Karuk Tribe of
Council Meeting Minutes
June 28, 2007
Happy Camp,
The meeting was called to order at 5:03 PM by Florrine
Super, Secretary.
Roll Call
Present
Florrine Super, Secretary
Leeon Hillman, Treasurer
Roy Arwood, Member
Sonny Davis, Member
Robert Goodwin, Member – 8:57
PM – Excused
Alvis Johnson, Member
Absent
Leaf Hillman, Vice Chairman –
Excused
Quorum is established.
The mission statement of the Karuk Tribe of
Approval of the Agenda for June 28, 2007
Alvis Johnson moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve the Agenda for June 28, 2007. 5 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
1) Approval of
the Minutes for May 24, 2007
2) Pihneftuuf
Elston
Pihneftuuf was present to
address the Council along with Jennifer Goodwin. He is a recent 8th Grade Graduate
who put together the slide show for graduation and came to show it to them so
that they can see his computer skills.
He also has one small request
which is permission to use a Tribal vehicle for a family member to transport
him to
Consensus: They will discuss it at dinner.
3) Kirby Sims
Kirby was present to address
the Council and request that they look into the Cultural Monitoring protocols
for how individuals are called to work on projects. There are Tribal Members who could be working
on projects earning income but current staff members are being used for
monitoring instead. He has been
attempting to contact DNR to speak to them about this but cannot reach anyone
or receive any information.
Results: This item is on the agenda for discussion in
Closed Session.
Sandi is present and states
that her understanding is that there were concerns with who is monitoring on
projects. She states that the
4) Mike Hentz
& Alan Crockett
They are present to address
the Council and discuss the Roundwood Project and the
He is currently writing a
Business plan that includes economy, culture, and stewardship. There is a partnership between all involved
properties and there is an MOU that has been worked on for quite some time.
The ultimate end goal of the
project is construction of a
He presented them with the
Summary Plan and Draft Business Plan for their files and review.
Their critical point right
now is Site Selection and determining where they will place the building. They have reviewed and ranked several sites
but have not decided on a final site at this point. There has been discussion that a piece of
Alan updated the group on
what they have been doing at the local
He states he tries to
communicate with the community through email and website development with
photos and information. He encourages
everyone to sign up for the email notifications if they are interested.
Sandi states that there was a
meeting to discuss the Tribal site that was mentioned and possible uses and
suggests that there be a date set that everyone can get together to meet on
this project and decide how they will move forward and do the thorough planning
that is necessary to be able to seek grant funding for the project.
He also left a copy of the
grant summary in case they wanted to read that document as well.
5) Old Business
None at this time.
6) Jim Berry,
KCDC
Jim states a written report
is included. He has some updates which
are that EDA funding has been received in the amount of $60,000 which ties in
with the RAC Project which will be blended with that funding to hire the
Economic Development Coordinator position that they can now advertise once the
position description is approved by the KCDC Board of Directors.
There was a Cooperative
Agreement between KCDC and the Forest Service and there was an additional MOU
between all agencies. The Cooperative
Agreement was approved and the MOU is still pending.
He states they received their
Indirect Cost Rate at 22.14% for Fiscal Year 2007 of total costs. He has also received the final audit report
for KCDC which is clean and they will now pursue removing KCDC from the High
Risk Status list with OIG. He
distributed an update on the KCDC Budgets and where they are at.
He presented the Head Start
Child/Adult Food Program proposal for their approval. It is a reimbursement program for the Head
Start lunches that are served. This has
been in place for many, many years. As
Head Start is a pass through grant the Council needs to approve it.
Roy Arwood moved and Sonny
7)
Hector states he has no
action items and was present to respond to the question regarding the Appeal
for the BIA funding that is being cut from the budget. He states that no funding has been allocated
for JOM or HIP funding at this point.
If no one from the Tribe is
pushing the issue then it will not go anywhere; at the recent meeting no one
has expressed it being put back in the budget and it has not been discussed at
all. The JOM funding is the base funding
for the Education Department and
Hector states they need to
call, fax, send letters go physically to the offices and get their message
across to make it work. The Council
states that not only Education staff but his department needs to work together
to do whatever it takes to get it accomplished.
The Council wants this
pursued so that the funding can be saved and returned to the budget. Hector states that the
They are being told each year
that the funding to Native Americans is being cut and will continue to be cut
each year which is why they have been putting on Economic Development
conferences to ensure that the Tribes are able to develop methods to sustain
themselves.
