Karuk Tribe of
Council Meeting Minutes
December 27, 2007
Happy Camp,
The meeting was called to order at 3:08 PM by Arch
Super, Chairman.
Roll Call
Present
Arch Super, Chairman
Leaf Hillman, Vice Chairman –
3:30 PM
Florrine Super, Secretary
Leeon Hillman, Treasurer –
4:06 PM
Roy Arwood, Member
Robert Goodwin, Member
Alvis Johnson, Member
Sonny Davis, Member
The mission statement was read aloud by Sonny Davis,
Member at Large.
Approval of the Agenda for December 27, 2007
Florrine Super moved and
Robert Goodwin seconded to approve the Agenda for December 27, 2007. 5 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
1) Approval of
the Minutes for November 29, 2007
Florrine Super moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve the Minutes for November 29, 2007. 5 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
2) Verna Reece
Verna states that she was recently
asked if she wanted to be the NCIDC Delegate and she said that yes she did,
She also states that she
worked hard to make a basket for an ICW Raffle at the Staff Banquet but then
when she arrived with the basket there was nothing arranged and she feels that
it was not right to do that without notifying her. If they asked her for a donation, they should
have gotten back to her if they didn’t get the event coordinated.
Arch apologized and states
that he was supposed to notify Verna that they kept the same appointment for
NCIDC as the year before when
Florrine states that
3) Jim Berry
Jim was present to address
the Council and review his report. He
states the reports from each department were included. He states he has an update on the CDFI, they
heard back from the IRS regarding the non-profit status, there were three pages
of questions that must be clarified before a final determination is
issued. He states that once the 501(c)3
status goes through they will be ready to start and are currently working on
policies and procedures to get it going.
He thanked Housing for their
help with office space and getting is set up.
Bob states it never would have started without Housing’s help.
Bob states that Housing will
be passing the
Jim states that OES was
prepared to issue the FY2008 award, however, they inserted the numbers
incorrectly which is causing a delay in the funding, but it is coming through.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Florrine Super seconded to approve Jim’s report. 5 haa, 0 puuhara, 1 pupitihara (
3a) Sam Super
Sam thanked them for helping
him in the past. He made them each a drum
necklace to express his appreciation.
4) Hector
Garcia
Hector was present to review
his written report. He states the budget
process has been completed and he thanked everyone for the calls they made to
the representatives. He states that he
is preparing the list of Tribal/Indian organizations that was requested at the
Wednesday meeting. Bob suggests that the
list he is putting together go through the Management Team as well to see if
they have any input on organizations that do things for their program(s) and if
they are members of those organizations.
He states then they can see if they are members of those organizations
or not. He states he will do that at the
January 8th Meeting.
He also has been working with
Dave Wrobleski on the paperwork for the Archaeological Monitoring Company he is
developing.
Bob asked if he has heard
from Dennis lately, he states not regarding the Casino – last he heard was that
the decision would be made by the end of this month but they have heard
nothing.
Leaf Hillman arrived at 3:30 PM.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Florrine Super seconded to approve Hector’s report. 7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
5) April
Attebury
Hector was present to
distribute two action items for April as she did not travel down in the snow.
The first is a request for
out of state travel to
Robert Goodwin moved and
Florrine Super seconded to approve the travel.
7 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
The second is approval of
Contact 08-C-012 with Kayla Super in the amount of $2,550. It has been sole sources with approval of the
funder.
Leaf Hillman moved and
Florrine Super seconded to approve the Contract. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 1 pupitihara (Robert
Goodwin).
6) Susan Gehr
Susan was present to distribute
and review her written report. She
apologized for not turning her written report in on time. She wanted to get the announcement in the
report and held it for that.
She states her father
recently received an inheritance of $10,000 from a relative; he does not feel
comfortable accepting that and has decided that he will be issuing it to Tribal
Programs through a grant process for education, elders, and descendent
programs. She has sent the notification
out to the Directors so that they may advise what their needs are. They plan to award the checks for the
programs at the January 24, 2007 meeting.
