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S MOKE S IGNALS
OCTOBER 15, 2014
NOTICE — Monthly Tribal Council Wednesday Meetings
DATE
TIME
Wednesday, Oct. 22.............................................................................5 p.m.
General Council meeting
Please note that these times and dates are subject to change if needed.
Sunday, Nov. 2 — 11 a.m.
Tribal Council OKs capital
contribution to casino
Tribal Community Center
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal Council approved a
$302,060 capital contribution
to Spirit Mountain Gaming Inc.
to replace aging ticket redemp-
tion machines in the casino at its
Wednesday, Oct. 8, meeting.
Spirit Mountain Casino General
Manager Stan Dillon said at the
Oct. 7 Legislative Action Commit-
tee meeting that the machines are
reaching their “end of life,” mean-
ing manufacturers no longer make
replacement parts and no longer
support the software technology to
operate them.
“We need to upgrade them,” Dil-
lon said.
The advantages to the casino and
Tribe, Dillon said, are the ticket re-
demption machines make it easier
for gaming customers to check out
and it also reduces labor costs.
“We don’t have to hire a lot of ca-
shiers,” Dillon said. “They save us
money as well as help guests cash
out quickly and effi ciently.”
“This was an unbudgeted item,
but it was something that was
needed,” Tribal Council Chairman
Reyn Leno said, adding that the
casino allocated $75,000 for the
expense.
In other action, Tribal Council:
• Approved submitting the Tribe’s
2015 Indian Housing Plan to the
U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development’s Office of
Native American Programs;
• Appointed Sarah Ross to the Cul-
tural Trust Board;
• Appointed Tribal Council mem-
ber Tonya Gleason-Shepek to the
Chemawa Station LLC Board of
Directors;
• Appointed Tribal Council mem-
ber Ed Pearsall to the Spirit
Mountain Community Fund
Board of Trustees;
• And approved fi nal adoption of
the emergency amendment to the
Enrollment Ordinance that gives
the Enrollment Committee fi nal
say regarding involuntary loss of
membership cases.
Tribal Council member Jon A.
George and Tribal employees Brian
Krehbiel, Travis Mercier and Eirik
Thorsgard performed the cultural
drumming and singing to open the
meeting.
A video of the meeting can be
viewed on the Tribal website, www.
grandronde.org, under the Video
tab. n
Elders’ phone numbers wanted
The Tribal Elders Committee is compiling a volunteer phone list of
Elders. If you would like to submit your phone number and address to be
available to other Elders, send it to elders.committee@grandronde.org or
leave a message at 503-879-2231. n
Tribal Offi ce Closures
Tribal offi ces will be closed Tuesday, Nov. 11, in observance of Vet-
erans Day.
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