Karuk Tribe of
Council Meeting Minutes
Ayukii,
The meeting was called to order at
Roll Call
Present
Leeon Hillman, Treasurer
Roy Arwood, Member
Robert Goodwin, Member –
arrived at
Robert Grant, Member
Alvis Johnson, Member
Absent
Leaf Hillman, Vice Chairman –
on travel – excused
Florrine Super, Secretary –
ill – excused
Quorum is established.
Roy Arwood read the preamble to the Constitution
aloud.
Approval of the Agenda for
Robert Grant moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve the Agenda for February 23, 2006. 5 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
1) Approval of
the Minutes for
The minutes were tabled to
Wednesday as they have not had the opportunity to read them.
2) Kristy
Goodwin
Kristy was present to request
a $100 donation toward the expenses for a Big Bucks Bingo in May. The funding will assist with the expenses for
the dinner. The fundraiser is for the
Junction Booster Club for the elementary school. Arch states that this request will be
forwarded to the Booster Club for consideration and they will let her know by
Wednesday what their decision is.
3) Ben Riggan
Not present.
4) Dan McCarthy
Dan was present to address
the Council regarding the boat launches up and down the river and the damage
that was caused by the high water. He
has talked to Bob Goodwin,
Robert Goodwin arrived at
He states all of the launches
are not on Forest Service land, some are on private land.
Sandi states that she plans
to meet with FEMA and determine if the Tribe can obtain dollars toward these
repairs and get together interested parties to discuss the needed funding to
get the boat launches/river accesses taken care of. She states they want to meet with Tribal
Representatives on
Dan would like to know what
DNR’s priorities are for their river access so that he is aware. Sandi states she knows which areas they use
and it would be a good idea to ask some basketweavers and ceremonial leaders which
accesses are most needed by them. She
states there may be some funding available for a hand crew but that cannot take
care of these access issues.
Andre states that if there
are emergency dollars, they will be funneled through NCIDC and then they put
together crews and they too are still waiting to hear and won’t know until
later. Dan states he can forward them a
CD with flood photos he has of the areas that need repair, this is worse than
the damage done in 1997’s flood. Andre
states if they forward their priority list once it is compiled, he can use it
to obtain funding as well.
Norman states there are a
couple of crews right now that are supposed to be used for ceremonial purposes
and trail work. Sandi states they are a
youth crew that only works in the summer doing that type of work, there is not
funding to carry it through year round.
Norman states there are a lot
of areas that need repairs due to the weather and he can work with Dan and
Sandi to put together an inventory of what work needs to be done and then work
with Andre and FEMA to address these needs.
Dan states for Wingate and
Standard Oil will be about $4,300.
Standard Oil is a location they have had a screw trap in the past. That estimate is for rock and equipment
hours. There was further discussion
regarding what needs to be fixed and what the Forest Service has indicated they
plan to do. They will discuss it further
on Wednesday. She states they should
invite other departments that may have an interest in this as well.
5) Andre
Cramblit
Andre was present to address
the Council to discuss two issues. One
is he is on the statewide planning committee for the education conference which
will be held in
He also states that he works
to provide information to Indian communities on obesity prevention and disease
prevention and traditional eating. They
produce 8 newsletters per year on this topic.
He states the newest edition will be sent out next week, he pointed out
that www.ncidc.org has all of the
information as well as a diabetic cookbook and commodity recipes to help them eat
healthier and past newsletters are on the site also.
6) Rosie Bley
They would like to gain
feedback from the community on the ANA SEDS Grant and
It began as a Computer Center
Grant where she is the Director but has snowballed into a Tribal wide
three-year grant. She gave the audience
an overview of the goals of the grant program which aims at recruiting,
training, hiring, promoting, and retaining the members of the Tribe and the Tribe’s
communities.
They would like to create a
one-stop-shop that offers information on Tribal employment, outside/local
employment, and educational opportunities.
It will also assist others with website sales to provide income to the
communities for baskets and crafts.
She gave the audience
information on the services they currently provide at the
There will be online
databases to view positions within the Tribe and outside of the Tribe to gain
information on what is available and what the individual would need to obtain
to apply for and hold that position as well as the benefits and salaries
associated with those positions. Then
they can be prepared to work in a position of that nature as positions change.
There was discussion and
comments from the audience members present.
