Karuk Tribe
Council Meeting Minutes
October 23, 2008
The meeting was called to order at 5:10 pm by Leeon
Hillman, Treasurer.
Roll Call
Present
Leeon Hillman, Treasurer
Roy Arwood, Member
Sonny Davis, Member
Robert Goodwin, Member – late
5:15 PM
Alvis Johnson, Member
Absent
Arch Super, Chairman – on
travel, excused.
Leaf Hillman, Vice Chairman –
on travel, excused.
Florrine Super, Secretary –
on travel, excused.
Quorum is established.
Approval of the Agenda for October 23, 2008
Alvis Johnson moved and
1) Approval of
the Minutes for September 25, 2008
2) Old Business
None at this time.
3) Eric
Cutright
Eric was present to request
approval of several purchases.
The first is to purchase new
phones for the Yreka Clinic; their system is failing and needs to be
replaced. They have a phone system that
is similar to
Florence Conrad moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve the purchase from ABP International,
Inc. 4 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
The next procurement is a
database server to support the
Robert Goodwin arrived at 5:15 pm.
4) April
Attebury
Not present, written report
only, no action items.
Alvis Johnson moved and Sonny
5) Jim Berry
Not present, written report
only, no action items.
6) Hector
Garcia
Not present, written report
only, one action item was included for travel; however, it was approved last
week.
Alvis Johnson moved and Robert
Goodwin seconded to approve Hector’s report.
5 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
7) Jennifer
Goodwin
Not present, written report
only, no action items.
Sonny
8) Dave
Wrobleski
Dave was present to review
his written report.
Dave has distributed an email
to hold a Museum Advisory Board meeting tomorrow at 2pm. He did not receive a large response and would
like to re-schedule it for two weeks from now.
He has several items he is going to be speaking to Maintenance about to
get them repaired to get all of the recommendations taken care of from the on
site inspection that was done; he had hoped to discuss those items at the
meeting.
Leeon states that some of the
smaller items could be brought to the Thursday meeting for discussion and get
approval in that manner.
Tobacco sales continue to go
well; Sunday service did not go well so he will discontinue that. He needs a list of approved employees to be
taught the code for the newly installed alarm system. He needs to know who should receive that
information and be trained. They will
discuss that Thursday as well. Leeon
asked that they also speak about emergency preparedness for the Center as well.
Dave states the
Basketweaver’s gathering was held, there was low attendance but that is likely
due to the economic situation. The
Tishawnik report is not finalized at this point.
He asked that they read the
paragraph regarding Oak Bottom and let him know if they have any questions. They asked him to email the full report to
their email address.
Robert Goodwin moved and
9) Rick Hill
Rick was present to review
the grants department written report.
He states that the SAMHSA
grant submitted was awarded for $337,457.78 to help the HHS programs.
He distributed information to
them regarding the Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP) Grant. Hester plans to follow up on this with them
at the Planning Meeting next week for direction on where to go with that
project. She will also discuss the call
sign selection with them.
Rick states he has been
reviewing a Bio-Mass grant, however it requires hard numbers by November 1, 2008
regarding feasibility and other areas so it will not be possible to meet that
deadline this year, he hopes to put together a project and grant for next year
by working with the Forest Service to utilized poles in the forest that are
fire fuel to generate power; he is working with Bob to put together some
letters regarding that.
He has been working on
putting together emergency preparedness brochures that are being mailed out to
all of the communities to prepare the community members for the coming winter
and emergencies that may arise.
He has also been working on a
Youth Program plan to integrate Education,
Bob states he has reviewed
the letters that Rick has drafted regarding the fires and the situation from
this summer. They need to work on
getting that out because it will happen again next Summer.
Harold and Rick have
determined that a 100 man crew doing Wildland Urban Interface work could be
employed for 10 years steady with the amount of money spent on fire suppression
during this season alone. They need to
be proactive in fire prevention rather than suppression. That is a part of what they are looking at to
bring back the life of the land rather than reacting when it catches on fire.
Renee asked if there will be
Tribal Representatives at their community meeting on October 28, 2008 the
Forest Service is hosting to discuss the fires from this season. It will be at the school at 5:30 pm in
Robert Goodwin moved and
10) Lisa Aubrey
Not present, written report
only, no action items.
Alvis Johnson moved and Roy
Arwood seconded to approve Lisa’s report.
5 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
11) Erin
Hillman
Not present, written report
only, no action items.
Sonny
12) Dion Wood
Not present, written report
only, no action items.
13) Laura
Mayton
Not present, no report, she
is on vacation and will return Monday.
14) Sami
Difuntorum
Not present, written report
only, no action items.
Bob asked about the earmark
process and the carryover money that was set aside which they were told they
could competitively apply for to fund a renewable energy project and what the
status is on that. They would like an
update on that Thursday; it can be in writing because the Housing Committee
meeting is that day.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve Sami’s report. 5 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
15) Earl Crosby
Not present, written report
only, no action items.
