Karuk Tribe of
Council Meeting Minutes
January 25, 2007
Happy Camp,
Ayukii,
The meeting was called to order at 5:00 PM by
Roll Call
Present
Florrine Super, Secretary
Leeon Hillman, Treasurer
Roy Arwood, Member – Late –
5:16 PM
Sonny Davis, Member
Robert Goodwin, Member
Alvis Johnson, Member
Absent
Leaf Hillman, Vice Chairman –
excused
Quorum is established.
The preamble to the Constitution was read aloud by Robert
Goodwin.
Approval of the Agenda for January 25, 2007
Florrine Super moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve the Agenda for January 25, 2007. 5 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
1) Approval of
the Minutes for December 28, 2006
Florrine Super moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve the Minutes for December 28, 2006. 5 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
2) Rob
Hisimoto, Brass Knuckles Promotions
Rob introduced himself on
behalf of Brass Knuckles Promotions. He
states they sponsored Rumble at the WarGrounds I, II, and III last year and
plan to do several events this year.
They would like to go with April 6, May 25, August 10 or 11, September
29 for this year’s event dates tentatively.
They have chosen two Fridays, one event during the Fair, and a final
event on a Saturday. All dates do not
compete with the stock car races. He is
currently in contact with a pay-per-view opportunity to broadcast the fights. They will have their promotion package
together by Wednesday. He currently
manages over 30 teams and would like to have one of the local teams compete in
a large pay-per-view event. He states it
is nice to work in Northern California in conjunction with the Karuk Tribe;
they would like to have one of the Yreka events be broadcast on pay-per-view
with eight teams competing throughout the season to eventually compete for the
International Fight League title at the end of the season. He states that this has huge opportunities
for the fighters to get real deals to compete for compensation.
He would like permission to
proceed with April 6, May 25, August 10 or 11, and September 29 for this year’s
events. He and Phil are working with
other Tribes and Tribal Casinos to coordinate events and working with the Karuk
Tribe would be helpful for them as the Tribe has better working relationships
with the other local Tribes. He has left
most of that contact to Phil Albers for that reason.
Arch states they will take
this to the Wednesday meeting for a final decision and then get back to him.
Roy Arwood arrived at 5:16 PM.
2a) LATE
ADDITION, Joe Scheuler
He states that he has been a
homebuyer in the Yreka Community and due to recent issues they are going to be
moving from the Housing Authority. He
states that he was granted permission to do improvements to the home as he was
a homebuyer and now that he is moving, would like to know what happens to the
monetary value of his improvements to the home.
Arch states he would need to speak to the Housing Authority regarding
this. Joe states he spoke to Ann and was
told no and tried to contact Sami but has not heard back. Arch states that the Council will forward
this information to the Housing Committee to determine if there are any
procedures in place for situations such as this and then get back to him.
3) Susan Gehr,
Language
Susan states she has no
action items in addition to her written report.
Susan introduced herself to the audience and gave a brief overview of
the phrase of the month in her report which is:
“hámi” meaning “isn’t it”. Bob suggests
she work with Rosie at the
Florrine Super moved and Robert
Goodwin seconded to approve Susan’s report.
6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
4) Rick
Hill/Hester Miller, Grant Writers
Written report only, not
present.
Florrine asked if there would
be a date for the next Basket Weaver’s Gathering.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Florrine Super seconded to approve Rick and Hester’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
5) Scott Quinn,
NEPA/Land/Transportation
Scott was present to review
his written report. He has two items to
hand out, one of which is an action item.
The first is travel to
Bob asked if anything has
developed with Dick Roland, Scott states that Laura has provided a draft
contract and he will meet with him tomorrow regarding that for further
modifications.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve Scott’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
6)
Sandi states she has several
action items to be approved tonight in addition to her written report.
The first is a purchase from
Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. for necessary supplies to repair flood damage to the
fish hatchery. The only responsive quote
is $7,505.05. They will do the work and
are working with the Forest Service on this.
They may be able to upgrade the filter system also so that it doesn’t
have to be manually cleaned.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Roy Arwood seconded to approve the purchase from Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. in
the amount of $7,505.05. 6 haa, 0
puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
The next item is an MOU with the
Six Rivers Forest Service regarding a large project they are proposing in the
Her next item is the Special
Use Permit for the Katimin Area that she distributed last month. It is to reissue the permit which expired on
December 31, 2006. It too, will need to
go through the Agreement process and be approved Wednesday.
