COLVILLE CONFEDERATED TRIBES (2024)

COLVILLE CONFEDERATED TRIBES

COLVILLE BUSINESS COUNCIL

Special Session

November 7th, 2024

Resolution Index

Condensed by, Tabitha Parr, Executive Office Assistant

Present:

Jarred-Michael Erickson, Karen Condon, Cindy Marchand, Patrick Tonasket,

Norma Sanchez, Dustin Best, Roger Finley, Dayna Seymour, Alison Boyd-Ball, Steve

Carson, Mel Tonasket

Delegation/Leave:

Shar Zacherle, Kyle Etchison, Meghan Francis

Resolution No.

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Condensed Recommendation Information

Colville Business

Council Vote Tally

Community Development and Tribal Government

Committees to authorize the Chairman to request the

Governor include the Inchelium Community Wellness and

Resilience Center in the 2025/2027 Biennial Budget. The

Chairman or Designee is authorized to sign all pertinent

documents.

10 FOR (MT, NS, RF, SZ,

DS, DB, JE, KE, MF, SC)

Natural Resources Committee to approve the letter of

interest of the Lucerne Property. This letter does not serve as

a purchase but only interest request to Stan Morris Attorney.

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

Rationale: The Governor

must propose a biennial

budget in December. After

November 5th a new

Governor will transition in.

10 FOR (CM, NS, DB, JE,

KE, PT, RF, SZ, SC, MF)

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Tribal Government Committee to put forward Karen

Condon for the open position 5 seat on the Washington

Indian Gaming Association Board.

Rationale: Time sensitive.

10 FOR (CM, JE, MT, RF,

DS, DB, KE, MF, SZ, SC)

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Management & Budget Committee to approve the Fiscal

Year 2025 Tribal Senior Heating Program Budget in the

amount of $478,017.00. Chair or Designee authorized to

sign all relevant documents.

Rationale: Notice needs to

be provided to the

association ASAP.

12 FOR (NS, KC, CM, DS,

DB, JE, MT, KE, PT, RF,

SC, MF)

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Culture Committee to approve the attached Research

Agreement with HMPC Protecting the Wild, LLC regarding

its research permit application to video the Lynx project.

Chair or Designee is authorized to sign the Agreement.

Rationale: Contractors

need to be paid and

services need to continue

operating.

11 FOR (NS, DB, RF, DS,

CM, JE, MF, PT, SZ, SC,

KE)

3 AGAINST (KC, AB, MT)

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Community Development Committee to authorize the

Chairman or Designee to sign a letter of support for the

TSWAN Waste to Pigs Project.

Rationale: Timelines.

11 FOR (RF, MT, DS, SC,

PT, AB, DB, KC, SZ, JE,

MF)

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Health & Human Services and Management & Budget

Committees to accept the Washington State Department of

Health Contract TRB27699-5 in the amount not to exceed

$325,601.00 for the operation of the WIC program and to

amend the period of performance end date to 9/30/2024 to

coincide with the Federal Fiscal year. Chairman or Designee

to sign all required documents.

Management & Budget Committee to appoint Tyson

Marchand, to the vacant CTFC Board of Directors (JL30078) position for a two-year term. Hire will be contingent

upon passing required background clearances. In the event

that Tyson Marchand 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.

Management & Budget Committee to appoint Matthew

Pleasants, to the vacant CTFC Board of Directors (JL30078) position for a two-year term. Hire will be contingent

upon passing required background clearances. In the event

that Matthew Pleasants 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.

Management & Budget Committee to appoint Bryon Miller,

to the vacant CTFC Board of Directors (JL-30078) position

for a two-year term. Hire will be contingent upon passing

required background clearances. In the event that Bryon

Miller 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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Rationale: Grant deadline

11/07/2024.

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Management & Budget and Education & Employment

Committees to approve the Submission of Bureau of Indian

Education Biennial Report of the Tribe or Tribal

Organization Activities undertaken in accordance with Part

B and C July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024. Tribal Chairperson

or Designee to sign all pertinent documents.

Management & Budget Committee to provide full support to

Colville Gaming LLC in proceeding with the Lake Chelan

Casino Hotel Project and resuming negotiations with

Umpqua Bank to secure a term loan for funding the Lake

Chelan Casino Hotel Project. It is the further

recommendation of the Management & Budget Committee

that the Colville Business Council will support the execution

of all documents necessary for Colville Gaming LLC to

enter the finance agreement.

Management & Budget Committee to extend Contract C23390 with Change Order #2. Adding an additional 3 years at

$109,996.00 through ITSavvy for the protection of critical

data. The added cost is $329,987.56, which bring the total

contract amount to $546,107.38, with a new contract end

date 12/26/2027. Chairman or Designee has authority to sign

all pertinent documents.

