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NEW BUSINESS
B General Council Meeting May 04, 2003 Agenda Items.
a. Nominations for Tribal Council
b. Door Prizes $250 (1 at $100 and 3 at $50)
Jan D. Reibach moved, and Ed Larsen seconded to approve the agenda
items for the General Council Meeting on May 4, 2003 as presented.
LEGISLATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE
B Amendment to Resolution No.166-02 re: Forest Service Research
Grant. Bob Haller moved, Jan D. Reibach seconded to adopt Resolu
tion No. 098-03 authorizing the amendment to Tribal Resolution No.166
02 re: Forest Service Research Grant and waive the indirect charges on
the continuation of this grant. Motion carried 4-0-0.
B Willamette Falls Funding Request Portland General Electric.
Valorie Sheker-Robertson moved, Jan D. Reibach seconded to adopt a mo
tion: (1) approving the submission of a funding request to Portland Gen
eral Electric (PGE) to fund the Tribe's participation in the FERC re
licensing process for the Willamette Falls Hydroelectric Project
(Project 2233), and
(2) authorizing the General Manager or his delegee, with the assis
tance of the Tribal Attorney, to negotiate and submit the funding
request. Motion carried 4-0-0.
B Enrollment Blood Degree Correction. Jan D. Reibach moved,
Valorie Sheker-Robertson seconded to adopt Resolution 099-03:
(1) approving the blood degree correction for Tribal member, John
Doe (Date of Birth 3-11-75), from 116 to 18 degree Grand Ronde
blood based on the recommendation of the Enrollment staff and
(2) directing the Enrollment staff to make such correction on the
Tribal roll. Motion carried 4-0-0.
fl Institute of Museum & Library Services 2003 Enhancement
Grant Application. Jan D. Reibach moved, Bob Haller seconded to adopt
Resolution No. 100-03 approving the submission of an application to
Institute of Museum & Library Services for a 2003, 2 year Library En
hancement Grant. The grant requires no matching funds but matching
funds are a rating factor. The indirect rate proposed is at 44 percent for
the grant application. Motion carried 4-0-0.
B Portland Harbor Tribal Funding Agreement. Valorie Sheker
Robertson moved, Bob Haller seconded to adopt Resolution No. 101-03:
(1) approving an agreement with the Lower Willamette Group, the
Confederated Tribes of Siletz, the Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Nez Perce Tribe, and the Confed
erated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation, to provide funding
for Tribal participation in the remedial investigationfeasibility study
for the Portland Harbor Superfund site; and
(2) authorizing the Tribal Council Chairwoman, with the assistance
of the Tribal Attorney's Office, to finalize and execute said agree
ment. Motion carried 4-0-0.
B Enrollment ICW Emergency Determination. Jan D. Reibach
moved, Ed Larsen seconded to adopt Resolution No. 102-03 approving
Tribal membership for a minor who is numbered 5314, because, based on
the investigation and recommendation of the Enrollment Staff, the minor
meets the eligibility requirements for enrollment as defined in the Enroll
ment Ordinance and Tribal Constitution and is eligible for emergency de
termination under Section (c)(2)(C) of the Enrollment Ordinance. Mo
tion carried 4-0-0.
Enrollment Infant Determination Approvals. Jan D. Reibach
moved, Valorie Sheker-Robertson seconded to adopt Resolution No. 103
03 approving Tribal membership for minors numbered 5315 through 5322,
because, based on the investigation and recommendation of the Enroll
ment staff, the minors have been found to meet the eligibility require
ments for enrollment as defined in the Enrollment Ordinance and Tribal
Constitution. Motion carried 4-0-0.
D Fire Cooperative Agreement Approval. Bob Haller moved, Ed
Larsen seconded to adopt Resolution No. 104-03 approving the Fire
Cooperative Agreement between the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Northwest
Regional Office (BIA) and the Tribe. The Agreement will facilitate the
use of available Tribal employees in wildland fire, and other incident man
agement needs on local, state, and national levels. In addition, the Tribe
will:
(1) require that Tribal employees meet the minimum training re
quirements for National Interagency Incident Management System
positions,
(2) follow administration procedures identified in the Interagency
Fire Business Handbook, and
(3) follow standards for operational procedures and practices of the
BIA's Annual Wildland Fire and Aviation Program Management
and Operation Guide. Motion carried 4-0-0.