Sandi states they are working
with the Water Resources Control Board on the impacts of water quality on
health. It is an informative document
that includes many different sources of information and would like them to
review the document so that they can provide input on any areas that may be missing
from it. This also goes along with the
Clean Water Permit that PacifiCorp will need in order to operate the dams. The final version will require a Resolution
be tied to it.
She has a Tribal Wildlife
Grant to be approved for Earl. Erin and
Laura have both reviewed the document.
It is for $111,000 from the Fish and Wildlife Service for road
decommissioning. Resolution 07-R-006 was
issued for the proposal. It will be for
decommissioning in the Bluff Creek area.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Roy Arwood seconded to approve Resolution 07-R-006. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
She requested approval of two
grants to the Seventh Generation Foundation for $10,000 and a grant for $20,000
to the Panta Rhea Foundation both to meet with Warren Buffet to generate major
network news coverage (NPR, Washington Post, New York Times) to use media
pressure to drive PacifiCorp in to a dam removal deal. They will be going to
Robert Goodwin moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve Resolution 07-R-008 and 07-R-009. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Sandi also announced that
Siskiyou Telephone has donated $5,000 toward the rebuilding of the Katimin
Dance Pit. She has drafted a thank you
letter to them.
She requested a DNR Mid-Month
Meeting for February. She will get the
date on Wednesday; they also need to revisit the cow issue at the Ish-Kayish
Ranch.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Florrine Super seconded to approve Sandi’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
7)
Written report only, not
present.
Leeon Hillman moved and
Roy Arwood seconded to approve Lisa’s report.
6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
8)
Dion was present to
distribute his written report. He states
that yesterday the TERO Commission met to follow up on their October Planning
Session that was held. He states that
they are working toward adopting a Workplace Protection Act that will address
EEOC and OSHA policies for the Tribe to give them a stronger Tribal Government
Base. He states that nationally, they
are working with NAHASDA to change the language to Tribal Preference, versus
Indian Preference and he would like to work with Sami on this to see if they
are pushing the same issue. Bud states
that has not been brought up, Dion will speak to them. Dion states that there is a contradiction
between TERO and NAHASDA for preference issues.
They are also working on Caltrans issues for contracting that takes
place on or near Tribal lands and there may be a class action lawsuit coming
that they can participate in if they would like.
He asked about the fact that
the Tribe follows Federal Laws and
He states that the Regional
TERO will have training on EEOC issues and it may be beneficial for the Human
Resources Manager to attend.
He states the Tribal CCC Crew
is working out very well and will be on site until February 7, 2007. There are seven members and one crew leader
tearing down the old school building in Happy Camp to make room for the new
modular building. The EEOC Training will
be in Mid-March. The TERO Commission has
approved to purchase a gift for each of them a hooded sweatshirt. He recommends the Council reward the
Maintenance Crew for their contributions also.
The cost is about $40-$50.
Consensus: They approve to purchase the same gift of
hooded sweatshirts for the Maintenance Staff working on the demolition also.
He will be working with
Housing on wage monitoring for the Yreka Construction Project that is scheduled
to begin next week. TERO does wage
monitoring, DNR handles coordinating Cultural Monitors to work on the project.
Dion states the TERO
Commission has revived the Policy for Tribal Committees that was started
sometime ago, most importantly how stipends are handled for staff who sit on
committees, currently there are only a couple of motions in place to guide
these payments. It will be going to the
Management Team for review and then back to Council.
He states that TANF is moving
forward and he and Daniel Pratt will be giving a full presentation at the next
Wednesday Meeting to fill them in and see how it will look. He states that he has the first invoice for
the Contractor for $4,000 for TANF. When
it was approved, it was planned to be paid for out of TANF Funding but cannot
be done with that funding, it will have to be discretionary and they will have
to vote on it. Arch states they will do
it Wednesday.
Dion states that in February
the TERO Commission will be coordinating their Summer Youth Project to make
sure it is well thought out and a full process for those kids.
Robert Super asked about the
Head Start Program doing Childcare with supplemental funding. He states he is having a hard time securing
childcare. It would be similar to other
Tribes wraparound programs. Dion states
it has been discussed before and came down to grant reporting issues and
funding issues. He states they could
re-visit it again and see what they can come up with. The County is going to be implementing a
childcare program through the school system until 6 PM. April states that program is already full in
Yreka and it just started.
