Karuk Tribe of
Council Meeting Minutes
Happy Camp,
The meeting was called to order at
Roll Call
Present
Leaf Hillman, Vice Chairman
Florrine Super, Secretary
Leeon Hillman, Treasurer
Roy Arwood, Member – Late –
Robert Goodwin, Member
Alvis Johnson, Member
Robert Grant, Member – Absent
– Excused
Quorum is established.
The preamble to the Constitution was read aloud by
Approval of the Agenda for
Leaf Hillman moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve the Agenda for June 22, 2006. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
The Council requested a
brief closed session to address a time sensitive issue prior to proceeding with
the open session portion of the meeting.
Arch requested action items only due to the length of
the Agenda and the delayed start due to early closed session. They also stated they will reorganize the
Agenda to hear the out of town closed session issues prior to proceeding with
the Director’s Reports.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Leaf Hillman seconded to approve the Agenda with changes. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
1) Approval of
the Minutes for
Robert Goodwin moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve the Minutes for May 25, 2006. 5 haa, 0 puuhara, 1 pupitihara (Leaf
Hillman).
2) Associate
Judge Charles Henry
Leaf invited them to attend
the Tribal Reunion on Saturday and meet the people.
3) Horse
Program
Judd Pindell was present on
the behalf of the Horse Program along with Patricia Hobbs, Suzanne Pindell, and
Mickey Hayes. They would like to request
permission to place a travel trailer at the Ish Kayish Ranch Site that they use
for their program. They propose a 20’ to
30’ long by 8’ wide trailer that would be fully self-contained and removed
during the winter season and possibly relocated to the Lion’s Hall property.
They will move the discussion
to the Wednesday Meeting for further discussion.
4) Phil Albers
Moved to closed session.
5)
Sandi was present to address
the Council regarding requests from Paula Allen.
The first is for the purchase
of fold up picnic tables that can be used for Tribal ceremonies. The lowest price she identified was from
amazon.com for $169.99 each and they would like six tables. They can charge it to Indirect if they are available
for multiple programs to use such as the
The second is for
porta-potties, dumpsters, and a purchase order at the Somes Bar Store. These are standard items provided for
ceremonies each year. The third is a
request for shuttle service, they can use Tribal vehicles for this purpose as
well and
The tables can be voted on
Wednesday.
6) Old Business
None at this time.
7) Barbara
Houle, CASA
Her report was emailed but didn’t
make it in hard copy form for the packets.
Roy Arwood arrived at
8)
Written report only, not
present.
Alvis Johnson moved and
Leaf Hillman seconded to approve all written director’s reports. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
9) Jim Berry,
KCDC
Written report only, not
present.
Alvis Johnson moved and
Leaf Hillman seconded to approve all written director’s reports. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
10) Scott Quinn,
Land-Transportation
Scott distributed two action
items for approval. They are Resolutions
for MOAs that have already been approved.
The first is Resolution 06-R-75 authorizing an amendment of the 1997
Long Range Transportation Plan to add State Routes 96 and 263 and Interstate 5
to the IRR System.
Leaf Hillman moved and Roy
Arwood seconded to approve Resolution 06-R-75.
7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Florrine Super moved and
Leaf Hillman seconded to approve Scott’s report. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
11)
Sandi requested approval to
purchase seed for the Watershed Restoration program as they do each season from
S&S Seeds Inc. in the amount of $2,667.50.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve the purchase of seed from S&S Seeds, Inc.
in the amount of $2,667.50. 7 haa, 0
puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
She distributed copies of two
thank you letters drafted to be sent to individuals who have been helpful in
their recent efforts.
Consensus: To send the letters.
She states that they will be
meeting with the Bernie Winegarden, the Regional Forester and Sandi will be
drafting a letter regarding their request for a longer meeting due to the
amount of Forest Service land in the Karuk Tribe’s area. She would like to meet
The week of
She requested a date for a
July Mid-Month Meeting.
Leaf Hillman moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve Sandi’s report. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
12)
Written report only, not
present.
Alvis Johnson moved and
Leaf Hillman seconded to approve all written director’s reports. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
13) Erin
Hillman, Administrative Programs-Compliance
Written report only, not
present.
Alvis Johnson moved and
Leaf Hillman seconded to approve all written director’s reports. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
14) Rick
Hill/Hester Miller, Grant Writers
Written report only, not
present.
Alvis Johnson moved and
Leaf Hillman seconded to approve all written director’s reports. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
15)
Laura requested approval of
continuation funding for Title IVB funds in the amount of $5,436. Resolution 06-R-72 was assigned.
Leaf Hillman moved and
Florrine Super seconded to approve Resolution 06-R-72. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
She also distributed the
reimbursement agreement with CRIHB to receive compensation for Administrative
Services they provide. This was approved
once but there was a slight change to the agreement. It is to provide services to get members
signed up for Medi-Cal.