16) Scott Quinn
Scott stepped out; they will
move on and come back to his report.
17) Fred
Burcell
Not present, written report
only, no action items.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve Fred’s report. 5 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
18) Sara Spence
The written report was
included; she has no action items. She
did ask for feedback on setting a date for the 2009 Tribal Reunion. It needs to be scheduled after the parking
lot project has been completed.
Scott states they hope to get
the project done in the Spring before Summer.
Sara projects possibly late August to avoid conflicting with the parking
lot project and also allow them to have fish more readily available. The park is another option; they could make a
reservation once the date is set and then cancel it if they had to; then fire
camp could pose a problem.
Scott states the parking lot
plans are slightly different and they need to review those because they planned
on expanding into the grass slightly and that may be a problem. They would like to see the plans.
Sonny
19) Scott Quinn
Scott was present to review
his written report.
He states he will have a
lease for them to review in the near future; he will send it out to them. Bob states they took Nadine Bailey to the
Ranch to look at the rock crushing project; it is going well and is not very
intrusive at all. They are about half
way done.
There will be a contract
coming through to purchase some of the rock from an individual on Monday. Bob asked what process they are using to sell
the rock. Scott states there needs to be
some fiscal items set up through KCDC to purchase the rock; they will have them
go into KCDC to pay for the rock, then they can take the receipt out to the
Ranch to pick up the rock and then it can be loaded. Bob asked about the weight issues. Scott states small sales can be done by the
yard, large sales need to be done with truck scales.
Leeon asked him to come to
the next KCDC Meeting to speak about what they are doing and how it works. He can do that, they are held the Monday
before the Council Meeting. No issues
such as TERO Tax and Sales Tax have been addressed and could be charged at the
current rates of 6% Tribal Sales Tax and 1% TERO Tax. He will work on that.
Scott states some trees were
taken down to get the rock pit ready and when he purchased chokers from
Bob asked about locating
someone who would be interested in purchasing the large root wads from the
Madrone trees. Rick will look into that.
Robert Goodwin moved and
19) Requests
None at this time.
20) Phone Votes
a)
Request approval
to provide assistance to non Tribal Member and spouse. Did not pass.
b)
Request approval
of contract 09-C-005 between the Karuk Tribe and Phillips Electrical Services
in the amount of $2,388.15. Passed.
c)
Request approval
to provide insurance coverage for community members using
d)
Request approval
of procurement and allow the purchase and installation of fencing not to exceed
$11,600 from Basic Fencing. Passed.
e)
Request approval
of contract 08-C-067 between the Karuk Tribe and Jim Steinberg for mediation
services, not to exceed $3,000. Passed.
f)
Request approval
of procurement and allow the purchase of TYP software in the amount of
$15,054.00. Passed.
g)
Request approval
of resolution 08-R-089 authorizing ICW intervention. Passed.
h)
Request approval
of resolution 08-R-102 authorizing ICW intervention. Passed.
i)
Request approval
of resolution 08-R-103 authorizing ICW intervention. Passed.
21)
Informational
None at this time.
22) Committee
Reports
NCIDC Meeting minutes were
included from September 13, 2008.
Closed Session from 7:08 pm to 8:00 pm.
The request from Tribal
Member #2746 will be tabled to the Thursday Meeting.
Florence Conrad moved and Roy
Arwood seconded to travel to Denver, Colorado for the Energy Program
Conference, November 16-21, 2008 for Ramona Taylor. 5 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Florence Conrad seconded to approve up to $5,825.95 for repairs to the
Watershed Ford from Ponci’s Diesel Center in Fortuna, Ca; procurement required. 5 haa, 0 puuhara, 0 pupitihara.
Natural Resources will
have staff representation at the Forest Service Meeting on October 28, 2008 in
Roy Arwood moved and Sonny
The request from the
Dental Hygienist in Yreka will be tabled to Thursday.
Florence Conrad moved and Roy
Arwood seconded to approve Friday, December 26, 2008 as administrative leave
for all regular staff. 3 haa, 2 puuhara
(Robert Goodwin and Alvis Johnson), 0 pupitihara.
Robert Goodwin moved and
Alvis Johnson seconded to approve the purchase of two air ride seats for the
Duckworth boat in the amount of $2,480 from 4 Seasons Marine. 3 haa, 2 puuhara (Roy Arwood and
Alvis Johnson moved and
Sonny
Consensus: To have the Tribal CCC Crew working willow
burning at the Ranch and Cemetery Cleanup in Orleans during their week on site
in November.
Next Meeting Date:
November 20, 2008 (THIRD
Thursday due to the holiday) at 5 PM in Yreka.
Alvis Johnson moved and
Submitted by,
______________________________
Leeon Hillman, Treasurer
Recording Secretary, Sara Spence