Karuk Tribe of California
Council Meeting Minutes
May 27, 2004
Orleans, California
Ayukii,
The meeting was called to order at 5:01 PM by Arch Super, Chairman.
Roll Call
Present
Arch Super, Chairman
Leaf Hillman, Vice-Chairman
Florrine Super, Secretary
Leeon Hillman, Treasurer
Roy Arwood, Member
Florence Conrad, Member
Robert Goodwin, Member
Quorum is established.
The preamble to the Constitution was read aloud by Roy Arwood.
Approval of the Agenda for May 27, 2004
Leaf Hillman moved and Robert Goodwin seconded to approve the Agenda for May 27, 2004. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
1. Approval of the Minutes for February 29, 2004, March 25, 2004, April 22, 2004, April 20, 2004, April 27, 2004, and May 11, 2004
Sara states there needs to be a revision regarding the speed bumps in the April 22, 2004 minutes. BIA cannot pay for them.
Leeon Hillman moved and Roy Arwood seconded to approve the Minutes. 4 haa, 0 puuhara, 2 pupitihara (Leaf Hillman) (Robert Goodwin - May 11, 2004).
2. Karuk Diabetes Cycling Team
Phil Albers, Jr. was present to request continued support of their Cycling Team. They are riding weekly and they are really enjoying the project. They would like to request $2,000 for continued support and also would like access to use Tribal Vehicles for an out of town trip and gas also. They currently have himself, Melinda Conrad, Bo Donahue, Sherile Grant, Herman Albers, Terra Super, Vanessa Super, Janessa Jerry, and Smokey Moran participating in the group. The two participants from Orleans are also requesting assistance with gas to attend the training each week. They are currently using Housing bicycles that were purchased for security. Their trainer is Mike Neel who is an internationally known rider that has even raced with Lance Armstrong. They already receive free drinks and bars through sponsors that work with Mike. Phil states his grant to General Mills was not accepted. JD and Mary have also applied to the Redding Rancheria and two other sources to try to obtain additional dollars. He states they are also working on fundraising activities to get some dollars.
The bike racks are at retail price and through Mike they could get a discount for those. It will most likely be $250-300 for both racks. The Badger Mountain bikes amount is to have $300 available for parts and labor if work is needed on the bikes. Their goal is to obtain sponsorship from other Tribes through their activities and trips. They would also like to use some of that money to help the two Orleans residents with gas money to come to Yreka once each week.
They suggest he talk to David Eisenberg about Diabetes funding if that is possible. Laura states the Health Budget is already pretty stretched and the diabetic funding is almost completely spent for this year on pharmaceuticals. Erin states he may be able to build it into next year’s budget or David may be able to help him find funding sources.
3. Laverne Glaze
Laverne was present to see if the Council would consider putting in with the Hoopa and Yurok Tribes to sponsor the Safe and Sober Seniors at Hoopa High School. They asked what she would need; she stated they need a monetary contribution of any amount.
Leaf Hillman moved and Robert Goodwin seconded to donate $250 to the Safe and Sober Seniors from discretionary. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
She also states that she attends the Language Class at the old Church and would like to use the Panamnik Center for that. They state that has already been approved and Jeanerette has keys so they just need to start using it. Susan suggests Laverne talk to Jim about it.
She also states that there is a Follow the Smoke basket gathering July 12-16, 2004; she would like to know if there is a crew that can bring them a load of fire wood for their campfires. They need enough for two fires for a whole week. Robert suggests they utilize the wood that Housing has. Arch will find someone to get the wood to her. July 11, 2004 is the first day and it will be a full week.
4. Deanna Marshall
Not present.
5. Babbie Peterson
Babbie requested out of state travel for herself and Joanne Rosenbach in Atlanta, Georgia for Title VI Training, July 9-14, 2004. This is presented through their funder. Babbie states there is an on call cook that can fill in during that time to avoid closing the center. They would like her to do a phone vote once she has the final amount.
6. David Goodwin
David states he is the Chairman of the Indian Club and June 19-21, 2004 they are going on a trip. They have been doing fundraisers to go to a pow wow and then go to Six Flags. They would like a donation of $500 to assist with their expenses for this trip.