Management & Budget Committee to extend Contract C22022 with Change Order #2. Adding an additional 3 years at

$179,400.00 per year through Resultant LLC for the Google

Workspace Enterprise Standard licensing. The added cost is

$538,200.00, which bring the total contract amount to

$1,070,688.95, with a new contract end date of 10/28/2027.

Chairman or Designee has authority to sign all pertinent

documents.

Management & Budget Committee to approve the purchase

from Power and Telephone Supply Co. to purchase

materials and equipment in the amount of $759,625.00. This

purchase is for equipment and materials for the NTIA TBCP

round one broadband to the home project. Chair or Designee

to sign all relevant documents.

Management & Budget Committee to approve the purchase

from WBE Technologies, LLC. to purchase materials and

equipment in the amount of $298,087.36. This purchase is

for equipment and materials for the NTIA TBCP round one

broadband to the home project. Chair or Designee to sign all

relevant documents.

Management & Budget Committee to approve the franchise

agreement between the Confederated Tribes of the Colville

Reservation and Washington State Department of

Transportation in the amount of $10,000.00. Franchise

agreement is to install underground fiber along Highway

174 mm 19.80 to mm 20.51 for NTIA TBCP project to

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cover inspection costing. No Tribal dollars needed. Chair or

Designee to sign all relevant documents.

Management & Budget and Health & Human Services

Committees to approve the Memorandum of Agreement

between the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

and Lake Roosevelt Community Health Centers in order to

distribute IHS Contract #248-96-0001 FY 2025 Funding.

Chairman or Designee to sign all pertinent documents.

Management & Budget and Natural Resources Committees

to authorize Bryan Jones to be included as a co-author on a

peer-reviewed journal article titled "Food Web Ecology of

Lahontan Cutthroat Trout" in the journal Lake and Reservoir

Management. This article summarizes work funded by BPA

through F&W subcontractor Washington State University.

Chairman or Designee us authorized to sign all pertinent

documents.

Tribal Government Committee to nominate Cindy

Marchand to serve as one of the two tribal government

representatives on the Public Lands Rule Advisory

Committee. Chairman or Designee is authorized to sign all

pertinent documents.

Tribal Government and Management & Budget Committees

to approve the purchase by a vote of the Nespelem District

membership. The purchase of Dollar Sport Surfaces

Wrestling mat quote No. 13551 for a total check to be cut,

not to exceed $13,829.19 for LR Girls Wrestling mats.

Funds to come from the Nespelem Qwam Qwampt' fund

account. Chairman or Designee to sign all pertinent

documents.

Tribal Government Committee to accept the Colville Tribal

Relinquishment of DARIAN MICHELLE PAKOOTAS on

the current Colville Tribal Membership Roll.

In accordance with Sec. 8-1-320, 8-1-321, 8-1-322 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, DARIAN

MICHELLE PAKOOTAS shall hereafter be prohibited from

future membership with the Confederated Tribes of the

Colville Reservation. She has already enrolled with the

SPOKANE TRIBE.

Tribal Government Committee to correct Tribal Member

T.M.T’s Blood quantum. There is clear and convincing

evidence to approve the blood correction, per 8-1-250, for

T.M.T. Through paternity testing demonstrating 99.99%

probability of paternity, E.S.R.T, has been adjudicated as

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T.M.T’s biological father, increasing her blood quantum

from 35/128 to 67/128. As required by 8-1-250 (b), T.M.T

has been notified of the blood correction and is in

agreement. In the event the Enrollment Committee does not

vote in favor of this recommendation, nothing shall preclude

T.M.T. from filing a Petition for Blood Correction in the

Colville Tribal Court.

Tribal Government Committee to ADOPT KYRIE

FLORENCE, as applicant meets requirements of Section 81-160 of Enrollment Ordinance and Constitution of the

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.

Natural Resources and Community Development

Committees to approve the attached HEARTH Act lease

with the Colville Tribes Public Works Department on Tribal

Tract 101-T3027. Legal Description is Attachment A.

Chairperson or Designee is authorized to sign the lease.

Once signed ORA is authorized to provide a copy to the

Realty Program as outlined in Chapter 9-7 of the Colville

Tribal Code.

Natural Resources Committee to approve the memorandum

of understanding between the Confederated Tribes of the

Colville Reservation and the Washington Department of

Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to coordinate tribal participation

in wildlife conflict damage hunts managed by the WDFW in

Chelan County, Washington. Chairperson or Designee has

the authority to sign this agreement.

Natural Resources Committee to approve the funding

agreement with the British Columbia Ministry of Forests for

$78,000.00. This agreement is for the purposes of defraying

the costs incurred by the Sinixt Confederacy and Bands in

carrying out and completing the Kootenay Lake Forest

Landscape Plan. Performance period begins September 9,

2024 and ends March 31, 2025. Chairperson or Designee

has authority to sign all pertinent documents.

