JULY 1, 2002
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Wednesday, May 22, 2002
5:04 p.m. Meeting was called to order by Tribal Council Chair Cheryle
Kennedy. A quorum was present.
Present were Val Grout, Bob Haller, Kennedy, a council member, Ed
Larsen, the Vice Chair, Jan D. Reibach and the secretary. Excused was
Ed Pearsall.
Reibach moved, Haller seconded to approve the May 8, 2002 Tribal
Council meeting minutes as submitted. Motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS
D 2002 Indian Housing Block Grant. The Vice Chair moved, Grout
seconded to adopt Resolution No. 089-02 approving the 2002 Indian
Housing Plan and authorizing the submission of the Plan to HUD ONAP
to meet the 2002 Indian Housing Block Grant requirements. Motion
carried 7-0-0.
TRIBAL GOVERNMENT,
MANAGEMENT & BUDGET COMMITTEE
B Approval of ANA Social & Economic Development Strategies Grant
90NA7492 Continuation Application. Haller moved, Larsen seconded
to adopt Resolution No. 090-02 authorizing submission of a Continua
tion application for grant 90NA7492 for $86,044 in Administration for
Native Americans (ANA) Social & Economic Development Strategies
(SEDS) funding for year two of this two year grant project including
$21,829 in required match which is made up of $4,021 in In-Kind staff
time, $9,675 in cash match, and a $8,133 credit from accepting 39.6 per
cent Indirect (instead of our full approved rate of 58.2 percent). Motion
carried 7-0-0.
ENROLLMENT COMMITTEE
Infant Determination. The secretary moved, Grout seconded to adopt
Resolution 091-02 approving the addition of six (6) infants to the offi
cial membership roll who will be numbered 5218 5223. Motion
carried 7-0-0.
B Emergency Determination. Reibach moved, Larsen seconded to
adopt Resolution 092-02 approving the addition of an applicant to the
official membership roll, who has been found to meet the emergency de
termination requirement and who will be numbered 5224. Motion car
ried 7-0-0.
B Merger of Playworld, Inc. into Spirit Mountain Gaming, Inc.
The secretary moved, Haller seconded to adopt Resolution No. 093-02
approving the merger of Playworld, Inc. into Spirit Mountain Gaming,
Inc. with the Tribe surrendering its stock in Playworld and retaining sole
ownership of SMGI. Motion carried 7-0-0.
B Loan to SMDC for Convenience Store Project. Haller moved, a
council member seconded to adopt Resolution No. 094-02:
(1) authorizing a loan to Spirit Mountain Development Corporation in
an amount up to $2,500,000 from the Economic Development Fund for
the purpose of funding the convenience store and gas station facility
and related infrastructure as presented by the Finance Officer; and
(2) authorizing the Finance Officer to prepare, with the assistance
of the Tribal Attorney's Office, and execute documents necessary to
implement the loan and to take such other action as the Finance
Officer may deem necessary or appropriate in his discretion to imple
ment the loan consistent with the foregoing resolutions. Motion
carried 7-0-0.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
B Public Safety Ordinance second reading. Grout moved, Larsen
seconded to approve a motion authorizing a second reading of the Public
Safety Ordinance. The Ordinance establishes standards to regulate nui
sances on Tribal lands. Revisions to the Ordinance since the first reading
include clarifying the hearing process, adding a separate class of penal
ties for parking violations and adding a provision to protect Tribal repre
sentatives from harassment. Motion carried 7-0-0.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Please advise Lauri A. Smith if interested in attending any of the following:
B FYI: Wy-Kan-Us-Pum which means "salmon people" was known last
year as Jammin' for Salmon. The festival this year will take place August
3-4, 2002, at the Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, Oregon.
B It was announced that the recent Veterans' Ad Hoc Memorial
Committee's Auction generated a little over $4,500 towards the Veterans'
Memorial project.
5:17 p.m. Grout moved, Larsen seconded to adjourn the meeting.
Motion carried. B
Wednesday, June 5, 2002
5:05 p.m. Meeting was called to order by Tribal Council Vice Chair
man. A quorum was present.
Present were Val Grout, Bob Haller, a council member, Ed Larsen, Leno,
Jan D. Reibach, the secretary. Excused were Cheryle Kennedy (travel)
and Ed Pearsall.