Florence Conrad moved and Robert Goodwin seconded to donate $500 to the Indian Club from discretionary. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
7. Dwayne Myers
Dwayne was present to ask if they would consider sponsoring Babe Ruth for next season to avoid the problems they ran into this year. He states this year there were decisions made that were not appropriate and they were forced to live with them due to the fact that the Board paid the fees so their decision was final. He would like to see a $1,000 contribution toward Babe Ruth and then they would try to double that through fund raisers to bring it up to $2,000.
Laura states that there is much larger controversy that goes along with this and they should hear all sides before they make a decision so they are making an informed decision.
Dwayne states that there should have been a fair hearing in this situation. April states that her son plays on the Yreka team and it was very disappointing when they came down to Happy Camp and there were no bases and it was very unorganized and she states it was very disappointing to the kids and they waited 45 minutes to play and the kids are the ones that ultimately suffer in these situations.
Arch states the Council will need to get back to him once they meet with the organization to see what is going on.
Dwayne states that he is in a situation where he must move to Oregon to work in Happy Camp due to State Compensation rates. The contractor could not hire him in California due to the fees and therefore brought down workers from Oregon and used them and did not hire any California workers. He is currently living in Oregon on the weekends and working in California on the weekdays. He wanted to meet with TERO to find out about this to see if there are any laws that govern this. Unfortunately because it is a Forest Service Contract, TERO has no say over private contracts that are not being funded through the Tribe. He states TERO should have a say since it is in the aboriginal territory. Leaf doesn’t feel that there is anything that can be done about this without an MOU in place prior to the contract being awarded. Leaf states that the Forest Service may not be able to negotiate that kind of contract even if they want to.
He also wanted to know about the Constitutional Amendment that he asked them to look into. They state they have the paperwork but have not read through it yet.
8. Michael Moore
Mike was present to address the Council and request permission to use Tribal vehicles and gas to attend an AA/NA meeting in Grants Pass, Oregon and Medford, Oregon the weekend of June 5-6, 2004. They would like to go up and camp out overnight between the meetings. His group has grown to nearly 30 people and they will be using private vehicles as well. The drivers will be the same as before who are all insured, employee drivers. They are requesting two vehicles.
Roy Arwood moved and Robert Goodwin seconded to approve two vehicles and a full tank of gas for this trip. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
He states the first Salmon Ceremony is coming up very soon and they will be piling rocks and Norman will talk to them about that. Norman states that in the last newsletter he saw the upcoming schedule of the ceremonies, however; the wording was incorrect. The name of the Salmon Ceremony was Inamvaan, which is actually the person that performs the ceremony, not the ceremony itself. He states that if people don’t know they should find out. He states that it should be correct before it is printed. They asked who submitted it, Sara states the schedule and the wording came from David Arwood. He states the dates are correct, the wording was not. He also states that they should have wait for one ceremony to be over before they start another one to show respect for the other ceremonies that are going on.
He states that there is a big issue regarding the salmon and the salmon run. He states in the Siskiyou Daily News there was an article by Rick Crocker that is absolutely correct. He states in the 80’s they opened up the fishing to commercialize it and there were huge nets set up to block the river making it so that hardly any fish made it up the River. He states that when they allowed that to happen on the Lower Klamath it was devastating and it hasn’t recovered since, it isn’t because of the water it is because of the commercial fishing. He states that during the Salmon kill here two years ago there were fires in Hoopa and he saw them dumping boreade into the River on the fire, two days later the fish kill came and that contributed to the fish kill. He states they should leave the fish alone and let nature do its work. They need to focus on the fishermen that have commercial abilities to catch the salmon.
He also states that there are owners of Fish Days at Katimin. He just wanted to make sure everyone is aware of that ownership. He states that it has been a controversial issue for the last couple of years and he has been told that the Council has given out permission for any Tribal Member to go down and get fish from the falls. He states that needs to stop because it will cause problems. He feels there should be a meeting prior to salmon season to make it stop. He states most of the fisherman down there now don’t have any ownership and he hears that there is no longer Fish Days. Leaf agrees that Fish Days are not out of date and they need to restore the respect for that tradition but he states the fisherman and those who have rights to fish there are the ones that will have to resolve it and there should be a meeting called by them not the Council or the Tribe. He thinks it should be in June or July. Roy states Norman needs to set that up and make sure it happens.
