COLVILLE CONFEDERATED TRIBES (2022)

COLVILLE CONFEDERATED TRIBES

COLVILLE BUSINESS COUNCIL

Special Session

June 23, 2022

Resolution Index

Condensed by, Kelli Tonasket, Executive Office Assistant

Present:

Jack Ferguson, Karen Condon, Norma Sanchez, Dustin Best, Shar Zacherle, Roger

Finley, Alison Boyd-Ball, Joseph Somday, Virgil “Smoker” Marchand, JarredMichael Erickson, Tyler Zacherle-Boyd, Richard Swan Sr. (Present at 8:23am)

Delegation/Leave:

Andy Joseph Jr., Marvin Kheel

Resolution No.

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Condensed Recommendation Information

Colville Business

Council Vote Tally

To approve a FY 2022 budget modification. Modification

necessary to reallocate dollars to finance the Tribes Internal

Planning Commission. Planning Commission replaces the

defunct Land Use Review Board (LURB), in the Tribe's

Law and Order Code (4-3). No existing positions effected.

Zero additional dollars added. Chairman or designee to sign

all pertinent documents.

To accept the 2nd half of Office of Head Start funding for

NOA# 90CI010123-01-01 in the amount of $1,429,170.00

for a total of $2,858,340.00 with a 12.08% Non-Federal

Match of $345,195.00. Non-Federal Share waiver in the

amount of $369,390.00 or 12.92% was submitted to the

Office of Head Start with application. The Tribal Chairman

or designee to sign all pertinent documents.

To approve the application of the FY 2022 Office of Head

Start 2.28% Cost of Living Allowance Funds in the amount

of $33,404.00 for Head Start and $30,643.00 for Early Head

Start for a total of $64,047.00 and Quality Improvement

funding in the amount of $5,985.00 for Head Start and

$4,453.00 for Early Head Start for a total of $10,438.00.

Total COLA and Quality Improvement funding is

$74,485.00. Non-Federal match waiver requested. Tribal

Chairman or designee to sign all pertinent documents.

To approve Womer & Associates, Inc. contract CO#1 to add

$50,000.00, bringing the total contract amount to

$155,000.00, to perform on-call engineering services and

finish the Shelf ready projects. Contract not to exceed

$155,000.00. Chairman or designee to sign all pertinent

documents

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To approve the following Red Plains Professional, Inc.

consultant contract to perform and provide technical

assistance for the Long Range Transportation (LRTP)

Addendum and the National Tribal Transportation Facility

Inventory (NTTFI) update in progress and then complete the

2023 NTTFI, LRTP, TTIP and Technical Assistance.

Chairman or designee to sign all pertinent documents.

To approve Change Order #2 to TD&H Engineering

contract increasing the amount $50,000.00 bringing the total

contract amount to $185,000.00. Contract not to exceed

$185,000.00. No Tribal dollars. Chairman or designee to

sign all pertinent documents.

To approve the budget modification #1 $519,357.00. This

action is to reallocate existing funds from current approved

award #H1D1IHS 0436-18-01. Chairman or designee

authorized to sign all pertinent documents.

To relinquish the Inchelium Youth Camp from under the

Diabetes Program. Also, the Diabetes Program is requesting

reimbursement for all payment made from August 2021 to

the present. Chair or designee authorized to sign all

pertinent documents.

To approve the attached agreement between the

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and

Spyglass Group, LLC. Spyglass will be conducting a

wireless service and device audit with AT&T and Verizon.

Chair or designee to sign all relevant documents.

To approve Change Order #1 with Darktrace Holdings

Limited in the amount of $264,654.00 total amount of

$339,678.00. Change will include added dollars, cost

sharing accounts and added servers (Network and Systems

Antigena). Chair or designee to sign all relevant

documentation.

To approve the attached purchase from Technologent in the

amount of $259,025.42. This will be a purchase to replace

all tribal government infrastructure network (internet)

switches district wide. Chairman or designee to sign all

relevant documentation

To approve the budget modification to increase the salary by

$14,186.00 and for the increase in the fringe line item by

$1,920.00. These increases is to put the court staff at the

correct salary range and step with the salary increase

effective January 2022. Chairperson or designee is

authorized to sign all pertinent documents.

To approve the Indirect Cost of $123,508.00 and increase

that by $62,997.00 for a total of $185,505.00. Chairperson

or designee to sign all pertinent documents.

