. TRIBAL GOVERNMENT, MANAGEMENT & BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE D Land Use: Develop an Archery Range. Bob Haller moved, Ed Larsen seconded to approve the Fish & Wildlife Committee request to use the land located behind the Natural Resources Depart ment to develop an archery range. Motion car ried by unanimous vote of Council. D Fish & Wildlife Committee Appointment. Bob Haller moved, Ed Larsen seconded to adopt Resolution No. 035-00 appointing Sara Anne Daniels and Cory Meneley to the Fish & Wildlife Committee each for two year terms. Steve Rife will serve as an alternate. Motion carried 6-0-0. B Shelter HomeHousing Authority Ex ception. Earl "Butch" LaBonte moved, Ed Larsen seconded to adopt Resolution No. 036-00 ap proving an exception to the Grand Ronde Hous ing Authority Home Repair Grant policy for the purpose of making repairs and alterations neces sary to the Thompson property to be used as a children's shelter and evaluation center. Motion carried 6-0-0. D 401 (k) Committee Appointments. Earl "Butch" LaBonte moved, Ed Pearsall seconded to adopt Resolution No. 037-00 approving the ap pointments of the Chief Financial Officer and Human Resource Director for Spirit Mountain Gaming, Inc., the Chief Financial Officer and Human Resource Director for the Tribe, and tribal member Connie Holmes be appointed to serve as committee members responsible for administering the Tribe's retirement plan. Further, the retire ment committee is authorized to make any amend ments to the Tribe's retirement plan as may be required by the Internal Revenue Service in con nection with a determination letter without addi tional Council approval. Motion carried 6-0-0. B 401 (k) Appointment of Trustees. Bob Mercier moved, Ed Pearsall seconded to adopt Resolution No. 038-00 approving the appoint ments of the Chief Executive Officers of the Tribe and Spirit Mountain Gaming, Inc. and Pat Sizemore as Trustees of the Trust Fund established pursuant to and in accordance with the Tribe's retirement plan. Motion carried 6-0-0. D 401 (k) Plan Amendments. Val Grout moved, Bob Haller seconded to adopt Resolution No. 039-00 approving the amendments to the 401(k) plan ("Plan") as required by the Internal Revenue Service and presented by the Tribal Ben efits committee. Further, Council authorizes such amendments to the Plan as are necessary to allow entities in which the Tribe hold a 509k or more ownership interest to participate in the Plan upon Council approval. Motion carried 6-0-0. D Fifth National Tribal Conference Dona tion. Val Grout moved, Ed Larsen seconded to approve a $1,000 donation for the 5th National Tribal Conference. Motion carried by unanimous vote of Council. ELDER INDIAN WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE GRANT. Earl "Butch" LaBonte moved, Bob Haller sec onded to adopt Resolution No. 040-00 approv ing the submission of a grant application to the National Indian Women's Health Resource Cen ter in the amount of $3,000 and to waive the indi rect costs associated with the grant. Motion car ried 6-0-0. LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE B Amendments to Personnel Management Ordinance. Ed Pearsall moved, Bob Haller sec onded to adopt Resolution No. 041-00 approv ing amending the Personnel Management Ordi nance as follows: 1) eliminating specific policy language contained in the Ordinance (as such language is more ap- . propriately included in a human resource manual; 2) including language specifying the Executive Officer's responsibility for developing personnel policies and procedures governing employment with the Tribe; and 3) setting forth broad guidelines for the devel opment and content of personnel policies and pro cedures. Motion carried 6-0-0. B Amendments to Tribal Council Ordi nance. Bob Mercier moved, Earl "Butch" LaBonte seconded to adopt Resolution No. 042-00 amend ing the Tribal Council Ordinance to permit the Tribal Council to indemnify Tribal Council mem bers and other Tribal Officials for reasonable liti gation costs and judgements incurred by them if the Tribal Council, its discretion, determines that the Council member or Tribal Official: 1) conducted his or herself in good faith; 2) reasonably believed that heshe was acting in hisher official