9. Arch Super
Arch states the first item on his request is Closed Session so he will skip that.
The next request is from Babe Ruth regarding sponsorship in their program in the amount of $150. It is a separate issue than what Dwayne was requesting earlier. It is an ad in the program that is distributed at the Babe Ruth Tournament.
Roy Arwood moved and Robert Goodwin seconded to purchase an ad for $150 for the Babe Ruth Program from discretionary. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Arch states he received a request from Grant McElyea for sponsorship that they can address at a later date.
He also states that there was another request from Angela Worchester wanting to park her vehicle at the Tribe while she is working in Happy Camp. The Council states he can make that decision making sure they are not opening the Tribe up to any liability.
Hector also sent them some information regarding a stewardship program and some notes for the meeting tomorrow at 1:00 PM in Yreka with Wally Herger.
10. Old Business
None at this time.
11. April Attebury
She reviewed her report with the Council and let them know what her and her staff has been doing over the past month. She states her SWEEP worker has been converted to a CIMC Trainee and she would like permission to take him with her to take the notary exam next month. He is a trainee and it would help him pursue this type of work in the future in the legal field. CIMC or TERO may be able to cover this expense. Phil at Resident Services can look into it also since he is a resident. She will take the test too and so will Cecilia Arwood.
She states that Darlene is present to review the brochure that she developed for her program. She also asked them to review the grant timeline that she included in the report. She gave them some background into what her CASA Program is currently working on and where they are at in their implementation. April states that the State may want the Tribe to be the lead for Siskiyou County with their CASA program. She will find out more when she goes to Washington, DC.
Darlene requested their support to place a booth at the Yreka Fair. The cost is $325. She states that it has been mentioned that they work together on the booth and use it for Election purposes too. If the Election budget pays for the booth, then they can use it for both. She states the contract can read Karuk Tribal Programs with information about everything. If they are a 501(c)3 they get it free. They are not a 501(c)3; they are tax exempt for IRS purposes but not a non-profit. If they present them with that paperwork it may allow them to get the booth for free, if they agree to it. Erin will fax her paperwork and she can contact them to see if it is OK. If they can’t get the non-profit status, they can do a phone vote. She also requested a loan to get started on items for the booth that can be repaid as they raise money.
Roy Arwood moved and Florrine Super seconded to loan the CASA program $1,000 from discretionary. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
April states that Darlene’s program has a CASA Planning Committee and they are required to assist with fund raising. Because many of them are Council Members the staff at the Court have been assisting her with that fund raising. Fred Nahwooksy had and idea for the Tribe to extend them a line of credit at the People’s Center Gift Shop to purchase items at wholesale and then raffle and/or sell them to repay the dollars and always have items available to make a profit on. Council states they can just grant them $250 and they can replenish their raffle items themselves.
Robert Goodwin moved and Florrine Super seconded to grant the CASA Program $250 to start a pool for purchasing raffle items from the People’s Center. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
April states that she plans to hold a Family Self Help Clinic in Orleans and distributed some brochures on what they can help with. She had a schedule with her to be posted.
She distributed a list of the mediations they had last month and reviewed the statistics with them. They averaged about 11 hours per mediation and spent a total of 79.5 hours on mediation.
She states they went to their training in Palm Springs and she thanked Arch and Florrine for attending with them. She states she was asked to do a presentation at the last minute at that training and they were the only one that brought the materials down. She left a copy of what was presented at the training that the other fifteen Tribes also took back with them.
She states they had a Judge submit a proposal and she would like to set up a time to have a phone conference with him, his name is Judge Costello. She would like to have the in person interview scheduled surrounding the Council meeting so that he can meet the community members. June 21, 2004 at 3:00 PM was set for a conference call in the Council Chambers.
She has also received a proposal from Judge Joseph Flies-Away, she and Sara would also like to invite him to participate in a conference call immediately following the other interview so they can do them on the same day.
