Karuk Tribe of
Council Meeting Minutes
Ayukii,
The meeting was called to order at
Roll Call
Present
Florrine Super, Secretary
Leeon Hillman, Treasurer
Roy Arwood, Member
Robert Goodwin, Member
Robert Grant, Member
Alvis Johnson, Member
Absent
Leaf Hillman, Vice Chairman
Quorum is established.
Robert Grant read the preamble to the Constitution
aloud.
Approval of the Agenda for
Florrine Super moved and
Robert Grant seconded to approve the Agenda with changes. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
1) Approval of
the Minutes for
Leeon Hillman moved and
Robert Goodwin seconded to approve the Minutes for April 27, 2006. 5 haa, 0 puuhara, 2 pupitihara (Florrine
Super,
2) Troy
Hockaday, Youth Basketball Team
Not present.
3) Mavis
McCovey
Running late.
4) Dwayne Myers
Dwayne asked about the dam
removal article that was included in the Newsletter. He states that all Tribal Members do not
stand for dam removal and the article indicates they do. He has not heard all of the information to
decide what his position is and whether or not it is the best solution. Bob updated him on the different means that
have been offered to get fish to the upper basin and what those are including
fish ladders, trucking, and removal. The
fish would be trapped at the dam and then taken around in a truck which doesn’t
make a lot of sense since they are ready to die when they reach the dam, or
there would be an overwhelming expense to add ladders. The best option appears to be removal.
Dwayne’s comment is that the Membership
as a whole does not understand all of the reasons to advocate for dam
removal.
His other question was why
they have to pay the $50 fee to run for Council. It helps to offset the costs for the
background checks. He also states that
there is still confusion regarding getting registered to vote. He tries to explain it but they still don’t
understand. There will be a booth at the
5) Mavis
McCovey
She was present to ask about
the fact that her refrigerator and dishwasher are not working. She was trying to get it fixed before the
warranty expired but it was not fixed and the warranty ran out. Leeon asked if she has talked to Housing and
suggests that she talk to Sami. Sami
states she is more than happy to talk to her this evening and work out the
details.
6) Leeon
Hillman
Leeon states at the last
Orleans Council meeting Kristy Goodwin made a request and he wondered what the
status of that is. Arch states it is on
the list for discussion and resolution tonight.
7) Barbara
Houle
Written report only, not
present.
Florrine Super moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve Barbara’s report. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
8)
Written report only, not
present.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Roy Arwood seconded to approve Hector’s report.
7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
In his report he included a
request for approval of a Contract with Judge Flies Away in the amount of
$4,800. Arch gave it to Laura to review
prior to approval and then he will re-present it.
9)
Written report only, not
present.
Consensus: To table April’s report to Wednesday for
discussion.
10) Sami
Difuntorum
Sami was present to review
her written report with the Council. She
also had some items to add including Lisa Haas’ graduation on
She also states that the
people from HDS were on site and during their installation; they were unable to
assign points with 4 digits so they had to drop the last zero on all points for
the waiting list. It does not affect
anyone’s placement but wanted them to be aware in case they are questioned
about it.
She states the Loan Program
is moving forward, one individual has paid their loan off. They are having a hard time in Yreka getting
anyone approved as the costs of the homes are so high that the payments would
be unaffordable and so they are looking at down payment assistance instead.
She updated them on the Home
Grants and Land/Facility Acquisitions and their progress. She predicts the
Bob states there was a full
design done for Oak Knoll, and they requested a smaller scale design be done. Laura states that the architect also wanted
some zoning changes done but there has not been a formal request to the
architect for them to do any different types of designs. The committee has discussed this but nothing
has been requested from the architect.
Sami states that they had to
put the Old Headway Building out to bid three times to get anything remotely
reasonable and that is why they are doing the bulk of the work in-house rather
than through a private Contractor as they charge so much. She anticipates the same problem with Oak
Knoll.
She updated them on all of
Housing’s other current projects as well.
She gave them the latest
update on the Yreka Elder’s homes that they are trying to get completed with
low cooperation from the City of
Sami states that Leaf has the
recommendations for the Housing Committee vacancies so they can vote on
Wednesday. Sara has all of the letters
for them to review.
Arch asked about the joint
follow up meeting between the Housing Committee and the Council three months
after the Planning Meeting in Canyonville.
That never happened and no one can remember what they planned to
do. They can review that on Wednesday
and look at their schedules and let her know.