Bob asked if she will be sitting down with the Council to discuss ways
they see the donation funding being used for the Tribe and what they see as possibilities. January 11, 2008 is the deadline and the
Council can submit suggestions for areas they see a need in as well so that she
and her father can consider that in their decision.
She states the online class
continues to progress. She also has been
working with the Dictionary Advisory Board on updates and that is going very
well.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Roy Arwood seconded to approve Susan’s report.
8 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Arch and Florrine Super excused themselves at 3:58 PM due
to road conditions and the snow.
Leeon Hillman arrived at 4:06 PM.
7) Sandi Tripp
Written report only, not
present.
Leaf states he has one
potential item which is the settlement negotiations update. It is due by January 4, 2008 and Craig plans
to discuss this January 2, 2008. The
Hoopa Valley Tribe’s Chairman has requested a date and time to meet with the
Karuk Tribal Council to discuss some concerns they have with the agreement. The only time they have available is
Wednesday. They will have him be present
during that meeting from 12 to 1 PM before Natalie Bailey is present from 1 to
1:45 PM. Leaf suggests it be a moderated
meeting so that it runs smoothly; he asks that Bob moderate/facilitate the
meeting. Scott asked if he can be there
for the discussion, they state he can.
8) Scott Quinn
Scott states that he does not
have much to add to his report. He
states interviews are scheduled for Wednesday, January 9, 2007 beginning at 2
PM in Happy Camp. He hopes that Council
can attend. He reviewed items in his
report and answered the questions they had.
Robert Goodwin moved and Alvis
Johnson seconded to approve Scott’s report.
6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
9) Dave
Wrobleski
Dave was present to review
his written report with the Council. He
does not have much to add, just that he will meet with them January 2, 2007 to
discuss the Business Plan for the Cultural Resource Management Program and other
items related to that item. He needs to
know if he needs Resolutions to get approval of the Business Plan and issuance
of the Business License. They advise
that yes, he needs Resolutions.
Dave asked Leaf to keep
January 22, 2007 open on his schedule so that he can go out with him and a
group of students at Tishawnik to learn archaeology and look at a sample site.
He states he has received
calls from the Yurok Tribe’s Cultural Resource Management Program. They have asked for training from him for their
staff. The Council states they are open
to that, for a fee of course.
He states on January 16, 2008
there is a meeting with the
He told them a little about
the Cultural Resource Management Program that he is working on and complaints
he has received regarding his direction toward archeology when he was hired for
the People’s Center. He states the
Center is his first priority; he plans to develop this program to bring in enough
revenue to eventually sustain a full time employee as he continues to focus on
the Center.
10) Lisa Aubrey
She is present to review her
report.
She also distributed a letter
regarding the Tribal/BIA Welfare Assistance Advisory Workgroup Meeting. They are requiring confirmed commitment from
the Tribe for Lisa and Carrie to participate.
They will meet three times per year and will only cover travel for one
meeting so the Tribe will have to fund the other two. She requests approval of that letter. Bob states that sending staff to these
meetings, they must be attending for a purpose and have a message on the behalf
of the Tribe, they must prepare their position and present that to the Council
first and report when they return from the meeting in order for them to approve
it.
Robert Goodwin moved and
11) Dion Wood
Dion was present to review
his written report. He included copies
of the letters of intent received for the TERO Commission. He states they only received one letter in
addition to the two existing commissioners.
The Commission has recommended appointment of the same two
commissioners. The Council states they
will discuss this in closed session.
He states that the TANF
Program has been approved with the State’s numbers, they still have to
negotiate the
He updated them on the rest
of his activities as well. Bob asked how
the Feds could not budge at all on the number after giving them such high hopes
and words of support and also can they have a fully functional program with
that case load. Dion states this has
brought up many questions and they have asked those questions. Unfortunately there is no
appeal/renegotiation process until 2010 when they can pursue the negotiations
again. Bob states that they are trying
to help their Tribal Members but if there is not enough funding what do they
do? Dion states they can turn the
program back over to the State and concede at anytime. They feel they can do it with this budget. Dion states they will bring a final budget
and position descriptions to them for approval soon. They are waiting for the Feds to issue the
explanation of how they arrived at their number so that they can ensure it is
fair.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve Dion’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
12) Jennifer
Goodwin
Not present, written report
only. Council would like to speak to
Jennifer regarding planning for that department with the forecasted shortfall
in JOM funding at the Wednesday Meeting.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve Jennifer’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
13) Sami
Difuntorum
Sami was present to review
her written report with the Council. She
states she has no action items but there are three documents in their packet;
one is the monthly Council report, one is her annual report, and one is a photo
of the Bennett home.