Leaf Hillman moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve Agreement 06-A-008. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Florrine Super moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve Laura’s report. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
16) Sami
Difuntorum, KTHA
Written report only, not
present.
17)
Dion distributed his written
report for their review.
He states their funding level
looks to be the same for the Child Care Program for next year. He was able to work with Joyce, DNR, and HR
to coordinate the Summer Youth positions for this summer. He has a list of deliverables from the State
for their TANF program giving them two weeks.
He also included other information regarding their caseload. If they do not negotiate with the State
during that time, it will then go to ACF for Federal case negotiations. It is time to either negotiate or give up.
There is a conference coming
up
Leaf Hillman moved and
Robert Goodwin seconded to authorize out of state travel to
Laura states they will need
to obligate some discretionary dollars toward TANF and getting this going. They could use that funding to hire a
consultant. John Grant is willing to do
the work for them; he is currently finishing up his contract with Yurok. Dion does not have a price.
Consensus: To reject the State’s number and request
further negotiations.
He requested another date for
the Tribal Council to meet with the TERO Commission regarding the mission and
role of TERO within the Tribal Government.
There was not sufficient attendance by Council Members to accomplish the
needed planning. It will take about two
hours and he would like a date in August.
Leeon Hillman moved and
Robert Goodwin seconded to approve Dion’s report. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
18) Jennifer
Goodwin, Education
Written report only, not
present.
Alvis Johnson moved and
Leaf Hillman seconded to approve all written director’s reports. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
19)
Written report only, not
present.
Alvis Johnson moved and
Leaf Hillman seconded to approve all written director’s reports. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
20) Chris
Kleeman, IT Manager
No report, not present.
21) Leo
Carpenter, People’s Center
No report, not present.
22) Fred
Burcell, Construction
Written report only, not
present.
Alvis Johnson moved and
Leaf Hillman seconded to approve all written director’s reports. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
23) Social
Services Program
Written report only, not
present.
Alvis Johnson moved and
Leaf Hillman seconded to approve all written director’s reports. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
24) Susan
Gehr/Phil Albers, Language
Written report only, not
present.
Alvis Johnson moved and
Leaf Hillman seconded to approve all written director’s reports. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
25) Requests
None at this time.
26) Phone Votes
The phone votes were read
into the record including:
a) Request approval for contracts to obtain
equipment rental from Peterson Rents for an excavator, and dozer. Passed.
b) Request approval for burial assistance for
Tribal Member. Passed.
c) Request approval to seat Paula McCarthy,
Robert Super, and Verna Reece to the KTHA Housing Board. Passed.
d) Request approval for two summer youth
position descriptions. Passed.
e) Request approval for Living Gold Press to use
Karuk Flag in a coloring book. Passed.
f) Request approval to submit grant proposal to
the California State Water Resources Control Board for $250,000. Passed.
g) Request approval to assist Tribal Member with
$3,500 for temporary leave from incarceration to attend funeral services. Denied.
27)
Informational
None at this time.
28) Committee
Reports
None at this time.
29) Closed
Session
Leaf Hillman moved and
Consensus: To table Tribal Member #1925’s loan request
to the Wednesday Meeting.
Consensus: To table Tribal Member #2527’s loan request
to the Wednesday Meeting and also forward the request to the Education and TERO
Departments for possible grant assistance.
The Tribal Council
clarified that the Resolution recently issued excluding certain individuals
from Housing Property was exactly that, it does not pertain to all Tribal Lands
and it was not their intent to require the Housing Residents to enforce the
Resolution, as indicated in the Resolution text, it is the duty of the Housing
Authority Staff to enforce this exclusion.
Consensus: To allow Tribal Member #1019 to continue to
work with Barbara Norman to see if the child support offer can be
counter-offered in a lower amount.
Leaf Hillman moved and
Robert Goodwin seconded to raise Employee #4020’s rate to $56.35 per hour. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Consensus: Arch Super, Leaf Hillman, Florrine Super, and
Robert Goodwin will be available to meet with Leo Carpenter on
Consensus: To forward the request for dental assistance
back to the CHS Office.
Consensus: To deny the loan request from Tribal Member
#957.
Directive: For Laura Mayton to begin receiving the list
of delinquent accounts at the Housing Authority to ensure that Tribal Policy is
utilized throughout all entities for outstanding debts.
Leaf Hillman moved and
Robert Goodwin seconded to approve a budget modification of $5,000 for the
2130-56 Social Services Budget. 7 haa, 0
puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Florrine Super seconded to approve
Florrine Super moved and
Directive: To draft a letter to Tribal Member #506
addressing the concerns the Tribal Council has with recent behavior toward
staff and visitors in Tribal Offices and enforcing the fact that it will not be
tolerated any longer.
Next Meeting Date:
Meeting adjourned at:
Yootva,
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Recording Secretary,