Another question Arch had was
regarding the Resident Services Coordinator and if that position will be coming
back. Josh updated the position
description and it needs to go to the Housing Committee prior to posting.
Roy Arwood moved and Leeon
Hillman seconded to approve Sami’s report.
7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Florrine asked Anthony
Ballard to introduce himself as the new Substance Abuse Counselor in
11)
Dion distributed his report
to the Council for review. He went over
the information with them regarding Childcare, Flagger Training, Veteran’s
Project, Tribal Reunion, Construction Monitors, TERO, Summer Youth,
He states Childcare looks
good for the coming year, he continues to accept applications. There are 26 new Certified Flaggers after
their training. He will be doing a
raffle at the Tribal Reunion to raise money for TERO and helping with the Poker
Tournament and a Children’s Activity Room.
He continues to work with Sandi on the Construction Monitor
protocols.
The TERO Commission requests
a meeting with the Council to discuss their roles and responsibilities. It can be after a Wednesday meeting if
needed. They can discus what TERO should
be doing at that meeting so everyone is ready to move forward cooperatively.
NCIDC has approved four
positions and TERO has approved six positions.
They plan to get that going and get some youth to work this summer. There was also a request to have Housing hire
some youth workers as well if possible.
She will bring that up with the Housing Committee. Sandi will be working on a youth crew this
summer as well.
Orleans Elementary intends to
use the TERO Ordinance when they do their re-roofing project and that was nice
that they plan to use that Ordinance.
He would like to come to the
Wednesday meeting to discuss the TANF Program and the different directions they
may be able to go. He also needs to
determine who the TANF Program will be passed on to for forward movement. Arch suggests having that on the Management
Team Agenda. He predicts anywhere from
$1.8 million to $2 million dollars for the budget. They asked if he has spoke to Erin and Laura
regarding this and requests that he do that prior to meeting with the Council.
TERO has been requested to
sponsor a debate for the upcoming Election in November. He will be on the Agenda for their next
meeting to discuss this further with the Election Committee and do some
planning and discuss the possibilities as well.
They can do some web-casts for the out of the area members and also plan
how they can do something to allow the candidates to get their campaign
platforms out to the voters. They can
discuss their ideas for this also further on Wednesday.
Phil states he has
information regarding this type of activity as they are working on a Language
Program Distance Education Course.
Florrine Super moved and
12) Paul
Gallegos
Paul was present to address
the Council. He is currently the
District Attorney in
Leeon asked when he was last
here. He states it was about four months
ago. He states he should come up more
often but tries to get to the outlying areas as often as possible.
Robert Goodwin states that in
Josh asked about the round
table meetings that were to be coordinated with the Tribes in
paulgallegos@co.humboldt.ca.us
is his email address for anyone that wants to communicate with him that
way. His schedule is quite hectic over
the next two weeks but he wants to work with the Tribes.
Scott asked why there is no
longer a Sheriff in
Hester addressed the issue
regarding the lack of available ancillary services for individuals that have
been involved in arrests and/or fines especially related to driving privileges
and DMV services. Many laws do punish
those without money to pay the fines, he does point out that the right to drive
is a privilege and they need to maintain that.
He does state that his office encourages individuals without funding to
ask to have their fines converted to community service so they can fulfill
their obligations and still benefit their community.
Paul states anyone who cannot
pay their fines needs to call their attorney and get back to Court and ask to
have the fines converted to community service.
They would much rather do that than issue a warrant and take them to
jail. They have no choice but to enforce
the laws and be responsible but want to work with individuals when they can.
Josh asked about the Humboldt
County Representatives that need to hear this information and are not here and
asked if there is a way to get a representative from his office in
Dion states they plan to
implement their own TANF Program to take over the State/County Programs and
wonders how receptive he would be to a similar collaboration for
probation/parole cases. He states there
are two other agencies; the State Parole Board and the Probation Office that
would have to work on this as well. He
would be willing to coordinate discussions along this line when the Tribe is
ready to work on a project such as this.
Dion states with someone locally working with them, it will make it
easier to help them through the process and rehabilitation successfully.
12) Rick
Hill/Hester Miller
Hester was present to
introduce herself as the new Grant Writer and also present their report to the
Council. She states yesterday the 2006
ICDBG Grant was submitted successfully electronically to fund a new community
room in the Orleans Community if approved!
The building will house a conference room for Council Meetings, language
classroom space, a computer room, behavioral health office space, two offices
for KTHA, a maintenance facility for KTHA, and small
kitchenette/restrooms/showers.