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To acknowledge the initial federal grant award of

$552,595.00 A20AV00079 and to approve the budget

modification for mods #9-13 for a total of $766,335.00 to

bring the total amount of the budget modification to

$1,132,414.00. Also, this budget modification reflects the

vacant position of the Chief Judge, one (1) Associate Judge

and one (1) Pro-Tem Judge and to increase the Court

Administrator salary to reflect putting her on the salary

Range 124 Step 8 of the new salary seal of the Colville

Tribes, for a total increase in salaries of $448,355.00 and

fringe at $104,721.00. Chairperson or designee is authorized

to sign all pertinent documents

To approve the 2022-2023 Insurance Premiums in the

amount of $3,212,905.00. These are tribal dollars with

partial reimbursement through 638 contracts, and grant

dollars. Chairman or designee has the authority to sign all

pertaining documents and approve monthly payments to

Conover Insurance.

To approve the Cooperative Agreement between the Bureau

of Indian Affairs, Northwest Region and the Confederated

Tribes of the Colville Reservation for Wildland Fire

Management. Chair or designee to sign all pertinent

documents

To approve the addition of the Construction Manager

position to the Youth Development Program organization

chart for FY22 utilizing salary savings. Chair or designee

authorized to sign all pertinent documents.

To support the grant writing consultants selected from the

RFQQ sent out per Resolution 2022-100 for assistance with

the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding

opportunities. Additional grant writing consultants maybe

procured to assist, but must complete the admin review

process before being approved. Executive Director to sign

all pertinent documents.

To approve $60,000.00 for Housing Tax Credit services for

the Colville Tribes and the formation of a task team

comprised of the Colville Tribes Cedar Fund, Colville

Indian Housing Authority, Colville Tribes Accounting, and

additional tribal Government programs as needed. Chair or

designee authorized to sign all relevant documents.

CONFIDENTIAL

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To accept the Empire Health Community Advocacy Fund,

has approved a grant of $25,000.00 to Colville Confederated

Tribes of the Colville Reservation for Boarding School

Awareness Media. Chair or designee authorized to sign all

pertinent documents.

To accept budget amendment #3 to Washington State DOH

Contract TRB25563, funding period January 2022December 2022: A total of $794.00 is being added to fund

WIC staff wages to distribute farmers market nutrition

program benefits. Chairman or designee to electronically

sign all required documents.

To use the attached dual logo letterhead when writing on

behalf of both entities, the Confederated Tribes of the

Colville Reservation and the Sn̓ʕaýckstx (Sinixt)

Confederacy.

To accept the Colville Tribal Relinquishment request of

DAVEN TODD MADERA, on the current Colville Tribal

Membership Roll.

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In accordance with Sec. 8-1-320, 8-1-321, 8-3-322 of Title

8-Colville Membership Code, this relinquishment is

effective immediately upon full Tribal Business Council

approval.

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Also, in accordance with Sec. 8-1-324, shall hereafter be

prohibited from future membership with the Confederated

Tribes of the Colville Reservation. She/he wishes to

relinquish to the SPOKANE TRIBE.

To accept the Colville Tribal Relinquishment request of

MERASYA YVONNE BRISBOIS, on the current Colville

Tribal Membership Roll.

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In accordance with Sec. 8-1-320, 8-1-321, 8-3-322 of Title

8-Colville Membership Code, this relinquishment is

effective immediately upon full Tribal Business Council

approval.

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Also, in accordance with Sec. 8-1-324, MERASYA

YVONNE BRISBOIS shall hereafter be prohibited from

future membership with the Confederated Tribes of the

Colville Reservation. She/he wishes to relinquish to the

SPOKANE TRIBE.

To accept the Colville Tribal Relinquishment request of

AARON CHAVUS JIM, on the current Colville Tribal

Membership Roll.

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In accordance with Sec. 8-1-320, 8-1-321, 8-3-322 of Title

8-Colville Membership Code, this relinquishment is

effective immediately upon full Tribal Business Council

approval.

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Also, in accordance with Sec. 8-1-324, AARON CHAVUS

JIM shall hereafter be prohibited from future membership

with the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.

She/he wishes to relinquish to the YAKAMA NATION.

To accept the Colville Tribal Relinquishment request of

DALE LLYOD SEBASTIAN, JR., on the current Colville

Tribal Membership Roll.

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In accordance with Sec. 8-1-320, 8-1-321, 8-3-322 of Title

8-Colville Membership Code, this relinquishment is

effective immediately upon full Tribal Business Council

approval.

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Also, in accordance with Sec. 8-1-324, DALE LLYOD

SEBASTIAN, JR., shall hereafter be prohibited from future

membership with the Confederated Tribes of the Colville

Reservation. She/he wishes to relinquish to the SPOKANE

TRIBE.