She reviewed several items in
those documents with them. She announced
they have hired Erica Mitchell as their Loan Officer. She states as of yesterday the Bennett home
is shingled and sided; the target completion date is February 2008!
Leaf asked about the Home
Grant Program and how the permit process is going. She states it is slow but looks like it is
moving along.
14) Laura
Mayton
Laura is present to review
her written report.
She states they received a
check for $2,063.47 for unclaimed property from the State. She states it was from about twenty years ago
and thanked Dr. Burns for pointing it out.
She states there were no
wrecked vehicles in the last month; however, she does need them to approve
$1,000 for repairs to vehicle number 83 for a wreck earlier in the year. It would be discretionary and is their
deductible amount. She states that if it
is below their deductible they do not report those to the insurance company to
keep the rates down.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve $1,000 for the repairs to vehicle #83. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
She states she submitted the
Indirect Cost Proposal and has received notification that it has been approved
at 62.07%. She is hesitant about signing
it because they included TANF in the rate but have not received funding as of
yet. She states they may want to hold on
to the proposal and see if they need to amend it if the TANF funding still has
not come in after a reasonable amount of time.
She just wants them to know that and will keep them updated.
15) Rick
Hill/Hester Dillon
Not present, written report
only.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve Hester’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Leaf would like to see a
small workgroup to begin having community involvement on the Happy Camp and
Discussion continued
regarding the possible expertise that could be obtained from community members
to collaborate with the Tribe on this project and the future of it. This will be forwarded to Rick and Erin for
feedback on the subject and where the project is at with Hester gone and who
will head up a workgroup for the project.
16) Erin
Hillman
Not present, written report
only.
17) Fred
Burcell
Not present, written report
only.
Alvis Johnson moved and
Sonny
18) Davey Davis
Not present, written report
only.
19) Sara Spence
Sara was present to review
her report; there are no action items included.
The Council requests that she send a reminder to the Directors to review
their policies for updates that may be needed.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve Sara’s report. 6 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
20) Requests
None at this time.
21) Phone Votes
a) Request approval of procurement and allow the
purchase of kitchen equipment for the Senior Nutrition Site in the amount of
$3,239.28 from Chef’s First. Passed.
b) Request approval for travel to Klamath
Settlement Negotiations, December 11-13, 2007 to
c) Request for approval of Resolution 07-R-155
authorizing ICW to provide intervention on behalf of minor Tribal Member
child. Passed.
d) Request for approval of Agreement 08-A-004
between the Karuk Tribe and the ACLU for services toward the Klamath
Campaign. Passed.
22) Informational
23) Committee
Reports
None at this time.
Closed Session from 5:30 PM to 6:08 PM.
Results: Tribal Member #1552 was advised to obtain
documentation indicating the property is in their name and then work with the
Tribe to apply for assistance through IHS for installation of a septic tank and
power pole to allow the rebuilding of the home.
Results: Request for Tribal Member #176 for heating
fuel assistance will be referred to the LIAP Committee meeting on January 18,
2008.
Results: The Tribal Council will further discuss the
Housing Authority Point Scoring System for the Waiting List at their Planning
Session in March to identify the pros and cons of awarding points based on the
length of time an individual has been on the list.
Directive: For the Housing Maintenance Staff to address
the timer issue on the bathroom lights so that they stay on longer but still
shut off automatically.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Roy Arwood seconded to accept the recommendation of the TERO Commission to
re-appoint Cecilia Arwood and Dave Nelson with a thank you letter to individual
who was not selected. 5 haa, 0 puuhara,
1 pupitihara (Roy Arwood).
Next Meeting Date:
January 24, 2008 at 5 PM in
Meeting adjourned at 6:10 PM.
Sara Spence, Recording Secretary