They are now working on the
Hazard Mitigation Planning. They also
plan to again start working on the grant writing survey done in the Fall and go
over the priority list done by the Council to ensure it is still current for
future applications. She would like to
schedule the meeting for June sometime.
It could follow a June Planning Meeting as it is only an update meeting.
Florrine Super moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve Hester’s report. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
13)
Laura states she only wanted
to update them on a couple of items since her written report was submitted.
She states they should be
able to accept credit card payments within the next couple of weeks and is also
working with Scott Valley Bank for a way to make direct deposit a reality for
the staff. She also updated them that
Tanya’s Office has been painted and the new flooring is going to be installed
soon.
Arch asked about the
Collection Policy and its status. She
states that yes, the letters are being sent out and the process is moving
forward. They have not selected a
collection agency as of yet.
Laura states she received an
email today verifying the HRSA modification requests have been received but are
not approved yet.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve Laura’s report. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
14) Erin
Hillman
She states the Yreka BIA
Roads Projects continue with little glitches along the way.
Fred spoke to Jim Freeze
about the rock crushing operation and Jim has not heard back on his bid for the
Cal Trans project yet.
The Yreka KTHA/KTOC Building
continues to move forward with her and Sami’s coordination with the architect.
She included copies of three
policies in her report and requests their comments back by
She has a copy of a draft MOA
including all of the Happy Camp Health Services and KTOC items in the
document. That will be presented on
Wednesday to start the clinic transfer process.
15) Scott Quinn
Scott was present to review
his written report with the Council. He
updated them on a couple of items.
He is working on coordinating
a joint meeting with the City of
He requested approval of two
MOA’s. The first is MOA Number 06-M-008
with
The next is a MOU with the
State of
Robert Goodwin moved and Florrine
Super seconded to approve MOU Number 06-M-009.
7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Florrine Super moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve Scott’s report. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
16)
Sandi was present to review
her written report with the Council and had several action items to go over
with them.
She distributed a letter
regarding the Orleans Community Fire Protection Project and asked that they
look it over, it has already been completed and signed but she felt it was
important enough for them to see it.
Her first item is the FY
2007, 2008, and 2009 Performance Partnership Grant in the amount of $1,530,000
over three years. Resolution 06-R-62 was
assigned authorizing submission of this grant application.
She requested approval of
Contract 06-C-035 with Will Harling in the amount of $25,250 for the Upper
Subbasin Coordinator tasks to be completed.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Florrine Super seconded to approve Contract 06-C-035. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
She also requested approval
of Contract 06-C-036 with Mid Klamath Watershed Council (MKWC) in the amount of
$25,250 for the Lower Subbasin Coordinator tasks to be completed.
Robert Goodwin moved and
She requested out of state
travel for Harold Tripp to attend the Inter-Tribal Timber Council Annual Meeting,
She announced that there is
the opportunity to put 8 of their Fire Crew Members to work to keep them
working during the off-season. STEP will
be the employer, not the Tribe and they cover the costs, including fringe. They will be able to work 520 hours at $11.68
per hour, the problem is that there will be no funding for supplies or travel
associated with their work. The Tribe
must also provide a Supervisor. She is
working on the details and hopes to make it work but cannot say that for sure
without funding being identified and she will continue to work on that.
Her last item is a lunch
agreement to be able to prepare the sack lunches for the firefighters working
on fires that happen here locally. She
would like to use the facility in
Consensus: To move forward with the lunch program and
see what they can do.
The DNR Meeting was scheduled
for
Leeon Hillman moved and
Robert Grant excused himself at
17) Jim Berry
Written report only, not
present.
Florrine Super moved and Roy
Arwood seconded to approve Jim’s report.
6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
18) Jennifer
Goodwin
Written report only, not
present.
Florrine Super moved and Roy
Arwood seconded to approve Jennifer’s report.
6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
19)
Written report only, not
present.
Florrine Super moved and Robert
Goodwin seconded to approve Lisa’s report.
6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
20) Chris
Kleeman
Written report only, not
present.
Florrine states that she
would like to see Gerry designated to take the initiative to update the website
with pages for each department and have designated time to update the
website. She would like him to contact the
Directors and get their information on there and get their information from
them. Lessie is currently overseeing
that department in the absence of an Executive Director so she can speak to
them.