To recommend a Pasture lease for Mary Cox Tribal Tract

No. 101-296 and 101-297. This lease is a renewal. This is no

change in land use. This assignment will be for 5 years upon

approval. Tribal Tract described as:

101-296: The North Half of the Southwest-Quarter and the

Northwest-Quarter of the Southeast-Quarter of Section 12,

all in Township 31 North, Range 31 East, Willamette

Meridian, Okanogan County, Washington, containing

120.00 acres, more or less.

101-297: The East-Half of the Southwest-Quarter of the

Southwest-Quarter, The Southeast-Quarter of the

Southwest-Quarter, and the Southwest-Quarter of the

Southeast-Quarter of Section 12, Township 31 North, Range

31 East, Okanogan County, Washington, containing 100.00

acres, more or less.

Purpose: Pasture Lease

TERM: 5 Year Lease Upon Approval

Compensation: $700.00 per annum

Bond: Required.

Lease Fee: Waived

Lease subject to conditions cited in IRMP Coordinator’s

review

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Entire term of lease will be subject to Fair Market Rental

value

To recommend a business lease for Colville Tribes

Information Technologies Tribal Tract No. 101-T5809

(por). This Business lease is subject to the Confederated

Tribes of the Colville Reservation HEARTH ACT. This

assignment will be for 25 years with option to renew for 25

years upon approval. Tribal Tract described as:

101-T-5809 (por): THAT 0.50 ACRE, MORE OR LESS

PORTION OF THE SOUTHWEST-QUARTER

NORTHEAST-QUARTER SOUTHEAST-QUARTER

NORTHEAST-QUARTER OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP

29 NORTH, RANGE 33 EAST, WILLIAMETTE

MERIDIAN, FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON

CONTAINING 2.50 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

Term: 25 years with option to renew for 25 years upon

approval

Compensation: $ 0.00 per annum

Insurance: Required

Lease Fee: $waived

Lease subject to condition cited in the IRMP Coordinator

Review

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Chairman or designee has authority to sign all pertinent

documents

To approve, accept and finalize exchange of lands of equal

value wherein the Confederated Tribes of the Colville

Reservation will convey their interest within 101-T1572

(por) containing 5.0 acres, more or less valued at $38,000.00

IN EXCHANGE Leann (Romero) Waters will negotiate

conveying her undivided 2/18 interest within the TOM

SQUETIMPTKIN Allotment No. 101-407 valued at

$11,111.11 The total value of the Colville Tribal Tract is

$38,000.00 minus the total value of Leann (Romero) Water

undivided interest in the TOM SQUETIMPTKIN Allotment

is $11,111.11 with a difference owed to the Colville

Confederated Tribes is $26,888.89 to make this a land

exchange of equal value.

Chairman or designee has authority to sign all pertinent

documents.

To amend Hancock Forest Management Inc., Resolution

2022-143 for a name change to Manulife Investment

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Management and to remove 101-T2245 and replace with

101-T2246. Colville Tribal Tract describes as:

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101-T2246: THE WEST-HALF NORTHEAST-QUARTER

AND THE EAST-HALF NORTHEST-QUARTER OF

SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 33 NORTH, RANGE 36 EAST,

WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN, FERRY COUNTY,

WASHINGTON, CONTAINING 160.00 ACRES, MORE

OT LESS

ROAD USE: AFFECTED AREA IS 0.08 ACRES, MORE

OR LESS FOR EXISTING ROAD.

ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN THE

SAME

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Chairman or designee has authority to sign all pertinent

documents

To accept and approve the Colville Confederated Tribes

access easement agreement over and across the Hancock

Timberland XI, Inc., Manulife Investment Management

Timberland and Agriculture Inc., its advisors fee property.

The real property is in the NE¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 32,

Township 30 North, Range 35 East, Willamette Meridian,

Ferry County, Washington. This is considered a termed

easement on an existing dirt road to access Colville Tribal

Lands located on the SW ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 32,

Township 30 North, Range 35 East, Willamette Meridian,

Ferry County, Washington. There is no monetary

consideration for the easement.

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Purpose: Ingress/Egress to and from tribal property

Terms: Upon approval through December 31, 2025

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Chairman or designee has authority to sign all pertinent

documents

To approve Thomas Cohen (Member), for grazing privileges

on Range Unit 5 for the 2018 to 2022 grazing permit cycle.

