COLVILLE CONFEDERATED TRIBES (2025)

COLVILLE CONFEDERATED TRIBES

COLVILLE BUSINESS COUNCIL

Special Session

September 4, 2025

Resolution Index

Condensed by, Tabitha Parr, Executive Office Assistant

Present:

Karen Condon, Cindy Marchand, Norma Sanchez, Shar Zacherle, Dayna Seymour,

Kyle Etchison, Meghan Francis, Patrick Tonasket

Delegation/Leave:

Jarred-Michael Erickson, Dustin Best, Roger Finley, Alison Boyd-Ball, Mel

Tonasket, Joseph Finley

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Condensed Recommendation Information

Colville Business

Council Vote Tally

Law & Justice Committee to send the attached letter in

regard to applying for a Sinixt position on the Fish and

Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP) board for the

Columbia Region in Canada. The Chairman or his Designee

is authorized to sign all pertinent documents.

10 FOR (DB, JE, DS, KC,

SZ, JF, KE, MF, MT, PT)

Education Committee to approve the Employment &

Training/Childcare Services and the CTCR Tribes Head

Start Program Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This

partnership provides comprehensive early childhood

services through collaborating and coordinating efforts of

transitioning to kindergarten. No Tribal Match Required. To

authorize the Chairman or Designee to sign all pertinent

documents.

Law & Justice Committee to send the attached letter in

regard to meeting with the Honourable Stephen Fuhr,

Secretary of State (Defence Procurement), Canada. The

Chairman or Designee is authorized to sign all pertinent

documents.

Health & Human Services Committee to authorize the

Chairman or Designee to sign and send the attached

comment letter to Indian Health Service, P. Benjamin Smith,

Acting Director regarding the IHS Strategic Alignment.

Tribal Government Committee that the week immediately

following the Oath of Office Ceremony be officially

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Rationale: Time-sensitive.

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Rationale: Monday

Committees cancelled due

to Holiday.

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Rationale: Due Thursday,

August 28, 2025.

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designated as the Colville Business Council's Annual

Strategic Planning Meeting, which is mandatory for all

Colville Business Council members.

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Education and Management & Budget Committees to

approve the Interim Principal Contract for the amount of

$115,000.00 for the 2025-2026 school year. Chair or

Designee authorized to sign all pertinent documents.

Health & Human Services Committee to nominate Joseph

Finley to serve on the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease

Registry Tribal Advisory Committee as the primary delegate

for the Portland Area. Chairman or Designee is authorized

to sign all pertinent documents.

Health & Human Services Committee to nominate Dayna

Seymour to serve on the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease

Registry Tribal Advisory Committee as the alternate

delegate for the Portland Area. Chairman or Designee is

authorized to sign all pertinent documents.

Veterans Committee to authorize the Chairman or Designee

to sign and send the attached nomination letter for Mel

Tonasket to serve as the Portland Area Representative on the

Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on

Tribal and Indian Affairs.

Law & Justice Committee to authorize the Traditional

Territories Program to accept a FY25-27 Climate

Commitment Act Tribal Capacity Grant from the

Washington State Department of Ecology. All contracts,

grants, budgets, and awards will be submitted through the

administrative process for approval. Chairman or Designee

and Authorized Representative or Designee to sign all

documents via DocuSign. No Tribal dollars associated.

CONFIDENTIAL

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Rationale: Timelines.

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Rationale: Timeline to

meet to fill interim

position.

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Rationale: Due August 29,

2025.

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Rationale: Due August 29,

2025.

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Rationale: Due Thursday,

August 31, 2025.

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Rationale: The grant

period started 7/1/2025 and

we have been charging

hours and expenses to our

tribal account, which needs

to be reconciled before the

end of FY25.

