# COLVILLE CONFEDERATED TRIBES (2025) > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/tribal%3Aconfederated_colville%3A65c4fd934179d050 ## Record - **Collection:** Tribal code - **Document type:** Tribal code ## Text 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 Resolution No. 2025-789.l&j 10-Signature 2025-790.edu 10-Signature 2025-791.l&j 10-Signature 2025-792.hhs 10-Signature 2025-793.tg 10-Signtaure 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 Special Session September 4, 2025 Tabitha Parr, Executive Office Assistant Page 1 of 6 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED Rationale: Time-sensitive. 10 FOR (MF, NS, KC, CM, DS, DB, JE, JF, PT, RF) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED Rationale: Monday Committees cancelled due to Holiday. 10 FOR (DB, JE, CM, RF, DS, JE, KE, MT, PT, KC) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED Rationale: Time-sensitive. 10 FOR (DS, AB, JE, CM, RF, DB, KE, MF, MT, PT) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED Rationale: Due Thursday, August 28, 2025. 10 FOR (KC, NS, RF, DS, DB, JF, KE, MF, MT, SZ) designated as the Colville Business Council's Annual Strategic Planning Meeting, which is mandatory for all Colville Business Council members. 2025-794.edu.m&b 10-Signature 2025-795.hhs 10-Signature 2025-796.hhs 10-Signature 2025-797.vet 10-Signature 2025.798.l&j 10-Signature 2025-799.m&b 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 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED Rationale: Timelines. 10 FOR (MF, CM, DS, JE, JF, KE, MT, RF, DB, SZ) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED Rationale: Timeline to meet to fill interim position. 11 FOR (DS, AB, JE, CM, KC, NS, RF, DB, MF, MT, PT) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED Rationale: Due August 29, 2025. 10 FOR (AB, JE, CM, KC, NS, RF, DB, MF, MT, PT) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED Rationale: Due August 29, 2025. 10 FOR (KE, NS, JE, CM, RF, DS, DB, JF, MF, PT) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED Rationale: Due Thursday, August 31, 2025. 10 FOR (DB, MF, CM, DS, JE, JS, KE, MT, PT, SZ) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED 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. 11 FOR (NS, SZ, DS, KE, KC, CM, PT, DB, JF, RF, JE) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED Special Session September 4, 2025 Tabitha Parr, Executive Office Assistant Page 2 of 6 2025-800.nrc.m&b 2025-801.nrc.m&b 2025-802.nrc.m&b 2025-803.fish 2025-804.fish 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. Special Session September 4, 2025 Tabitha Parr, Executive Office Assistant Page 3 of 6 Rationale: Contract was set to expire on 09/03/2025, and the request for extension was received on 09/02/2025. 7 FOR (PT, MF, CM, KE, DS, SZ, NS) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED 7 FOR (PT, MF, CM, KE, DS, SZ, NS) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED 7 FOR (PT, MF, CM, KE, DS, SZ, NS) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED 7 FOR (PT, MF, CM, KE, DS, SZ, NS) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED 7 FOR (PT, MF, CM, KE, DS, SZ, NS) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED 2025-805.fish.m&b 2025-806.m&b 2025-807.m&b.cdc 2025-808.m&b.fish 2025-809.m&b.l&j 2025-810.m&b.l&j 2025-811.m&b.l&j 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. Special Session September 4, 2025 Tabitha Parr, Executive Office Assistant Page 4 of 6 7 FOR (PT, MF, CM, KE, DS, SZ, NS) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED 7 FOR (PT, MF, CM, KE, DS, SZ, NS) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED 7 FOR (PT, MF, CM, KE, DS, SZ, NS) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED 7 FOR (PT, MF, CM, KE, DS, SZ, NS) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED 7 FOR (PT, MF, CM, KE, DS, SZ, NS) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED 7 FOR (PT, MF, CM, KE, DS, SZ, NS) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED 7 FOR (PT, MF, CM, KE, DS, SZ, NS) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED 2025-812.m&b.hhs 2025-813.m&b.edu 2025-814.m&b.edu 2025-815.m&b.edu 2025-816.m&b.emp 2025-817.m&b.cdc 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. Special Session September 4, 2025 Tabitha Parr, Executive Office Assistant Page 5 of 6 7 FOR (PT, MF, CM, KE, DS, SZ, NS) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED 7 FOR (PT, MF, CM, KE, DS, SZ, NS) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED 7 FOR (PT, MF, CM, KE, DS, SZ, NS) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED 7 FOR (PT, MF, CM, KE, DS, SZ, NS) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED 7 FOR (PT, MF, CM, KE, DS, SZ, NS) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED 7 FOR (PT, MF, CM, KE, DS, SZ, NS) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED 2025-818.m&b.cdc 2025-819.m&b 2025-820.m&b.hhs TABLED 2025-821.l&j.tg 2025-822.tg.m&b 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. Special Session September 4, 2025 Tabitha Parr, Executive Office Assistant Page 6 of 6 7 FOR (PT, MF, CM, KE, DS, SZ, NS) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED 7 FOR (PT, MF, CM, KE, DS, SZ, NS) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED *TABLED VOTE* 7 FOR (PT, MF, CM, KE, DS, SZ, NS) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED 7 FOR (PT, MF, CM, KE, DS, SZ, NS) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED 7 FOR (PT, MF, CM, KE, DS, SZ, NS) 0 AGAINST 0 ABSTAINED --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/tribal%3Aconfederated_colville%3A65c4fd934179d050. 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