He states he was very
disappointed with the State of
Florrine states that he had
talked about working with NCIDC to coordinate interview skills training for
Tribal Members. He states he can work on
that.
Florrine Super moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve Dion’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
9) Jennifer
Goodwin, Education
Jennifer was present to
review her written report with the Council.
She states she has no action items.
But does have a couple of announcements, the first is that the budget
meeting in Hoopa has been changed to February 12, 2007 and just before the
meeting there will be an Indian policies and procedures meeting. Arch states she needs to get others to go to
that meeting, as Council will be unavailable that day.
In March,
She also announced that there
is currently an Art Competition going on that can lead to scholarship
opportunities. It is for ages pre-K
through 12. You have to pre-register before
you can submit your artwork.
Florrine thanked her for
sending the announcement out.
She states she included in
her report some information regarding the CHP Workshop that will be going on
called Start Smart. Bob states they can
call Rick Landrum at the Yreka CHP Office for more information.
Florrine Super moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve Jennifer’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
10) Erin
Hillman, Administrative Programs
They have completed the
review of the Architectural Proposals for the
She included a couple of
policies for them to review and then vote on Wednesday. They are for the Education Department and the
LIAP Program.
She presented a request for
out of state travel for Hester Dillon, Martha Schrock, and Lessie Aubrey to
attend HRSA Training that is coming up.
The health staff training is pending Martha’s recommendation as she is
unavailable right now. The Training will
be held in
Robert Goodwin moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve out of state travel for Hester Dillon, Lessie
Aubrey, and Martha Schrock to New Orleans, February 12-14, 2007 for HRSA
Training. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0
pupitihara.
She requested approval of
Contract 07-C-029 with Winzler and Kelly in the amount of $13,500 to perform
the Environmental Assessment for the Panamnik Property for the
Robert Goodwin moved and
Florrine Super seconded to approve Contract 07-C-029. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
She also distributed Contract
07-C-030 with Ghost Rx that provides quarterly Pharmacy inspections to allow
them to dispense pharmaceuticals. The
rate is $80 per hour for calendar year 2007 as needed.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve Contract 07-C-030 with Ghost Rx. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Florrine Super moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve
11) Sami
Difuntorum, Housing
Not present, written report
only.
Florrine asked if Hector is
involved in any of the legislative business that Housing is working on. There was discussion that those items should
come to the Council for final approval as it is a Tribally Designated Housing
Entity under the Council. They should
talk about this on Wednesday and address it.
Laura states there is funding
available to purchase tables and chairs so that is handled and it is
unnecessary to continue discussing it.
Leeon asked if the documents
for the Housing Meeting are going to be received ahead of time and how they
will be receiving that. The Court will
be submitting some paperwork for that meeting.
Robert Goodwin moved and Leeon
Hillman seconded to approve Sami’s report.
6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
12)
Laura states she has no
action items to add to her written report.
She states they are continuing to work on the direct deposit and it
should be better now that Sonny is a Council Member.
She states that the two
findings from last year will need to be looked at very closely to avoid a
repeat finding. They were Head Start and
the I-9’s. They will be at KCDC and
Housing the week of February 20. They
will be at KTOC the week of February 26.
Sonny
13)
April was present to report
to the Council. She states she only has
a couple of items and then Judge Henry will address them. She does not have a written report but has
some information that she put together for them.
She states the State CASA
Contract should be on its way and they just need to keep an eye out for that. She states a laptop has been purchased and
the case management software has been installed, they should be receiving it at
any time which will provide technical assistance to them.
She states they met today
with Don Langford and some County staff regarding their
She states there was also a
conference call with the State and Stephanie today regarding the Title IV-E
funding and there needs to be a date coordinate to review the final proposed
version from the State which will be ready next week. She would like Council, Martha, Laura, and
Erin at the meeting along with herself and Stephanie. It needs to be before February 9, 2007. They will meet on Monday, February 5, 2007 at
10, 2007 in Happy Camp.
She plans to request a phone
vote tomorrow for a grant application once some issues are worked out in the
review process. This can assist with
increasing the CASA Program Manager position to full time to allow them to
better meet their goals and objectives.