Dwayne states they need to
take their land back and log it to make some money.
Hector states that directing
the budget advisory committee in
Bud states that because
8)
Written report only, not
present.
9) Rick
Hill/Hester Dillon, Grant Writers
Rick and Hester were both
present to review their report with the Council.
He distributed a request to
apply for $20,000 for the Karuk Tribe to work on Emergency Response Planning
and Training. It is a letter of interest
and then the application will be prepared.
Consensus: To send the letter.
He also has Resolution 07-R-097
to submit to FEMA for $9,573 to put together a mail-out publication in the
local communities in 2007 and in 2008 along with a booth at the 2008
Hester presented Resolution
07-R-085 for a proposal to the Blue Shield Foundation to fund the purchase of
the generator for the Happy Camp Clinic site.
They are hoping that between this funding, the Cheney Foundation, the Ford
Foundation funding, and Third Party funding they can purchase a generator to
run the entire facility.
She also distributed
Resolution 07-R-098 allowing the Tribe’s to participate in the California
Registered Sex Offender System. If the
Tribe does not opt to participate, they cannot participate so they should
submit this just in case. NCAI is
encouraging Tribe’s to reserve the option to create their own registry system
should the PL 280 language be modified to allow this function and exertion of
sovereignty.
Leeon Hillman moved and
She states that she and Rick
had a booth at the
10) Scott Quinn,
Land/Transportation
Scott was present to
distribute his report. He apologizes
that it was not submitted in the packets; he was on travel.
He states there are about 18
properties in the process of being put into Trust status for the Tribe. He included the contact sheets for each
property where he logs all contact for each one and tracks it in case they have
any questions.
The Jacobs/Indian Ned
allotments appraised higher than the offered amount. $199,000 was the amount it appraised for;
they only agreed to $188,000 and they have a contract/agreement in place. BIA is forwarding the justification for their
price and they can review that when it comes in and either pay the increased
amount or continue with the original amount.
Scott will draft a letter to
BIA indicating that they had an agreed upon amount and that is what it should
be and cc the letter to Huddleston and go from there.
He is working on the Starritt
property but needs Maintenance Staff to help with upkeep on the property and
there is some leftover Jacobs funding that could be used to install a sprinkler
system which would greatly reduce the maintenance required on the
property. The Tribe needs to ensure this
is kept up in the future as well.
Consensus: To speak to Fred about installing a sprinkler
system at the Starritt Cemetery with funding available from the Jacobs
Allotment that is linked to the DNR system from creek water instead of City
water and add the Starritt Cemetery to the properties to be maintained. Maybe the FEMA Crew could possibly work on
this project as well.
He has been working with
Hester on a grant to increase the Stage services offered in the
communities. They would like to increase
services so that you could travel from 1-5 to the Coast on public
transportation. It would be about
$100,000 to $150,000 per year in grant funds.
He requested approval of an
invoice to Happy Camp Septic Tank Service in the amount of $937.50 to assess
the Oak Knoll Septic System which is completely deteriorated and must be
replaced.
11)
Sandi was present to review
her written report with the Council. She
has some action items for approval.
The first is a proposal to
BOR in the amount of $105,071 for road decommissioning activities on Fish Creek
within the Bluff Creek Watershed during the summer of 2008. Resolution 07-R-094 was assigned.
Leeon Hillman moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve Resolution 07-R-094. 5 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Her next item is a proposal
to the State Water Resources Control Board in the amount of $11,782 to complete
water sampling work. Resolution 07-R-095
was assigned.
12) Susan Gehr,
Language
Susan was present to review
her written report with the Council. She
has no action items and will answer any questions they may have.
13) Erin
Hillman, Administrative Programs & Compliance
She states the Community
Action Plan has been submitted. Comments
from BIA have been received on the Draft EA for the Orleans ICDBG Project and
she has forwarded those to Winzler & Kelly in order to publish the release
of funds so they can start bidding for the project.
She participated in Title
IV-E Training and will also participate in programmatic training not yet
scheduled.
The Yreka ICDBG Project is
scheduled to be completed ahead of schedule so the Yreka Council Meeting in
August will be held in that new building.
She participated in NAGPRA
Training at HSU this week; the information was very interesting and the
information will be useful.
14) Sami
Difuntorum, Housing
Written report only, not
present.
