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Wednesday, March 24, 2004
5:03 p.m. Meeting was called to order by Tribal Council Vice Chair
man, Reyn Leno. A quorum was present.
Present was Jack Giffen, Jr., Val Grout, Bob Haller, Ed Larsen, Reyn
Leno, Jan D. Reibach and Valorie Sheker-Robertson.
Excused was Cheryle A. Kennedy (personal leave) and June Sell-Sherer
(illness).
Invocation was done by Jan D. Reibach.
PREVIOUS MINUTES APPROVEAMEND
Bob Haller moved, Jack Giflen, Jr. seconded to approve the March 17,
2004, Tribal Council regular meeting minutes as presented. Motion car
ried 6-0-0.
NEW BUSINESS
1. General Council Meeting April 4, 2004 Agenda Items
a. Polk County Commissioner Candidate Mike Propes
b. Spirit Mountain Gaming, LLC Presentation
c. Door Prizes $250 (1 at $100 and 3 at $50)
By full consensus the Tribal Council approved the agenda items as pre
sented. LEGISLATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE
fl Purchase and Sale Agreement for Real Property. Jack Giffen,
Jr. moved, and Bob Haller seconded to adopt Resolution No. 039-04: 1)
approving the Purchase and Sale Agreement between the Tribe and Ed
ward and Herta Smith for the purchase of real property located at 48315
Hebo Rd., Grand Ronde, OR 97347, as presented by the Land Develop
ment Department staff, 2) authorizing the Lands Coordinator, with the
assistance of the Tribal Attorney, to negotiate, finalize, and execute this
agreement; and 3) authorizing the Tribal Council Chairwoman to execute
all documents required for closing of property purchase. Motion carried
6-0-0.
fl Grand Ronde Gaming Commission Appointment. Jan D. Reibach
moved, Bob Haller seconded to adopt Resolution No. 040-04 appointing
Eric Karl Nelson to the Grand Ronde Gaming Commission to fill the re
mainder of a three year term expiring in June of 2006, contingent on the
successful completion of a background investigation. Motion carried 6-0-0.
ANA Language Grant Application. Val Grout moved, Ed Larsen
seconded to adopt Resolution No. 041-04: 1) authorizing the Tribe's
$350,000 Language Preservation & Maintenance Grant application to
the Administration for Native Americans ("ANA") for a two year Chinuk
immersion project, which also includes $25,341 in cash and in kind contri
butions from the Willamina School District and $2,000 in kind from the
Northwest Indian Language Institute; 2) authorizing $45,871 in cash
and in kind match for such grant from use of the existing Cultural Re
sources budget; 3) authorizing the application of a 39.6 percent indirect
cost rate on grant funds and the allocation of Tribal funds to cover the
unpaid indirect of $37,260 as part of the required match; 4) authorizing
the allocation of $ 10,000 in 2006 Tribal contingency for a, post ANA grant,
after school third grade Chinuk immersion class should a regular third
grade Chinuk immersion class not be funded by other sources; and 5)
authorizing the Tribal Council Vice Chairman to sign such grant applica
tion and other documents necessary for application, performance and
completion of such grant and authorizing the General Manager to ex
ecute consultant contracts under the grant. Discussion followed. Mo
tion carried 6-0-0.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Mid Year Conference is sched
uled in Lincoln City, Oregon for May 17-20, 2004. RoomRegistrations
need to be made.
By full consensus of Tribal Council, authorization was given for Donna
Casey and Margaret Provost (members of the Royalty Special Event Board)
to travel out of state to attend training.
5:21 p.m. Val Grout moved, Ed Larsen seconded to adjourn the meet
ing. Motion carried.
Wednesday, April 7, 2004
5:01 p.m. Meeting was called to order by Chairwoman Cheryle
Kennedy. A quorum was not present.
Present was Cheryle Kennedy, Val Grout, Ed Larsen and June Sell
Sherer. Excused was Jack Giffen, Jr. (travel), Bob Haller (travel), Reyn Leno
(family member illness), Jan D. Reibach (travel) and Valorie Sheker
Robertson (funeral).
B Chairwoman Kennedy announced that there was no quorum present
to conduct. Chairwoman Kennedy stated that the new business items on
today's agenda would be placed on the next meeting's agenda.
5:04 p.m. Meeting adjourned.
The Tribal member community meeting for the Grand Ronde Tribes will be held in May to share information on current Tribal
plans and to gather information for goal setting. Included will be a review of recent projects and key achievements. Comments
will be used in guiding programs and projects and in grant applications (e.g. Community Development Block Grant, Administra
tion for Native Americans, HeadStart, etc.). YOUR PARTICIPATION IS NEEDED, APPRECIATED AND MAKES A
DIFFERENCE.
A full buffet meal will be served at the start of the meeting including entrees of salmon and beef and there will be a coffee break
during the meeting.
May 25, 2004
Tuesday Grand Ronde Community Center
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Meeting Agenda: Following the opening dinner
there will be an overview of Tribal accomplishments
this past year and then capital projects planned for
this next year. There will be a short presentation by
Housing and then a presentation on the Tribe's new
Health Plan through Self-Insurance. After these pre
sentations (about a half hour combined) there will be
three break out sessions of about 25 minutes each.
The first will be on the Health Plan and Self Insur
ance and the last will be for any subjects members
want to discuss. The middle session at Tualatin and
Eugene will be on the upcoming satellite offices and
at Grand Ronde the middle session will be on Commu
nity Area Planning. A drawing for a Pendleton blan
ket will be held at the end of each meeting.