She states that she would like to purchase a set of business cards for the Court that all of the Court employees can use with appointment cards on the back as she does not have dollars available for that.
Roy Arwood moved and Robert Goodwin seconded to purchase business cards for the Tribal Court from discretionary. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Robert Goodwin moved and Leeon Hillman seconded to approve April’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
12. Erin Hillman
Erin was present to review her report with the Council.
She distributed a budget analysis as requested for the operation of a Child Care Center in the summer in Happy Camp. Toni is not present tonight but she is presenting the information. She states they also promised the parents they would make a decision as soon as possible.
There are three scenarios ranging from an $8,379 to a $1,700 contribution from the Tribe. There are so many variables for staff, how many children are enrolled, etc. to make an exact prediction. Leaf requests they review them prior to the planning session on June 14, 2004 so they can make a decision. The kids are getting ready to get out of school also and if they do CIMC workers it takes time to get them enrolled and ready to work as well.
She also distributed a draft position description for the Construction Manager that had the Housing Authority duties removed to make it fit what is needed better. She requested approval so that it can be advertised and filled.
Leaf Hillman moved and Roy Arwood seconded to approve the Construction Manager position description. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Roy Arwood moved and Robert Goodwin seconded to approve Erin’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
13. Fred Nahwooksy
Fred distributed the evaluation forms from the basket weavers gathering for them to review while he reported on its success. There were 130 attendees on Saturday and 105 on Sunday. The next gathering is scheduled for September and he may want to schedule it along with the Reunion.
He requested approval of Contract 04-C-046 with Blanche Keller to prepare the food for the gathering. He neglected to get it approved in advance. The amount was $900 plus food expenses from Parry’s Market.
Robert Goodwin moved and Florrine seconded to approve Contract 04-C-046 with Blanche Keller. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
His next request is a grant application to the Seventh Generation Fund in the amount of $6,600.
Robert Goodwin moved and Leaf Hillman seconded to approve the grant application to the Seventh Generation Fund in the amount of $6,600 with Resolution 04-R-59. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
The second grant is to the California Traditional Arts Advancement Program in the amount of $5,000.
Leaf Hillman moved and Robert Goodwin seconded to approve the grant application to the California Traditional Arts Advancement Program in the amount of $5,000 with Resolution 04-R-60. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Florrine told Fred the dates for the Tribal Reunion are September 18-19, 2004. He states he will hold the basket weavers gathering the same weekend.
He states there were nine letters submitted for the Musuem Advisory Committee and he will request approval at the June meeting. He was looking for five to nine people.
He would like to have a ceramics class July 5-12, 2004 in Happy Camp. He has contacted the Family Resource Center and they have said he can use their facilities for that purpose. They could charge a $10 materials fee to help with expenses and make sure people show up.
He states at the last meeting he distributed a copy of a book to them that came from Mosaic Press. They are interested in support for printing from the Tribe. They state they will speak to him about that later.
Florence Conrad moved and Leaf Hillman seconded to approve Fred’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Leaf states that he would like to thank Fred for his hard work and others that helped with the basket weavers gathering. He states it was a good turnout and it was very well organized. Everyone applauded Fred for his efforts.
14. Hector Garcia
Not present.
Leaf Hillman moved and Roy Arwood seconded to approve Hector’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
15. Jennifer Goodwin
She states that she received a request from Humboldt State for support of their Native American Programs including the Indian Teacher and Educational Personnel Program (ITEEP), Indian Natural Resources Science and Engineering Program (INRESP), and Native American Studies (NAS) and she requested approval of Resolution 04-R-57 to be issued for this support.
Leaf Hillman moved and Robert Goodwin seconded to approve Resolution 04-R-57. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
She states she is working with the Yreka High School on starting an Indian Club and continues to work with the Happy Camp High School Indian Club.
She also pointed out that the Housing Student Rent Voucher application due date is June 15, 2004 and the Higher Education application date is July 15, 2004.
Laverne Glaze invited everyone to the Follow the Smoke basket gathering July 12-16, 2004.
Roy states that the goal of the Education Committee is to pursue as much additional funding as they can.
Leaf Hillman moved and Leeon Hillman seconded to approve Jennifer’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
16. Dion Wood
Dion was present to review his written report.