Jennifer asked if there will be any funding assistance available to pay
for the tuition for the Members to attend these courses. She states they will work with COS and also
hire a position on assisting Members with obtaining funding assistance to
attend school and how to work on online education but will not have funding to
cover the tuition. She states they are
hoping that the Council will allow employees to use some of their work time to
do their coursework as it will directly benefit the organization.
6)
7) Kevin
Dalgleish, Community Member
He was present to address the
Council and everyone present. He has
been living in
8) Old Business
None at this time.
9)
Written report only, not
present. A report was also included from
Barbara Houle for the CASA Program, next month she will be on the agenda
separately as the
Alvis Johnson moved and
Robert Goodwin seconded to approve April and Barbara’s reports. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
10)
Lisa was present to review
her written report. She does not have
any action items. She states they still
have dollars for energy assistance if anyone needs help. Once they submit an application it takes
about two weeks to make a determination.
Emergencies can be moved up if necessary but the entire process takes
about two weeks.
11) Susan Gehr,
Language Program
Susan was present to review
her written report. She states she has
no action items this month. She states
next month she will have two action items, one for the continuation grant
application and the second will be for a grant from the Endangered Language
Fund which she will be applying for that can be used for documentation, tapes,
mileage, speaker fees, etc.
She would like to use the
funding for assistance as they receive requests for quite often for Karuk names
and the traditional Karuk naming process and the rules and history behind
that. She would like to gather
information from the Elders to put together a Karuk Name Guide for naming
children. The application is due on
She also discussed the ICLS
statewide organization that sponsors conferences, supports the master
apprentice program. She will be bringing
a Resolution to the Planning Meeting next week to support this organization
applying for ANA funds, they would not be in competition with the Tribe’s grant.
12)
Dion was present to address
the Council. He distributed a written
report and states he has no action items.
He reviewed the information in his report. There will be a Pacific Northwest Regional
Quarterly Meeting on
He has a couple of meeting
dates he would like them to consider.
The first is for a Construction Monitor Training Planning Meeting on
He has a lead on funding for
the Veteran’s Monument in Happy Camp and will bring information regarding that
to the Council next week as well. He has
tentatively set Flagger Training for
Arch asked that he send out
these appointments in Outlook so they can accept/decline them into their
schedules.
Roy Arwood moved and
Robert Goodwin seconded to approve Dion’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
13) Rick Hill,
Grant Writer
Rick distributed his written
report and reviewed its contents with the Council. He would like to meet with the Council next
week to discuss the HCHS Clinic and Plan B they will take for that
project. He would like to again pursue
strategic planning once they fill the Grant Writer vacancy. He states their future projects are going to
need to have a tangible result as that is the competitive edge that is coming
to ensure that grant funding is serving a purpose. He states they should start looking into
bringing in a consultant to work on strategic planning and also look at what
some other Tribes have done.
14)
Written report, no action
items. She updated her report and
submitted a revised copy with an attached analysis of the Health Program Budget
through
Alvis Johnson moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve Laura’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
15) Erin
Hillman, Administrative Programs/Compliance
Florence Conrad moved and
Robert Goodwin seconded to change the authorized signers for State Indian
Health to Lessie Aubrey,
She requested approval Resolution
06-R-016 authorizing the support of Equest, a non-profit corporation, to submit
a funding request for a “
Robert Goodwin moved and
Robert Grant seconded to approve
16) Leo
Carpenter, People’s Center
Not present, his written
report was included in the packets for approval. It was the same report distributed at last
week’s Wednesday meeting.
Alvis Johnson moved and
17) Jim Berry,
KCDC
Ben Riggan, Economic
Development Coordinator, was present to review the written report for
KCDC. He states that Jim has mostly been
working on the audit preparations. He
states they hired a new Finance employee that Jim is very excited about. It should enable them to have the capacity to
grow larger. He is working on the value
added products grant from USDA and a continuation grant from EDA for his
position. He continues to work on the
RAC Grant and hoped to have it tonight but still needs some documentation to
complete the application. He went over
some of his other activities he has been working on as well and other
collaborations he has been working with DNR on.
He distributed a preliminary
draft of a Contract Sue Burcell has been drafting. She is currently working without a Contract
so he would like to have a contract approved.
It needs to go through the review process and have a number assigned
before they can approve it. It is only
for the additional $1,750 and can be submitted to the Council for approval at
the Wednesday meeting on
Andre asked if they are
paying $4,750 for one grant to be written.