The grazing fees ($1.20/AUM for Tribal tracts and

$10.00/AUM for allotment tracts) established by resolution

2018-44 shall apply. The permittee shall comply with the

Best Management Practices (BMP's) set forth by the Range

Program for the duration of the permit. Chair or designee is

authorized to sign all pertinent documents.

To approve the Forest History Report Contract with

Northwest Management for not to exceed $80,316.00. This

contract will provide a complete report of all forestry related

activities from 1989 to present including a summation of

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recent history, inventory and harvest activities, disturbances,

greenhouse history, Tribal Enterprise history, economics,

social assessment, and various maps and charts summarizing

significant events.

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Chairperson or designee has authority to sign all pertinent

documents.

To approve the contract with Cates & Erb in the amount of

$510,483.00. Work will include the replacement of four

stream crossings across Ninemile Creek, Canteen Creek,

Sixmile Creek, and Threemile Creek. This project will

improve water quality, fish passage, wildlife habitat,

hydrologic flows and create safer, reliable crossings along

Canteen Creek Rd. and Ninemile-Hellgate Loop Rd. fir the

membership and other authorized users. Contract to be paid

from account #461002. Chairman or designee is authorized

to sign all pertinent and relevant documentation. No

additional Tribal dollars being requested.

To approve the Contract Change Order for C22-226: Tree

Planting Northstar Contract #1, awarded to Innes Wood

Products from $46,749.86 to $99,356.86 Justification is

OND Forestry utilized extra unused seedlings and added

169,700 seedlings at $0.31 per seedling to plant which

increased the contract by $52,607.00. No Tribal Funding is

required; the additional funding will come out of the

Northstar BAER - BAR Funding. The Chairman or his

designee is authorized to sign any related documents.

To approve the Contract Change Order for C22-101:

Roaring Creek Excavator Scalp Contract. Change order is

for the 1/3 increase in cost due to increase in diesel fuel

price since the contract was signed by the Contractor, Bill

Somday. Change order is for $40.00/acre increase, total of

$18,748.00 increased funding. Total contract will be

$135,923.00. Chairman or designee to has the authority to

sign all pertinent documents.

To approve Sub-Contract for Columbia Helicopters, Inc., in

the amount of $600,000.00. Dates are from July 1, 2022 to

September 30, 2022 and authorize the Chairman or his/her

designee to sign all pertinent documents.

To approve new full award for Selective Gear in the amount

of $487,559.00, dates are from June 1, 2022 to May 31,

2023 and authorize the Chairman or his/her designee to sign

all pertinent documents.

To approve new full award for CCT Upper Columbia

Resident Fish Stock Status in the amount of $76,000.00.

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Dates are from March 1, 2022 to February 28, 2023 and

authorize the Chairman or his/her designee to sign all

pertinent documents.

To approve UCUT Change Order #3 in the amount of

$18,137.88 bringing the total contract to $77,427.00 and

adding funds 310022, 7703, 321521, 321522, 317021,

317022 and authorize the Chairman or his/her designee to

sign all pertinent documents.

To approve Cody Desautel's nomination to The Nature

Conservancy's Washington Board of Trustees. The term

would be 3-years, and would include quarterly board

meetings. In addition, there would be limited participation in

various committees, which typically requires 2-hours per

month. Chairperson or designee has the authority to sign all

pertinent documents.

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To authorize the Chairman or designee's signature on a

supplemental funding request letter to BIA seeking funding

to implement Phase 2 studies, cultural, and educational

salmon releases, and monitoring and reporting. No Tribal

dollars attached.

To approve Colville Tribal TANF to submit a Letter of

Intent for CCT TANF to continue administering a TANF

program utilizing funding received from the Administration

for Children & Families (ACF). No Tribal dollars. Tribal

Chairman or designee to sign all pertinent documents.

To approve contract for Sandy Romine for the remainder of

the 2021-2022 school year.

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To approve 128 hours of yoga instruction to students and

staff for $3,200.00 from May 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022.

Chairman or designee to sign all pertinent documents.

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The Attorney General's Advisory Committee on American

Indian/Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence found

that Native American Children experience post-traumatic

stress disorder at the same rate as combat veterans returning

from Iraq and Afghanistan.

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WHEREAS, the average ACE score (number of childhood

traumas experienced) for AI/AN participants were

approximately 40% higher than for individuals who identify

as Black or Hispanic and over 50% higher than for

individuals who identify as White.

WHEREAS, suicide is the second leading cause of death for

Native American youth.

WHEREAS, 98% of Native American people experience

trauma to any severity.

WHEREAS, mental health is a predictor of educational

outcomes.