Member Benefit Fund Ordinance. Jan D. Reibach moved, Valorie
Sheker-Robertson seconded to adopt Resolution No. 105-03:
(1) temporarily suspending enforcement of Section (e)(5) of the Mem
ber Benefit Fund Ordinance to allow full member benefit payments
for all eligible Tribal members and preclude offset of outstanding
debts to the Tribe for the 2003 member benefit payment only,
(2) authorizing a member benefit payment distribution to eligible
Tribal members in the amount of $850 to be made in accordance
with the Member Benefit Fund Ordinance,
(3) providing that the distribution date shall be June 23, 2003, and
(4) providing that benefit withdrawals shall be made in accordance
with the Member Benefit Trust Fund Ordinance. Motion carried
4-0-0.
D Financing of Tenant Improvements Spirit Mountain Water
Treatment Plant. Jan D. Reibach moved, Bob Haller seconded to adopt
Resolution No. 106-03 granting the Finance Officer authority,
(1) with the assistance of the Tribal Attorney's Office, to negotiate
and execute agreements with Spirit Mountain Gaming, Inc. to com
pensate the Tribe for making capital improvements on SMGI's be
half, including without limitation the construction of a water treat
ment plant at Spirit Mountain, and
(2) to use the UBSPaineWebber Line of Credit to finance tenant
improvements, including without limitation financing the Spirit
Mountain water treatment plant. Discussion followed. Motion car
ried 4-0-0.
Lewis & Clark Coin Pouches. Valorie Sheker-Robertson moved,
Bob Haller seconded to adopt Resolution No. 107-03 approving the trans
fer of $7,000 from the Tribal Contingency, Executive Office budget, to
purchase coin pouches from Tribal members that were made for the Lewis
& Clark Bi-Centennial Celebration. The coin pouches will be purchased
from the Tribe by the Council of Tribal Advisors for the Lewis & Clark Bi
Centennial no later than September 1, 2003, and the $7,000 will be placed
back into the Tribal Contingency, Executive Office budget. Motion
carried 4-0-0.
5:20 p.m. Jan D. Reibach moved, Ed Larsen seconded to adjourn the
meeting. Motion carried.
Wednesday, May 14
5:00 p.m. Meeting was called to order by Tribal Council Vice Chairman
Reyn Leno. A quorum was present.
Present was Ed Larsen, Reyn Leno, Ed Pearsall, Jan D. Reibach, Valorie
Sheker-Robertson and June Sell Sherer.
Excused was Val Grout, Bob Haller, and Cheryle Kennedy.
Invocation was done by Jan D. Reibach, Tribal Council member.
PREVIOUS MINUTES APPROVE & AMEND
Valorie Sheker-Robertson moved, Jan D. Reibach seconded to approve the
April 30, 2003, Tribal Council meeting minutes as presented. Motion carried
5-0-0.
NEW BUSINESS
LEGISLATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE
B Education Committee Appointments and By-Laws. Ed Pearsall moved,
Jan D. Reibach seconded to adopt Resolution No. 108-03:
(1) adopting the Bylaws of the Education Committee as presented to the
Tribal Council; and
(2) appointing Candy Robertson, Marie Schmidt, Robert Tom, Joann
Mercier, and Patsy Pullin to the Education Committee, with terms end
ing either December 31, 2003, or December 31, 2004, to be determined by
the Committee. Motion carried 5-0-0.
B Indian Health Services Memoranda of Agreement. June Sell-Sherer
moved, Valorie Sheker-Robertson seconded to adopt Resolution No. 109-03
authorizing the Tribal Chair to execute Memoranda of Agreement with the In
dian Health Services for the funding and administration of domestic water and
sanitation projects for Tribal members. Motion carried 5-0-0.
B Bulldozer Purchase. Jan D. Reibach moved, Ed Pearsall seconded to adopt
Resolution No. 110-03 to purchase a large bulldozer, not to exceed $65,000, by
financing the bulldozer through the Tribe's Capital Projects Budget; the cost to
be reimbursed to the Capital Projects Budget as projects are completed. Mo
tion carried 5-0-0.
B Bearing Point Consulting Agreement and Transfer of Funds. Valorie
Sheker-Robertson moved, Ed Larsen seconded to adopt Resolution No. 111-03 to
(1) authorizing the Finance Officer, with the assistance of the Tribal At
torney, to negotiate and finalize the consulting agreement with Bearing
Point Consulting, including a limited waiver of sovereign immunity re
lated to mediationarbitration only with respect to this agreement between
the Tribe and Bearing Point Consulting; and
(2) authorizing the transfer of $100,000 from the Contingency Budget for
Risk Management and $100,000 from the Land Acquisition Contingency
Budget for a total of $200,000 to the Risk Management Budget. Motion
carried 5-0-0.
5:14 p.m. Ed Larsen moved, Ed Pearsall seconded to adjourn the meeting.
Motion carried.