COLVILLE CONFEDERATED TRIBES (2022)

COLVILLE CONFEDERATED TRIBES

COLVILLE BUSINESS COUNCIL

Special Session

May 19, 2022

Resolution Index

Condensed by, Kelli Tonasket, Executive Office Assistant

Present:

Andy Joseph Jr., Jack Ferguson, Karen Condon, Norma Sanchez, Dustin Best, Shar

Zacherle, Roger Finley, Alison Boyd-Ball, Joseph Somday, Virgil “Smoker”

Marchand, Tyler Zacherle-Boyd

Delegation/Leave:

Richard Swan Sr., Marvin Kheel, Jarred-Michael Erickson

Resolution No.

2022-291.e&e

10-Signature

Condensed Recommendation Information

Colville Business

Council Vote Tally

To approve the attached contract for Swan Innovations in

the amount of $40,000.00. Chairman or designee to sign all

pertinent documents

10 FOR (KC, NS, DB, SZ,

RF, AB, JF, VSM, JME,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

2022-292.m&b.cdc

2022-293.m&b.cdc

2022-294.m&b.cdc

2022-295.m&b.cdc

To approve of environmental review for the ICDBG-ARP

Imminent Action; Air Quality project. This activity is

exempt per 24 CFR 58.34 (a) (10). Chairman or designee is

authorized to sign pertinent documents.

To approve the change order for Complete Restoration,

Resolution No. 2022-47 for Insurance Claim #20223677823918021 Freeze Water/Flood Damage $86,161.31 in the

amount of $22,973.08 increase for a grand total of

$109,134.39 for mold and dryout mitigation and extend

contract end to May 27, 2022. To authorize Chairman and/or

designee to sign all pertinent documents.

To approve FY2022 STRA-21 Referenced Funding

Agreement (RFA) and budget in the amount of $464,802.20.

No Tribal Dollars. Chairman or designee to sign all

pertinent documents

To approve the attached Tribal Transportation Program

agreement. Chairman or designee has authority to sign all

pertinent documents.

Rationale: Timelines.

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

9 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, JS, VSM, TZB)

0 AGAINST

1 ABSTAINED (AB)

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

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2022-296.m&b.cdc

2022-297.m&b.cdc

To accept the two-year Bigfoot Communications, LLC

Executive Director Contract for Ernie Rasmussen for

$109,803.20 per contract year. Additional documents

requiring submission can be signed by Chair or designee

that has authority to sign all related paperwork.

CONFIDENTIAL

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

2022-298.m&b.cdc.e&e

2022-299.m&b.cdc.e&e

2022-300.m&b.cdc.nrc

2022-301.m&b.cdc

2022-302.m&b.cdc

2022-303.tg

To accept the FY 2022 Traditional Foods and Foodways

Funding in the amount of $500.00 to help purchase root

diggers for Spring Camas and Bitterroot digging. Chairman

or designee to sign all pertinent documents

To accept the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Interlocal Agreement (federal ID #91-0557683) for

implementation of the "Since Time Immemorial Tribally

Developed Curriculum Project," to establish Colville

specific place-based curriculum as a resource for school

districts located on aboriginal territories to increase local

school district knowledge of Colville tribal history, culture,

and governance and provide tools and resources for

educators' use and implementation in the classroom. Chair

or designee authorized to sign pertinent documents

To approve the attached Cooperative Agreement for

Wildland Fire Management Non-recurring funds. The new

agreement will authorize commercial contracting between

the BIA and Colville Tribes for use and mandatory

reimbursement of non-recurring suppression, emergency

stabilization, and severity funds. This agreement will

provide a mechanism to reimburse the Tribe for the actual

costs incurred while performing work to support one

time/critical need requirements for suppression. Chair or

designee authorized to sign all relevant documents.

To approve the attached change order to WJC Financial in

the amount of $80,000.00 to help with Mt. Tolman Fire

Center clean up. Chair or designee approved to sign all

pertinent documents

To approve the new Medical and Dental rates for FY2022

beginning January 1, 2023 which include a 7% increase and

contributing 80% of the employee dependents. Chair or

designee authorized to sign all relevant documents

To approve the attached request from the State of

Washington's Department of Revenue to contribute to a

video to educate state retailers and agency staff on the

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0 ABSTAINED

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

9 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, JS, VSM, TZB)

0 AGAINST

1 ABSTAINED (AB)

9 FOR (JF, NS, DB, SZ,

RF, AB, JS, VSM, TZB)

1 AGAINST (KC)

0 ABSTAINED

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

2022-304.tg

2022-305.tg

importance of tribal sovereignty and how it relates to

hunting rights. Spokespersons will be appointed informally

in the near future. The Chairman or his designee is

authorized to sign all pertinent documents.