Reibach moved, Haller seconded to approve the May 22, 2002 Tribal
Council meeting minutes as submitted. Motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS
B Newspaper Staff and Budget Increase. Reibach moved, Haller sec
onded to adopt Resolution No. 095-02 approving a budget increase of
$61,500.00 to be used for additional printing, postage, and personnel costs
for the Tribal Public Information Office and the Tribal newspaper, "Smoke
Signal." Requested funds are available in the Contingency Budget. Mo
tion carried 6-0-0.
B Procurement Manager Tribal Credit Card Authorization. Grout
moved, Larsen seconded to adopt Resolution No. 096-02 approving the
issuance of a Tribal credit card to the Procurement Manager to be used to
reserve travel accommodations when Purchase Orders are not accepted.
Motion carried 6-0-0.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
B Tribal Housing Ordinance first reading. Reibach moved, Grout
seconded to approve the motion authorizing a first reading of the amend
ments to the Tribal Housing Ordinance. The amendments include modi
fications to the provisions regarding the establishment and powers of the
Board of Commissioners to include additional reporting and consulting
requirements between the board and the council, to provide that finan
cial and personnel policies adopted by the board must be substantially
similar to those of the Tribe except when laws governing the expenditure
of federal monies require different standards and procedures, and to pro
vide that Commissioners shall be compensated at a rate set by council;
and modifications to the landlord-tenant provisions to differentiate be
tween rental and home ownership housing projects. Motion carried 6-0-0.
B Approval of Marine Lenders Services, Inc. Contract Provision.
Grout moved, Bob Haller seconded to adopt Resolution No. 097-02:
(1) approving the limited waiver of sovereign immunity incorpo
rated in the Marine Lenders Services, Inc. agreement which is lim
ited to matters arising directly out of the Agreement to the extent
necessary to permit the enforcement of MLS's rights under the Agree
ment and which provides that claims brought by MLS against the
Tribe shall only be brought in the Tribal Court and
(2) authorizing the Finance Officer to execute the Agreement. Mo
tion carried 6-0-0.
B Head Start Internal Dispute Resolution, By-Laws and Shared
Decision Making Polices. Reibach moved, Larsen seconded to adopt
Resolution No. 098-02 to approve the Tribal Head Start Program's in
ternal dispute resolution, by-laws and shared decision making policies.
Motion carried 6-0-0.
RESOURCES & EDUCATION COMMITTEE
B Schwab Margin Loan Account. Grout moved, Reibach seconded to
adopt Resolution No. 099-02 approving the paying off of the Schwab
Margin Loan Account (3830-9608) in the amount of 8 million dollars
with an advance from the Tribe's Line of Credit with Commerce Bank of
Washington. Motion carried 6-0-0.
B Sound Equipment Purchase Authorization. The secretary moved,
Larsen seconded to approve a motion authorizing the payment of $9,000
for the purchase of sound equipment to be used by the Tribe for the An
nual Pow-wow, Rodeo and other Tribal functions. Funds are available in
the Contingency Budget. Motion carried 6-0-0.
TRIBAL GOVERNMENT,
MANAGEMENT & BUDGET COMMITTEE
B Approval $500,000 Indian Community Development Block Grant
Application. Reibach moved, Larsen seconded to adopt Resolution
No. 100-02 approving an application to the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development for a $500,000 Indian Community Development
Block Grant on an $806,041 design and construction project to replace
the current 6" sewer main in Grand Ronde Road with a 12" main and the
provision $256,041 in matching funds by the Tribe and $50,000 by the
Grand Ronde Sanitation District. Motion carried 6-0-0.
B Citizen Participation for Community Development Block Grant
Application. The secretary moved, a council member seconded to adopt
Resolution No. 101-02 which certifies compliance with the citizen par
ticipation requirements of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development Indian Community Development Block Grant program.
Motion carried 6-0-0.
B Education Trust Fund Scholarship Recipients 200203. Reibach
moved, the secretary seconded to adopt a motion approving the highest
ranking applicants to receive the Trust Fund scholarship awards for 2002
03. Motion carried 6-0-0.
B Education Trust Fund Scholarship Awards. Grout moved, Larsen
seconded to approve a motion authorizing the next highest ranking ap
plicants be awarded unused scholarship monies. Graduates Under
graduate (1) Motion carried 6-0-0.
5:20 p.m. Larsen moved, Grout seconded to adjourn the meeting.
Motion carried. B