He states that is an incredible amount to pay for a grant to be
written. The ANA estimates it takes 120
hours to write this grant and she is only charging for 60 hours to write the
grant and it is very intensive.
Roy Arwood moved and Alvis
Johnson seconded to approve KCDC’s report.
6 haa, 0 puuhar,a 0 pupitihara.
18)
Arch distributed the
information received from Dennis Whittlesey regarding the Casino Project and
his activities.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Roy Arwood seconded to approve Hector’s report.
6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
19) Chris
Kleeman
Not present, no written
report submitted.
20) Jennifer
Goodwin
Jennifer was present to
address the Council. She distributed
copies of her report to the Council. She
has no action items for approval. She
gave them an overview of her activities.
She announced that the Indian Club sold 96 roses for Valentine’s Day for
$5 each and everyone really liked the fundraiser.
Roy Arwood moved and Leeon
Hillman seconded to approve Jennifer’s report.
6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
21)
Sandi’s written report was
included for review and she was also present to request approval on several
action items.
She distributed a proposal
for EPA funds in the amount of $150,000 to assist in the implementation of road
decommissioning in the Bluff Creek Watershed.
Resolution 06-R-15 was assigned to the proposal. The un-recovered Indirect is $5,128 for the
project.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Roy Arwood seconded to approve Resolution 06-R-15. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
She requested approval of
Resolution 06-R-17 for BIA funding in the amount of $122,512 to fund the
Wildland/Urban Interface Grant which will be passed through to KCDC and has
already been approved by their Board.
Roy Arwood moved and
Robert Goodwin seconded to approve Resolution 06-R-17. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
She requested approval to
purchase water temperature monitors from Onset Computer Corporation in the
amount of $3,570 for the fisheries program.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve the purchase from the Onset Computer
Corporation in the amount of $3,570. 6
haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
She distributed draft Water
Quality Standards for them to review.
They were revised in 2002 when Scott Quinn was still working in that
program and were passed through the previous Council. She felt it may be information they are
interested in. Once it is re-approved it
can be submitted to FERC for the re-licensing process documenting the Tribe’s
Water Quality Standards for waters that flow through
Her report also included
procurement to lease equipment for the Watershed Program rather than renting
the equipment each year that can also be discussed at the meeting. Earl would like to gather additional
information first. She requested two
contact names for the FEMA documents that were forwarded for the meeting on
She requested a Mid-Month
Meeting date. The Forest Service Meeting
is
Leeon Hillman moved and
Robert Goodwin seconded to approve Sandi’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
22) Scott Quinn
Written report only, not
present.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve Scott’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
23) Fred
Burcell
Written report only, not
present.
Alvis Johnson moved and
24) Don Voyles
Written report only, not
present.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve Don’s report.
6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
25) Sami
Difuntorum
Written report only, not
present.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve Sami’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
26) Sara Spence
Sara requested approval of
Contract 06-C-019 with Kathleen Davis to provide Council Cooking services
through
Roy Arwood moved and
Robert Goodwin seconded to approve Contract 06-C-019. 5 haa, 0 puuhara, 1 pupitihara (
27) Phone Votes
a) Approval for Bill Tripp to attend ITC
sponsored staff support for Bioenergy & Wood Products Cons., in
b) Approval for Resolution 06-R-09 authorizing
submission of proposal to the BIA for $79,294 second phase of IRMP. Passed.
c) Approval for out of state travel for Florrine
Super to
d) Approval for out of state travel for Patti
White to attend HRSA UDS training in
28)
Informational
None at this time.
29) Committee
Reports
None at this time.
Closed Session from
They will consider and
discuss the requests from Tribal Member #361 at the Wednesday meeting and make
a decision.
Consensus: They will discuss the HCHS building transfer issue
further at the Wednesday meeting.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Leeon Hillman moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to appoint Roy Arwood and Robert Goodwin to serve as the
Council Representatives on the People’s Center Advisory Board and then
Consensus: To look into the salary increase request and
discuss it further at the Wednesday meeting with feedback from Laura regarding
the budgets.
Consensus: To refer the request from Joyce Jones to the
Booster Club for consideration.
Directive: To IT Manager that written Council reports
are required.
Next Meeting Date:
Yootva,
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Recording Secretary, Sara Spence