He has two actions items, the first to appoint Cecilia Arwood as the alternate on the TERO Commission. Dion states the alternate still attends all meetings and can vote but they take an absent person’s place or moves into a seat if someone leaves to avoid a vacancy. They will discuss this in closed session. He also requested to appoint Lynn Parton as the Alternate Delegate for the CIMC Board. They will discuss that in closed session as well.
Dion states they are not able to get their own Native Employment Works (NEW) dollars as they did not have a “jobs” program in 1989, their goal is to stay very active in the CIMC Consortium to ensure that they maintain their share of the dollars.
Dion would like to participate in the discussions regarding the pilot childcare project in Happy Camp and would like Erin and Laura to be present as well.
He would like to put together a steering committee to go through all of the policies and procedures for the Tribe to make sure that everything goes together and works together to make a master binder and make it easier for staff to find answers to their questions no matter what entity they work for. The Council feels that is a good idea to move forward on.
He states the TERO Commission will be attending the TERO Convention in Sparks, Nevada in June.
He states that TERO will be ending the work boot assistance program the end of this month as they have experienced rising numbers in the this assistance and assisted 30 people in one month.
He states that TERO has been working with Education and Housing on Tutoring. He would also like to work with the SWEEP workers to get them in his office on the computer looking for grant dollars for program directors.
Florrine asked if there needs to be a Council Member on the TERO Commission. Dion states it is not required but he would welcome that participation. Erin asked if that would be a conflict as they will hear grievances that come to the Council later.
Robert Goodwin moved and Leaf Hillman seconded to nominate Roy Arwood to the TERO Commission. 5 haa, 0 puuhara, 1 pupitihara (Roy Arwood).
Florence Conrad moved and Robert Goodwin seconded to approve Dion’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
17. Laura Mayton
She states she will meet with Diane Oliver tomorrow to discuss her transfer to the Tribe and possibly being a Contractor. She will also have interviews for the Bookkeeper on June 4, 2004 at 10:00 AM and would like a Council Member present. Leaf or Arch will be there.
Robert Goodwin moved and Florence Conrad seconded to approve Laura’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
18. Lisa Aubrey
Lisa was present to review her written report and updated them on the areas she has provided assistance.
She gave them an update on her training she attended in Pasadena recently and states she will prepare a written report shortly.
Robert Goodwin moved and Florence Conrad seconded to approve Lisa’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
19. Sami Difuntorum
Written report only. Florrine asked if they can have copies of the Housing minutes to see what has been happening. Leaf states she can contact them and they can send them down.
Leaf Hillman moved and Robert Goodwin seconded to approve Sami’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
20. Susan Gehr
Susan was present to review her written report.
Her first action item is regarding tuition assistance for the Karuk Language class that Phil will be teaching at Southern Oregon University as it is a college course that costs $430 per student. She does not have dollars for this type of assistance and there are twelve people requesting assistance so full scholarships would not be an option.
Dion states the TERO Commission could entertain a proposal from these individuals to obtain assistance through his program. She will come back to them at the Health Board Meeting to see what they have found out.
She also requested approval of a position description for a Karuk Language Dictionary Specialist to be flown for a four day posting.
Robert Goodwin moved and Leaf Hillman seconded to approve the position description. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
She states that Jim Ferrara is working on a project and his contract has expired and she will bring the contract to them at the Health Board meeting as she did not bring it tonight.
She brought a copy of the Karuk Dictionary poster with her for them to look at. They are available for sale through the ITEPP at HSU for $10. Fred can purchase them for sale in the People’s Center Gift Shop as well.
Florence Conrad moved and Florrine Super seconded to approve Susan’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
21. Trista Parry
Written report only.
Florrine Super moved and Florence Conrad seconded to approve Trista’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
22. Tom Waddell
Tom was present to address the Council. He distributed the draft of the Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the recent FY 2003 Financial Audit. The audit contains seven findings; however, three refer to others so there are really only four, which is down from thirteen. The first is not having updated Fiscal Policies, there were some missing checks, and there were internal control issues, and no approved Indirect Cost Rate or Cost Allocation Plan. They have an Administration Fee but no plan for how to administer that.