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KC, CM, PT, DB, JF, RF,

JE)

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Natural Resources and Management & Budget Committees

to approve Contract Change Order 10 with WSP USA

Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. to extend the contract

end date to 09/30/2026 for continued geotechnical

investigation, conceptual design and dam type selection for

the replacement of Owhi Dam on the Colville Reservation,

Washington. Contract Change Order to be paid from BIA

Safety of Dams budgets. Chairperson or Designee is

authorized to sign all pertinent documents.

Natural Resources and Management & Budget Committees

to approve second funding award for the FY25 BIA TFW

Supplemental in the amount of $51,033.00 bringing the total

FY25 awarded amount to $107,998.00. The Confederated

Tribes of the Colville Reservation acknowledge this

proposal addresses only funds available for TFW

Supplemental projects in FY2025, and further acknowledges

that no guarantee is made, or implied, that funds will be

available for that purpose beyond the current year. No Tribal

dollars associated. The Chair or Designee is authorized to

sign all pertinent documents.

Natural Resources and Management & Budget Committees

to approve Contract with Lodestone Environmental

Consulting, LLC in the amount of $238,801.45. The

contract is for continued technical services for

environmental contamination issues including the Upper

Columbia River Remedial Investigation, Natural Resource

Damage Assessments, Toxics Monitoring, Transboundary

Mining Impacts, and related projects. No Tribal dollars are

being added or requested. Chair or Designee authorized to

sign all pertinent documents.

Fisheries Committee to approve the modification #2 for

Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) CCT Okanogan

Restoration, fund number 316624, contract number 84051

REL 23 in the amount of $3,172,698.00. This modification

reduces the amount by $393,230.00, bringing the new total

to $2,779,468.00. The performance period is from

November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2025. The Chairperson or

Designee has authority to sign all pertinent documents.

Fisheries Committee to approve the Cooperative Agreement

84051, Rel. 30 for the Colville Resident Fish Stock Status

Project. The primary goal is to ensure historical and current

fisheries data are collected and electronically preserved.

This contract is funded by BPA, fund number 321026.

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Rationale: Contract was

set to expire on 09/03/2025,

and the request for

extension was received on

09/02/2025.

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Contract value amount is $81,153.00. The performance

period is March 1, 2026 - February 28, 2027. The

Chairperson or Designee has the authority to sign all

pertinent documents.

Fisheries and Management & Budget Committees to

approve the agreement between the Confederated Tribes of

the Colville Reservation and Common Wealth Pension

Services Inc. for a retirement plan for the Sinixt employees

in the Nelson, BC Fish & Wildlife office. The Chairperson

or Designee is authorized to sign all pertinent documents.

Management & Budget Committee to consent for the

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation to apply for

Washington State Broadband Office (WSBO), Broadband,

Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) broadband Notice

of Funding Opportunity in the amount of $25,780,557.00.

The Colville Tribes submitted their own application for

grant funds within the Colville Reservation boundaries and

designated project areas. Chairman or Designee to sign all

relevant documents.

Management & Budget and Community Development

Committees to approve this Change Order adding

$9,600.00, changing contract from $463,250.00 to

$472,850.00 to install removable bollards around wells to

provide additional water source protected and extending

Contract C24-500 date to December 31, 2025 between the

Colville Confederated Tribes and JR Construction.

Chairman or Designee to sign all pertinent documents.

Management & Budget and Fisheries Committees to accept

and approve budget modification in the amount of

$103,877.00, Indirect of $23,684.00 for BPA account

910625. This modification is to use the carryover funds to

cover the officers salaries for FY25. Chairman or Designee

authorized to sign documents.

Management & Budget and Law & Justice Committees to

approve option year two for C24-007 Colville Tribal

Correctional Facility bed space in the amount of

$142,800.00. No tribal dollars will be expended. The

Chairman or Designee shall sign all pertinent documents.

Management & Budget and Law & Justice Committees to

approve additional funding for C24-007 Colville Tribal

Correctional Facility bed space in the amount of $15,000.00.