Bob would like to see a
proposal to purchase the upgraded software as it is inevitable it will need to
be done. Bob states he needs to take the
computers to the schools and no longer wait for anyone to express an interest
that way it is done before school is out.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve Chris’ report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
21) Fred
Burcell
Written report only, not
present.
Roy Arwood moved and Robert
Goodwin seconded to approve Fred’s report.
6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Bob asked that a police
report be filed regarding the stolen gas from the Ranch. It needs to be done ASAP.
22) Don Voyles
Written report only, not
present.
Robert Goodwin moved and Florrine
Super seconded to approve Don’s report.
6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
23) Leo
Carpenter
Written report only, not
present. The Council would like an
update on the boat he went to see so that they know what is going on.
Robert Goodwin moved and Roy
Arwood seconded to approve Leo’s report.
6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
24) Social
Services Department
Written reports from Daniel
Pratt and Mike Edwards were included.
25) Phil Albers
Phil was present to review
his written report with the Council. He
states the Language Office has relocated to the Library Room. He is now on the same side as the Basket Room
and has already made a huge improvement to the communication in the office and
the flow of visitors in the Gift Shop.
The privacy has also enabled him to get his work done more efficiently
as well.
He recently went to
Phrases of the Month:
uufithva – to swim
ni’uufithveesh – I’m going to
go swim
chi nu ‘ihtaaki – let’s go
swim (several people)
Last Month’s Phrases of the
Month:
pathri – rain
toopathri – it’s raining
imchaxaha – sunshine, hot
taneemchax – I’m hot
Robert Goodwin moved and
Florrine Super seconded to approve Phil’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
26) Requests
None at this time.
27) Phone Votes
There were two phone votes
included in the packets which
a) Request to send
flowers to Yurok Tribal Chairman.
Passed.
b) Request
approval to lease a 325 EXDL Excavator for $281,000 for five years. Passed.
28)
Informational
The NCIDC Meeting Minutes
were included in the packet for their review.
29) Committee
Reports
Florrine Super gave them an
update on the upcoming Tribal Reunion and their plans. The event will be
She states that the ICWA
Committee has been moving forward coordinating the State ICWA Conference. Their goal is to not teach the ICWA Law
itself but discuss how the programs can work with the families and the
knowledge they have to have for all of the duties they are forced to handle
from emergency response to court and case management, etc.
Josh was present to expand on
their Committee and the work they are doing both locally and throughout the
State as they are on the forefront of ICWA and CASA throughout the State of
She states that the Committee
has a lot of responsibility but now it is coming time for many of these items
to start coming back to the Council so they are again more involved in moving
this department forward. It will require
them to be knowledgeable of where the Tribe.
Laura asked about the
Contract for the comedians they want to have at the event. For one hour the cost is $4,000 but then they
are asking for $1,000 to assist with speaker fees. She states that Florrine has a good
explanation for the cost. Florrine
states that they will be there for three days discussing issues that are very
deep and are not very light hearted discussions that will be held and the
hang-ups they are meeting in their work.
She feels the hour of laughing and being together is something they need
to bring them together.
She has tried to obtain a
local comedian but they were unavailable, James and Ernie are known nationwide. They have received donations from other
Tribes as well. Laura states that this
cost will not be allowable from the State Grant so they must obtain at least
$4,000 in donations to cover that cost.
She will present the Contract at the Wednesday Meeting. Laura will also present a list of donations
received so far.
She states they are moving
forward on the upcoming Election and have all of their information in order to
move forward. Registration is still
somewhat confusing to explain and make easy.
They just need to tell them to Register when they Vote and then they
don’t have to worry about doing it ahead of time.
Closed Session from
Robert Goodwin moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to pay for Tribal Member #227’s fuel weekly to travel
and care for Tribal Member #286 from discretionary if no other funding can be
identified for this purpose. 6 haa, 0
puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Directive: For Anna to negotiate the balances as low as
possible for Tribal Member #2113 and bring that back to the Council on
Consensus: To reissue Employee #4315’s VISA card, any
violations will result in the card being revoked and it will not be reissued.
Consensus: To have Barbara
Robert Goodwin moved and
Robert Goodwin moved and
Roy Arwood seconded to approve Resolution 06-R-61 for ICWA Case Numbers 219540,
219541, and 219442. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0
pupitihara.
Alvis Johnson moved and
Robert Goodwin seconded to allow Council Member #0681 to use a Tribal vehicle
until Wednesday. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0
pupitihara.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Next Meeting Date:
Meeting adjourned at
Yootva,
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Recording Secretary,