Interviews were held for the Cultural Counselor for the Naa Vura Yee Shiip Program this morning to coordinate the Camp for this summer. He states that they plan to hold the camp in unison with the Brush Dance that will be held in Happy Camp to integrate the two activities. June 22, 2004 is the deadline for the grant application to renew this programs funding. Corina has also contacted the funder regarding transferring the program down to KTOC so that the program can be transferred over. They really do not want to do it in the middle of a funding cycle due to the paperwork, but have not said no.
He states the grant for the computer center in the amount of $30,000 has been funded. Diane has been meeting with Laura to see about transferring over her grant funds as well.
He states there is a Board meeting scheduled for next Tuesday and that is when they can go over these items in further detail to report back to the Council. He also gave them some information pertaining to the Hardware Store and ways to sustain that business.
He states there were some meetings scheduled with KSWA to discuss financial status of that entity, however, they have been canceled and they are still trying to set a date. They suggest he try to have them at the Tuesday meeting.
Robert Goodwin moved and Florence Conrad seconded to approve Tom’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
23. Toni McLane
Written report only.
Florrine Super moved and Florence Conrad seconded to approve Toni’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
24. Fred Burcell
Written report only.
Florrine Super moved and Florence Conrad seconded to approve Fred’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
25. Scott Quinn
Written report only.
Florrine Super moved and Florence Conrad seconded to approve Scott’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
26. Earl Crosby
Earl was present to present the Department of Natural Resources Report. Earl states he found out from USFWS he has the go-ahead to start on his decommissioning project in the next month so he needs approval on some items.
His first request is Contract 04-C-054 in the amount of $10,125 with Redenius Construction to haul 800 tons of rip rap to job site 12N08.
Robert Goodwin moved and Florence Conrad seconded to approve Contract 04-C-054 in the amount of $10,125 with Redenius Construction. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
His next item is approval of the rental of heavy equipment from Peterson Rents in the amount of $87,300.
Robert Goodwin moved and Florence Conrad seconded to approve the rental of heavy equipment from Peterson Rents in the amount of $87,300. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
He requested approval of 800 tons of 0.5-1.0 ton rip rap from Hoopa Valley Aggregate in the amount of $14,400.
Robert Goodwin moved and Florence Conrad seconded to approve 800 tons of 0.5-1.0 ton rip rap from Hoopa Valley Aggregate in the amount of $14,400. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
He requested approval of Contract 04-C-055 with Shivshaneen Consulting for the Integrated Resource Management Plan in the amount of $14,000.
Leaf Hillman moved and Robert Goodwin seconded to approve Contract 04-C-055 with Shivshaneen Consulting for the Integrated Resource Management Plan in the amount of $14,000. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
He requested approval of a grant application to the Seventh Generation Fund in the amount of $10,000. Resolution 04-R-061 was assigned.
Robert Goodwin moved and Leaf Hillman seconded to approve a grant application to the Seventh Generation Fund in the amount of $10,000 with Resolution 04-R-061. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
He requested approval to purchase a remote fish tracking system for the Fisheries program from Grant Systems Engineering in the amount of $5324.71.
Robert Goodwin moved and Leaf Hillman seconded to approve the purchase of a remote fish tracking system for the Fisheries program from Grant Systems Engineering in the amount of $5324.71. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
He requested approval of modification 5 to cooperative agreement 113310J005 with the USFWS in the amount of $8,284 to reimburse them for work in the Fall of 2003.
Leaf Hillman moved and Robert Goodwin seconded to approve modification 5 to cooperative agreement 113310J005 with the USFWS in the amount of $8,284. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Jim Henderson was present to request approval of the revised Water Resources Technician I and II position descriptions. They will reflect their current duties and adjust their salary to an appropriate level.
Leaf Hillman moved and Robert Goodwin seconded to approve the revised position descriptions and salary scales. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
He also requested approval to do a cost share agreement between the Karuk Tribe and USGS on the flow gauge that is on Indian Creek. The Forest Service was doing it but now cannot afford to and now USGS is requesting the Tribe pick up this difference. It will come from the EPA budget and there are dollars available. They use the data all the time. These gauges were slated for removal without cost share agreements so the Tribe did that, then the Forest Service started doing it, now they cannot afford it any more so they are turning back to the Tribe.