15)
Written report only, not
present.
Leeon Hillman moved and
Sonny
16)
Lisa was present to review
her written report with the Council. She
has no action items and updated them on the HIP program. She states that there were three homes
approved but they have not started because they have to verify they are projects
that are possible before notifying them; two are in Happy Camp and one is in
Montague.
The President is stating no
HIP funding but the Senate is still considering it and they should know by
September what the status is for next year.
She also distributed a
handout to the Council regarding FEMA mobile homes that are available; they may
not be usable.
17)
No written report. His Childcare Plan requires approval of the
Council by tomorrow and he will bring it to them tonight; he will be on the
Agenda later.
18) Jennifer
Goodwin, Education
Jennifer was present to
review her written report with the Council.
She has no action items at this time.
She is going to start making phone calls tomorrow to work with Hoopa and
Yurok to try and come up with a game-plan regarding the JOM funding and doing
whatever they can do to help. The last
information she heard was that it would be a 25% cut, not a complete cut which
is what they said initially. She is
unsure exactly what is going on and is not kept in the loop regarding what she
can do. She will even call the committee
members to see what can be done to convince them. She will be calling an Education Committee
Meeting as well and will let the Council know when that is scheduled for.
There was discussion
regarding the
Leeon Hillman moved and
19) Davey Davis,
Maintenance
Written report only, not
present.
Roy Arwood moved and
20) Fred
Burcell, Construction/Maintenance
Written report only, not
present.
Alvis Johnson moved and
Leeon Hillman seconded to approve Fred’s report. 5 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
21) Sara Spence,
Human Resources
Sara was present to review
her written report. She has no action
items.
Leeon Hillman moved and
22) Requests
None at this time.
23) Phone Votes
a) Loan request
from Tribal Member in the amount of $800 – passed.
b) Insurance
coverage request for
c) Loan request
from Tribal Member – denied.
d) Approval of
Resolution 07-R-067 – passed.
e) Approval of procurement for purchase in the
amount of $3,391.50 from Native Grass Seed Mix – passed.
f) Approval of procurement for purchase of
diesel fuel in the amount of $5,775 – passed.
g) Approval of Resolution 07-R-082 – passed.
h) Approval to provide LIAP Committee $1,000 –
passed.
i) Approval of support letter to Round Valley
Indian Rancheria – passed.
j) Approval of TANF Plan for FY 2007-10 –
passed.
k) Approval of procurement in the amount of
$13,830 with Story Plumbing – passed.
l) Approval of procurement in the amount of
$4,823.30 for Clinic Remodel cabinets – passed.
m) Approval of out of state travel to
n) Approval of procurement and authorization of
$2,800 for repairs to maintenance transmission – passed.
o) Approval of $260 toward burial assistance to
the McCovey family – passed.
p) Approval not to exceed $300 to purchase fish
for IshKayish Brush Dance – passed.
24)
Informational
None at this time.
25) Committee
Reports
None at this time.
Closed Session from 8:39 PM to 10:10 PM.
Alvis Johnson moved and
Sonny
Consensus: To allow the
Enrollment Department to post the list of names that have bad addresses on the
website and in the Newsletter to try and locate them.
Consensus: To approve Tribal Member #3319’s vehicle use
request.
Consensus: To approve Tribal Member #2231’s request for
assistance to have Barbara
Robert Goodwin arrived at 8:57 PM.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve MOU 07-M-005 with IHS. 5 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Consensus: To have the Maintenance Department obtain
quotes to address the plumbing/septic issues with the showers/bathrooms in the
multi-purpose room.
Florence Conrad moved and
Robert Goodwin seconded to approve travel for Florrine Super to Sacramento;
June 29-July 1, 2007 for the CRIHB Meeting.
5 haa, 0 puuhara, 1 pupitihara (
Consensus: ICWA Protocol for Resolution Approvals. Following ICWA Meetings there will be phone
votes on recommended Resolutions of the Tribal Council so that they can be
signed at that time.
Consensus: To obtain the Seller’s Permit for Fair Booth
for CASA. There is no cost.
Consensus: DNR needs to make every effort toward
ensuring fairness in the process for calling cultural monitors to work on
projects with all other issues taken into consideration as well.
Next Meeting Date:
July 26, 2007 at 5 PM in
Meeting adjourned at 10:11 PM.
Recording Secretary, Sara Spence