Judge Henry was present to
report to the Council as well. He
announced that they recently had their Judges Coalition Meeting in
Robert Goodwin moved and
Florrine Super seconded to approve Contract 07-C-031 with Joanne Newton. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve April’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
14)
Not present, written report
only.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve
15)
Hector was present to review
his written report.
He would like some direction
from the Council regarding Dennis Whittlesey’s files and if the Tribe will be
issuing a letter to request the files be transferred from his current firm to
the new firm. Robert Goodwin states that
they need to finalize their account with them.
Laura states that does not matter, they just have to authorize Dennis to
take the files with him; it is not attached to the invoice from them.
He states the Probate Code
was submitted to the Department of Interior last Summer and have now received a
letter from them stating that the Tribe’s jurisdiction must be defined before
they can approve the Code. He has been
in communication with several individuals regarding this issue. He states that the adverse reaction was
drafted on December 6, 2006 and then they were called to a meeting but the
necessary staff were not present to address their questions. The other Tribes are behind them in moving forward
with this issue. He feels there are
several options that they need to discuss.
He is not pleased how this was handled at all and is disappointed in how
Amy handled this. He would like to
discuss this Wednesday and then go back and work the issues out because the
Tribe is given the necessary authority in the BIA approved Constitution. They did not receive Federal Notice within
180 days as required in the Federal Code and may pursue this by ignoring the
determination. They will discuss this
Wednesday.
He states the Consortium has
been working on Trust Reform issues and there was much effort contributed
toward the Cobell litigation but it was shot down in this new
administration. He and Danny Jordan have
been on conference calls with ATNI regarding this bill. He would like to attend a one day meeting
with the Senate Staffers to develop an activity plan for the coming year. Arch states it is in
He would like to discuss Bill
AB 1962 on Wednesday which was the Yurok Bill that was vetoed. He states they need to discuss several issues
as requirements must be met before the Governor will sign a new bill.
He states that he has put
together a bound copy of the policies/codes of the Tribe and is willing to
create a copy for them if they would like it.
He can forward it to Sara and she can place it in the Council’s office.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve Hector’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
16) Jim Berry
Jim was present to review his
written report. He distributed detailed
information regarding their budget that was approved through a phone vote
earlier this week and passed. He states
that it looks like the $60,000 grant from EDA will be approved which will help
them with staffing and workload. He
states he will be meeting with Sue Burcell in Hoopa to go over the CDFI Grant
Application which will help with obtaining some staff members to oversee that
program which was transferred from Housing to KCDC. That would be $150,000 if approved.
Florrine Super asked if now
that Naa Vura Yee Shiip is working with Martha will she report in a different
manner. Robert states the program still
reports to KCDC, but Martha is providing assistance to get the program into
compliance with the funder’s requests and coordinate more collaboration with
other Tribal Programs/Resources.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Florrine Super seconded to approve Jim’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
17) Davey Davis
Not present, written report
only.
Roy Arwood moved and
Robert Goodwin seconded to approve Davey’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
18) Fred
Burcell
Not present, written report
only.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Roy Arwood seconded to approve Fred’s report.
6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
19) Requests
None at this time.
20) Phone Votes
a. Request for approval of Resolution 07-R-001
authorizing the acquisition of and change in purchase price of Jacobs
Allotment. Passed.
b. Request for approval of out of state travel
for Davey Davis, January 8-12, 2007. Passed.
c. Request approval to close all Tribal Offices
in honor of former President Ford, January 2, 2007. Passed.
d. Request for approval for Monitor position to
be onsite at the HappyCamp Rock Shop. Passed.
e. Request for approval to provide $575 for
food/lodging for Tribal Member to
f. Request for approval to purchase 2007 flu
vaccine in the amount of $3,839.41. Passed.
21)
Informational
None at this time.
22) Committee Reports
None at this time.
23) Closed
Session from 8:42 PM to 10:20 PM
Robert Goodwin moved and
Consensus: To move forward with the Social
Services/Tribal Court Planning on the second day of the Canyonville Agenda and
extend the discussion to 1 PM.
Consensus: To schedule the 11th Annual Karuk
Tribal
Consensus: To meet with Stephanie Dolan on February 5,
2007 when she is in Happy Camp.
Consensus: Scott Quinn will be added to the Agenda for Wednesday
to discuss the
Next Meeting Date:
February 22, 2007 at 5 PM in
Meeting adjourned at 10:25 PM.
Yootva,
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Recording Secretary, Sara Spence