WHEREAS, Native American children have, and have had,

some of the worst educational outcomes of any race in

Washington State and Nationally for nearly a century.

WHEREAS, low educational outcomes lead to low

socioeconomic success and impedes on the health,

happiness, and safety of native communities and families.

WHEREAS, there has been little to no effort in improving

conditions for Native American children in the public

education system.

WHEREAS, the school districts on or near the Reservation

demonstrate the educational disparities for Native American

Children. Native American Children at Lake Roosevelt

Elementary are performing, on average, 13% percent below

in areas of English Language Arts, Math, and Science than

their white counterparts. This increases to an average of

26.1% for Native Children at the JR/SR High School Level.

Native American Children attending Okanogan School

District perform 28.7% below their white counterparts in

English Language Arts, 12.6% below in Math, and 33.5% in

Science. Native American Children attending Omak School

District perform 24.3% below their white counterparts in

English Language Arts, 20% below in Math, and 25.7% in

Science.

WHEREAS, it is the recommendation of the Culture and

Education & Employment Committee that a STATE OF

EMERGENCY be declared in the mental health of Colville

Tribal Youth and Families.

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WHEREAS, it is the recommendation of the Culture and

Education & Employment Committee that the Colville

Business Council commits to working with other

Washington State Tribes in demanding the state provide

redress to Washington State Tribes.

To rescind Resolution 2022-89 in its entirety, as the Colville

Tribal Law and Order Code 1-1-145 identifies the Court

Administrator whose duties shall be to assist and/or give the

general public information pertaining to court matters.

To sign-on to the upcoming Tribal Amicus Brief to be filed

in the United States Supreme Court in the Haaland V.

Brackeen case, to support the constitutionality of ICWA.

Marty Raap, Managing Attorney of the ORA, is authorized

to communicate with the Native American Rights Fund and

other entities as necessary to facilitate the Colville Tribes

signing on in support of the brief.

That Alison Wolf, a photographer for the Wilderness

Society and Natives Outdoors, be granted express

permission to take photographs at the Wagner Ranch event

on June 24th, 2022 and to interview elders and tribal

members for a photographic and interview-based

storytelling article on the Methow Valley and efforts to

reclaim land and return salmon. All information obtained is

under the sole ownership of the Confederated Tribes of the

Colville Reservation and its proprietary to the Tribes

pursuant to the Colville Tribal Code section 6-6-6. The

Tribes reserves the right to comment and edit all documents

prior to any publication of any information about the Tribes,

its culture and/or its history. No information or data

gathered in the course of this project, nor any conclusions

based on that information or data, may be released or

disseminated in any form without the express prior written

consent of the Tribes. All proprietary rights, including any

data collected or created form that data, will be owned by

the Tribes. The Chairman or his designee is authorized to

sign all pertinent documents.

CONFIDENTIAL

10 FOR (KC, RS, DB, SZ,

RF, AB, JS, VSM, JME,

TZB)

1 AGAINST (NS)

0 ABSTAINED

11 FOR (KC, RS, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

JME, TZB)

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

11 FOR (KC, RS, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

JME, TZB)

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

11 FOR (KC, RS, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

JME, TZB)

0 AGAINST

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That administrative leave that is authorized by the CCT

tribal government will not apply to employees of the

Colville Tribal Court. Administrative leave is an

administratively authorized absence from work, which may

be with or without pay. Tribal Court is an essential service

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0 ABSTAINED

11 FOR (KC, RS, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

JME, TZB)

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

of the Colville Tribes and must remain open through its

normal hours of operation.

The Chief Judge (or acting Interim Chief Judge) may grant

administrative leave for those Tribal Court employees

directly affected by unsafe, unsanitary, or other adverse or

emergency working conditions (e.g., power outage, sewer

backup, etc.) and during extreme weather conditions. All

Tribal Court employees not directly affected will remain on

duty and will not receive additional compensation.

Administrative leave is not an employee right. The Chief

Judge (or acting Interim Chief Judge) is not obligated to

grant it. If administrative leave is approved for any Tribal

Court employee(s), that information will be distributed in a

written format. Only those employees in work status at the

time of administrative leave is granted are eligible to receive

administration leave; Tribal Court employees already on

leave status may not be granted paid administrative leave.

Administrative leave may be ordered by the Chief Judge (or

acting Interim Chief Judge) during personnel actions. Also,

administrative leave for Tribal Court employees may be

granted in recognition of extraordinary hours contributed in

excess of the normal work week.

The Chairman or his designee to sign all pertinent

documents.

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