No tribal dollars will be expended. The Chairman or

Designee shall sign all pertinent documents.

Management & Budget and Law & Justice Committees to

approve modification #9 for Colville Tribal Correctional

Facility Operations and Maintenance in the amount of

$139,189.00. No tribal dollars will be expended. The

Chairman or Designee shall sign all pertinent documents.

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Management & Budget and Health & Human Services

Committees to authorize the Non-Disclosure Agreement

between the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

and Active911 for the purpose of a 90 days no cost demo of

the product. Following the conclusion of the demo, should

the Tribes decide to proceed with the implementation of the

Active911 Alert Notification System, services will be at an

annual service fee of $16.20 per assigned device, with an

overall maximum amount not to exceed $595.00 annually

and shall be in effect for the next five (5) years upon

execution. Chairman or Designee is authorized to sign all

pertinent documents.

Management & Budget and Education Committees to accept

the North Central Washington TechAlliance FY2025 Digital

Access Microgrant in the amount of $4,000.00. The Tribal

Chairman or Designated Representative is authorized to sign

all pertinent documents. No Tribal dollars.

Management & Budget and Education Committees to

approve the Confederated Tribes of the Colville

Reservation: Early Childhood Education/Head Start FY

2025 Office of Head Start Supplemental: Nutrition Grant

application in the amount of $144,280.00. The Tribal

Chairman or designated representative is authorized to sign

all pertinent documents. No additional tribal dollars

required.

Management & Budget and Education Committees to

approve Employment & Training/Childcare Services

Organizational Chart that includes the Family Support

Coordinator (new) position. No Tribal Match Required. To

authorize the Chairman or Designee to sign all pertinent

documents.

Management & Budget and Employment Committees to

accept the Award for Grant #A24AV00105. This award will

add the financial transactions identified for inclusion in the

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation's P.L. 102477 approved plan. This is a one-time award, subject to

availability of funds, not to exceed the approved three-year

grant term. Fiscal Year 2024-25 Grant Award is

$2,846,871.00. Modification #9 increased by $84,696.00.

Total Award Charge to $2,931,567.00. No Tribal Match

Required. To authorize the Chairman or Designee to sign all

pertinent documents.

Management & Budget and Community Development

Committees to approve the WSDOT agreement number

PTD0993 in the amount of $721,459.00 for operating and

indirect costs for Transit. Chairman or Designee authorized

to sign any pertinent documents. No Tribal dollars.

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Management & Budget and Community Development

Committees to approve the WSDOT agreement number

PTD0994 in the amount of $400,000.00 to update

Ferry/Transit maintenance and storage facilities. Chairman

or Designee authorized to sign any pertinent documents. No

Tribal dollars.

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation to approve

annual contributions of 25% of the fuel revenue to the

Generations Fund, Appendix 3 of the Investment Policy

Statement. Chair or Designee is authorized to sign all

relevant documents.

Management & Budget and Health & Human Services

Committees to approve the attached consolidated budget for

the Revenue Cycle Department. Chairman or Designee to

sign all pertinent documents.

Law & Justice and Tribal Government Committees to

amend Resolution 2022-208, to authorize the Executive

Director as the Tribal Authorized Representative (TAR), the

Emergency Management Coordinator as the Tribal

Coordinating Officer (TCO), and a delegate from

Accounting as the Tribal Hazard Mitigation Officer

(THMO). This is a requirement from FEMA that will allow

the Tribes to move forward with the Period of Performance

(POP) extension request for FEMA-4631-DR. Chairman or

Designee to sign.

Tribal Government and Management & Budget Committees

to appoint Kyle Epstein to the CTFC Board of Director's

(JF-42832) position for a two-year term, formerly filled by

Nicolette Descoteaux. Hire will be contingent upon passing

required background clearances. In the event that Kyle

Epstein does not pass the background check or declines the

position, the position will remain open until filled. Chairman

or Designee to sign all pertinent documents.

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