capacity and in the best inter ests of the Tribe or not opposed to the Tribe's best interest; and 3) had no reason to believe that hisher conduct was unlawful. Motion carried 6-0-0. B Media Consulting Contract. Earl "Butch" LaBonte moved, Ed Pearsall seconded to adopt Resolution No. 043-00 approving the media con sulting agreement between the Tribe and Rich ard Fife as presented by the Tribal Attorney's of fice. Motion carried 6-0-0. B Appointment Grand Ronde Gaming Commissioner. Bob Haller moved, Earl "Butch" LaBonte seconded to adopt Resolution No. 044- 00 approving the appointment of Bill Miles to the Grand Ronde Gaming Commission to fill the seat vacated by Bob Watson's resignation, sub ject to successful completion of a background in vestigation is required. Motion carried 6-0-0. B Russellville LLC. Ed Pearsall moved, Bob Mercier seconded to adopt Resolution No. 045- 00 that (1) Approving the restructuring of Russellville LLC into two separate limited liability companies; 3 (2) Approving the borrowing of up to $19,000,000 by Russellville LLC and authorizing Financial Of ficer to execute the Consent of Members of Russellville LLC and the Loan Documents on be half of the Tribe as a member of Russellville LLC; (3) Approving the Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Russellville LLC together with the other necessary and appropriate docu ments and authorizing the Financial Officer to execute the Seconded Amended Operating Agree ment and such other documents he deem neces sary or appropriate to implement the transactions contemplated in the Operating Agreement; (4) Approving the Operating Agreement of Russellville II LLC and other necessary and ap propriate documents and authorizing the Finan cial Officer to execute the Operating Agreement of Russellville II LLC and other documents he deem necessary or appropriate to implement the transactions contemplated in the Operating Agree ment; (5) Authorizing the Financial Officer to execute the Loan Documents and other documents pursu ant to and consistent with the Resolution and take such other actions and to execute such other docu ments as the Financial Officer may deem neces sary or appropriate in his discretion consistent with the Resolution; and (6) Approving, ratifying and confirming all ac tions taken by the Tribe or any authorized officer of the Tribe to execute and deliver any of the agreements authorized in the Resolution or any other actions authorized in the Resolution. Mo tion carried 6-0-0. B ABR, Inc. Contract. Val Grout moved, Ed Larsen seconded to adopt Resolution No. 046-00 that (1) approves a Services Agreement between the Tribe and ABR, Inc. to provide technical assistance to the Tribe regarding the investigation and as sessment of contaminated sediments in Portland Harbor, and (2) authorizes the Council Chair, with the assis tance of the Tribal Attorney to finalize and ex ecute the Services Agreement. Motion carried 6-0-0. OTHER BUSINESS B Bob Haller moved, Earl "Butch" LaBonte sec onded to adopt Resolution No. 047-00 approv ing an amendment to the Human Resource Speci alities, Inc. ("HRS") contract, increasing the amount not to exceed $3,245. Motion carried 6-0-0. IMilMlitili liHlilUili fruiHil ig)tirHfeijiu;fiii) Tribal Council has passed a resolution allocating $1,500 to each member through the Member Ben efit program. For those eligible, withdrawal re quests received in our offices by June 5, 2000 will generate checks to be mailed on June 20, 2000. With drawal requests postmarked June 5, 2000 will not meet the deadline, they must be in our offices by that date. You should have already received an application and cover letter in the mail regarding this distribu tion. If you choose not to make a withdrawal at this time, or miss the June 5 deadline, the next payment date will be July 10, 2000. In order to be mailed a check on July 10, you must have your application to us no feter than June 30, 2000. The total Member Benefit program allocation for 2000 is $1,500 for each member. .'in l mm '.-! i t .H,lil i'.M'im: tfti;ar - nr;m ,i.ui: .mini ihi'kf ( . kii;m ii 'i 'l m ik: jffn-nW mi im.isM; 4(ii'i;!M ii i i jpfpt UK' it. inillil m;iM''"fSM -i -in i ; mt- i '.Vn. iniMlwi ;t j - '''"I - "Mil.:; J. ;jH II i l Mill;m n 1 IK'!'