Natural Resources Committee to approve the Fencing

Contract for Kartar Rehab LLC in the amount of

$80,256.00. Work to be performed will include the

following: repair and/or replace approximately 4 miles

(21,120 ft.) of fencing and gates that were damaged by the

Chuweah Creek Fire. The contract will need to repair the

fence and replace the top and bottom wires with barbless

wire. Wooden H-braces will need to be installed. All work

will comply with the CCT Wildlife friendly fencing

specifications. Performance period is from when the

contract is approved and signed then to end on July 15th,

2025. Chairperson or Designee is authorized to sign all

pertinent documents.

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Natural Resources Committee to approve the contract with

Sundust Excavation LLC in the amount of $73,696.00 for

mastification pre-commercial thinning on the Jim Creek

Timber Sale. The contract will be paid through the EQIP

Account 5221.63410. Chairperson or designee has the

authority to sign all pertinent documents.

Natural Resources Committee to approve the contract with

Sundust Excavation LLC in the amount of $79,520.00 for

mastification pre-commercial thinning on the Jim Creek

Timber Sale. The contract will be paid through the EQUIP

Account 5221.63410. Chairperson or Designee has the

authority to sign all pertinent documents.

Natural Resources Committee to approve the Summit Fire

Mechanical Slash Pile Contract; contract with Sundust

Construction for $75,950.00. Chairman or Designee has the

authority to sign all pertinent documents.

Natural Resources Committee to approve attached

Consultant Contract with Maul Foster & Alongi, Inc. to

provide environmental engineering and consulting services

to the ETD Tribal Response Program including groundwater

monitoring, drum disposal and soil cleanup, and oncall/emergency assessment and abatement services in

FY2025 in the amount of $208,190.00. Chair or Designee

has authority to sign all related paperwork.

Natural Resources and Management & Budget Committees

to approve the purchase of the Air Burner - CharBoss

incinerator for Climate mitigation, fire prevention, and

forest health. No additional dollars being requested. Chair or

Designee authorized to sign all related documents.

Natural Resources to submit Grant Application CTCRWADOH for FY2025 in the amount of $1.2M. This award

is subject to available funds by Washington Department of

Health (WADOH). Chairman or Designee is authorized to

sign all pertinent documents.

Fisheries Committee to approve budget modification #1 for

the Hatchery Cyclical Maintenance program. The budget

modification transfers funds to Program Supplies and

Subcontracts/Contract Labor line items in the amount of

$231,566.00. This contract is funded by BPA, fund number

176220. The performance period is October 1, 2020 September 30, 2025. Chairperson or Designee has authority

to sign all pertinent documents.

Law & Justice and Management & Budget Committees to

approve the Vigilant Employment Screening, Inc. Contract

C23-051 Change Order #1. The contract will be extended to

September 30, 2027 and adding $102,000.00, total is now

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$170,000.00. Chair or Designee is authorized to sign all

pertinent documents.

Law & Justice Committee to approve the attached contract

with Power, Pyles, Sutter & Verville, P.C. for FY '25-'29.

The Chairman or his designee may sign all pertinent

documents.

Law & Justice Committee to approve the attached contract

with Kanji & Katzen, PLLC for FY'25. The Chairman or his

designee may sign all pertinent documents.

Law & Justice Committee to approve the attached contract

with Ziontz Chestnut for FY'25. The Chairman or his

designee may sign all pertinent documents.

Law & Justice Committee to approve the attached contract

with Meyer, Walker & Walker, P.C. for FY'25. The

Chairman or his designee may sign all pertinent documents.

Law & Justice Committee to approve the attached contract

with Arrow Creek Law, PLLC for FY'25. The Chairman or

his designee may sign all pertinent documents.

Law & Justice Committee to approve the attached contract

with Patterson, Earnhart, Real Bird and Wilson for FY25.

The Chairman or his designee may sign all pertinent

documents.

Law & Justice and Education & Employment Committees to

provide a letter of support for Clyfford Still Museum and the

Colville Confederated Tribes: An Infant Board Book project

tentatively funded by a grant submitted to Institute of

Museum and Library Service Museums for America

Lifelong Learning grant by Clyfford Stills Museum. Tribal

Chairman or Designee to sign all pertinent documents.

Law & Justice Committee to approve the attached contract

with Ogden, Murphy, Wallace, PLLC for FY25. Chairman

or Designee may sign all pertinent documents.

Veterans Committee to approve the MOA between the

Colville Tribe and the Washington Department of Veterans

Affairs. Tribal Chairman or Designee to sign all pertinent

documents.

Veterans Committee to approve the donation of $3,000.00

for a national non-profit organization to support the

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continuation to cover active members and veterans touched

by war with a comforting and healing Quilts of Valor.

CONFIDENTIAL

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