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S moke S ignals
MAY 15, 2016
Council makes appointments
to Tribally owned corporations
Visiting Beavers
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
In reaction to the April 12 resignation of Economic Development Director
Titu Asghar, Tribal Council removed his name as a manager of numerous
Tribal corporations and appointed other Tribal employees to those positions
during its Wednesday, May 4, meeting.
Tribal Council voted to appoint General Manager David Fullerton as
manager of Iskum LLC, which owns and operates Cherry City Shopping
Center in Salem, as well as manager of Dakta LLC, through which the
Tribe has invested in SAM Medical Products in Wilsonville.
Fullerton also was appointed to oversee the dissolution of Dakta II LLC,
which was created to expand the Tribe’s economic development efforts in
the health industry but has always been inactive.
Tribal Finance Oficer Chris Leno was named manager of Huy Huy LLC,
which owns 51 percent of Lamatsin LLC, the company through which the
Tribe co-owns Shasta Administrative Services in Redmond, as well as
manager of Ilihi LLC, which continues to seek collection of MicroGREEN
accounts receivable.
Asghar worked for the Tribe for more than ive years, having started as
Economic Development director in January 2011.
In other action, Tribal Council:
• Approved the transfer of the allocation of stored water from the previous
owners of Chahalpam on the North Santiam River to the Tribe;
• Approved an amendment to the Tribal Marriage Ordinance that would
allow a wedding ceremony using a Tribally issued marriage license to
take place anywhere in Oregon instead of just on the Tribal Reservation;
• Adopted an amendment to the Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance
that provides that the TERO Commission can have from three to ive
members;
• Awarded an $118,485 contract to Cearley Construction of Estacada to
build bleachers at Uyxat Powwow Grounds;
• Approved a contract not to exceed $140,000 to remove dilapidated struc-
tures and relocate fences on the Chankawan property in Marion County.
The funds are being provided by Bonneville Power Administration;
• Approved the enrollment of three infants into the Tribe because they
satisfy the requirements outlined in the Enrollment Ordinance and
Tribal Constitution.
Also included in the May 4 Tribal Council packet was a list of staff direc-
tives that approved live audio streaming of Tribal Council work sessions,
authorized staff to further evaluate and work on a community pool proj-
ect and designated the Tribe’s Social and Economic Assessment Survey
summary as a public document that can be shared with the membership.
Tribal Council member Jon A. George, Cultural Outreach Coordinator
Bobby Mercier and Public Affairs Administrative Assistant Chelsea Clark
performed the cultural drumming and singing to open the meeting.
The meeting, in its entirety, can be viewed on the Tribal website at www.
grandronde.org by clicking on the News tab and then Video.
Photo by Brent Merrill
From left, Robert Kneeland, Kaitlyn Kohlenberg, Natalie Vega-Juarez
and Benjamin Lacey, students from Oregon State University in Corvallis,
visited with members of the Grand Ronde Tribal Council in council
chambers on Thursday, April 28. The students are taking a class titled
“Native American Assimilation and Activism” and learning about Native
activism in regards to land, culture, art and histories. They also visited
Chachalu Museum & Cultural Center during their visit to Grand Ronde.
Notice of Indian Community
Development Block Grant Opportunity
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is
soliciting for Tribes to submit applications for this year’s Indian
Community Development Block Grant competition. The grant can
be for up to $500,000 and requires that a 25 percent cost share be
paid by the Tribe (for full points). Projects must serve a predomi-
nately low-moderate income population. Eligible uses include public
facilities and improvements, housing rehabilitation, land for housing
developments, homeownership assistance, economic development
and microenterprise programs. Some project suggestions have
already been received. Past projects HUD selected for funding at
Grand Ronde include the Food Bank, Police Station and an addition
to the Preschool/Early Childhood Education Building. If you want to
suggest a project, please e-mail or call Planning and Grants Manager
Kim Rogers at 503-879-2250, kim.rogers@grandronde.org, by 10 a.m.
Thursday, May 19, 2016.
Where: Grassy field across from Governance
Time: 10 a.m. Fun Walk
11 a.m. Family Field Games
12 p.m. Lunch
Please join us for the first annual Nutrition Program Fun Walk
and Field Day. We will be outside moving having fun and eating
healthy. There will be information booths from different
departments, and Member Services will be available for tribal ids.
*Can food and school supplies will be accepted for our local food
bank and clothes closet.