Robert Goodwin moved and Florence Conrad seconded to approve $8,550 for a cost share agreement with USFWS. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
He also briefed them on an upcoming phone vote and gave them some statistical data as well. He gave them an update on the FERC licensing status. He states he will forward the fish kill information to Sara to have Jonathan post on the website.
Ramona introduced herself as the Environmental Administrative Coordinator and requested approval of Contract 04-C-053 with Eugene Coleman in the amount of $1,505.
Leaf Hillman moved and Florence Conrad seconded to approve Contract 04-C-053 with Eugene Coleman in the amount of $1,505. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Leaf Hillman moved and Robert Goodwin seconded to approve the DNR report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
27. Wes Valentine
Not present, on vacation.
28. DownRiver Impressions Contract Renewal
Sara requested approval of Contract 04-C-052 with DownRiver Impressions to continue production of the Tribal Newsletter for another year. The cost is $320 per issue plus miscellaneous expenses depending on the number of pages and other items. The funding comes from discretionary. The printing will still be done by Mosaic Press, LLC in Happy Camp.
Robert Goodwin moved and Florrine Super seconded to approve Contract 04-C-052 with DownRiver Impressions to continue production of the Tribal Newsletter for another year. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
29. Bigfoot Days Brochure Ad Request
Sara presented a request from the Happy Camp Coordinating Council to purchase advertisements for the Tribe and the People’s Center in the 2004 Bigfoot Days Brochure. Last year they purchased two ads for $100 each.
Florrine Super moved and Florence Conrad seconded to approve the purchase of two ads for the 2004 Bigfoot Days Brochure. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
30. Date to Meet with Mary Frances McHugh
June 4, 2004 at 3:00 PM in Happy Camp was set.
31. Committee Reports
ICWA Committee
Florrine states that Daniel does not have a Tribal vehicle and that needs to be looked at because he is using his personal vehicle for trips back and forth to Happy Camp and Eureka.
Barbara Norman is also wondering if they can enter into a contract with John Lawrence to have him finalize some ICWA cases so that she can continue her work with ICW. She can obtain the numbers and let them know how much it would be. They feel that the information is theirs since they were their cases and they shouldn’t have to pay for it. Barbara feels it would be beneficial to work with him.
Florence Conrad moved and Leaf Hillman seconded to approve Florrine’s report. 5 haa, 0 puuhara, 1 pupitihara (Robert Goodwin).
Closed Session from 10:05 PM to 11:15 PM
Leaf Hillman moved and Robert Goodwin seconded to approve a $400 loan to Tribal Employee #2254 to be repaid by a payroll deduction at a rate of $50 per pay period. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Consensus: For Leaf to review their application to ensure they have the proper points allocated for the Housing waiting list.
Robert Goodwin moved and Florrine Super seconded to appoint Dave Nelson and Cecilia Arwood to the TERO Commission. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Robert Goodwin moved and Florrine Super seconded to appoint Renae Parton as the CIMC Alternate. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
June 4, 2004 at 11:00 AM was set for the TERO Hearing.
Leaf Hillman moved and Leeon Hillman seconded to approve the Social Worker Assistant position description for a four day posting. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Florence Conrad moved and Robert Goodwin seconded to approve a $2,000 loan to Employee #4959 to be repaid by a payroll deduction at a rate of $100 per pay period. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Florence Conrad moved and Leaf Hillman seconded to approve up to a $5,000 loan to be repaid by a payroll deduction at a rate of $250 per pay period. 5 haa, 0 puuhara, 1 pupitihara (Florrine Super).
Robert Goodwin moved and Leeon Hillman seconded to approve the Notice of Intent to Sue with Resolution 04-R-62. There will be no attorney’s fees but there will be filing fees and travel fees. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Next Meeting Date: June 24, 2004 at 5:00 PM in Happy Camp.
Leaf Hillman moved and Robert Goodwin seconded to adjourn at 11:17 PM.
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Arch Super, Chairman
Recording Secretary,
Sara Spence