That Dr. Andrea Laforet, the expert genealogist who has

assembled 25 existing Sinixt genealogies and testified in the

Desautel hunting case, be granted express permission to

conduct additional genealogical research, including

interviews with elders and document review, for the purpose

of assembling additional genealogies for use of CCT

members and information for the development of

membership criteria for Sinixt Confederacy. All information

obtained is under the sole ownership of the Confederated

Tribes of the Colville Reservation and its proprietary to the

Tribes pursuant to 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 from that data, will be owned by

the Tribes. The Chairman or his designee is authorized to

sign all pertinent documents

CONFIDENTIAL

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

2022-306.tg

To adopt Brayzin Steele Pakootas as applicant meets

membership provisions of Section 8-1-160 of the

Enrollment Ordinance

0 ABSTAINED

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

2022-307.tg

To adopt Wendy Sanaye Tomita as applicant meets the

membership provisions of Section 8-1-160 of the

Enrollment Ordinance.

0 ABSTAINED

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

2022-308.e&e

2022-309.e&e.m&b.cdc

To approve the renewal of the Memorandum of

Understanding between the CCT ECE/HS/EHS and Grand

Coulee Dam School District. (CBC RES 2020-191, PC RES

2019-46). Tribal Chairman or designee to sign all pertinent

documents.

CONFIDENTIAL

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0 ABSTAINED

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

2022-310.e&e

To approve the school year 2022-2023 calendar. Chairman

or designees to sign all pertinent documents.

0 ABSTAINED

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

2022-311.e&e

To approve the End of Year Trip for PSIS 8th and 9th grade

students and chaperones. Chairman or designee to sign all

pertinent documents

0 ABSTAINED

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

2022-312.e&e.tg

To submit the attached white paper to Director Ingrid Ulrey,

Region 10, US Department of Health & Human Services.

0 ABSTAINED

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

2022-313.nrc

2022-314.nrc

2022-315.nrc

To approve the attached agricultural lease for parcel

1131300068, including 159.73 acres. Lessor will be

Greenridge Farming, Inc. for a term of up to 5 years, subject

to annual renewal by agreement of the parties.

Compensation for this lease will be $78,000.00 per year, due

before March 1st of each year. Chairman or his designee is

authorized to sign any related documents

To approve Pasture Lease 22-006 (renewal) to George

Marchand, Tribal Member. This grazing field is considered

the center field of the adjacent leased properties. This lease

is on Tribal Tract No. 101-T5418 (por) described as:

The W1/2NE1/4 of Section 17, Township 33 North, Range

28 East, Willamette Meridian, Okanogan County,

Washington, containing 80.00 acres, more or less.

TERM: 5 years from date of approval

Lease Amount: $300.00 per annum

Bond: $required

Admin Fee: $waived

Lease subject to conditions cited in IRMP Coordinator's

review. Chairman or designee has authority to sign all

pertinent documents.

Approve Bid Item No. K-1, to David Cox Jr., Colville Tribal

Member, for

Colville Tribal Tract No. 101-T1257-A (por), 101-T4333

(por), and 101-T4785 (por) described as:

101-T1257-A (por): THOSE PARTS OF THE EAST HALF

NORTHEAST QUARTER AND THE SOUTHWEST

QUARTER NORTHEAST QUARTER WEST OF THE

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0 ABSTAINED

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

7 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, TZB)

0 AGAINST

3 ABSTAINED (VSM, JS,

AB)

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

SAN POIL RIVER AND EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY

NO. 21, AS LOCATED APRIL 1, 1977 IN SECTION 31,

TOWNSHIP 32 NORTH, RANGE 33 EAST,

WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN, FERRY COUNTY,

WASHINGTON, CONTAINING 43.94, MORE OR LESS.

101-T4333 (por): THAT PART OF THE SOUTHWEST

QUARTER OF SECTION 29 LYING AND BEING WEST

OF THE SAN POIL RIVER, EXCEPT THEREFROM,

THE NORTH HALF NORTH HALF NORTH HALF

SOUTHWEST QUARTER LYING AND BEING WEST

OF THE SAN POIL RIVER AND EAST OF STATE

HIGHWAY NO. 21, AS LOCATED 4/1/1977; THE

SOUTHEAST QUARTER SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF

SECTION 30; AND THAT PART OF THE NORTHWEST

QUARTER OF SECTION 32 LYING AND BEING

NORTH AND WEST OF THE SAN POIL RIVER,

EXCEPT THEREFROM, THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR

STATE HIGHWAY NO. 21, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 32

NORTH, RANGE 33 EAST, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN,

FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON, CONTAINING

236.90 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AFTER THE ABOVE

EXCEPTION. THIS WILL EXCLUDE THE 5.0 ACRE,

MORE OR LESS HOME SITE LEASE THAT SITS EAST

OF HWY 21.

101-T4785 (por): THAT PART OF THE NORTHALF

NORTHWEST-QUARTER NORTHWEST- QUARTER

OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 32 NORTH, RANGE 33

EAST, FERRY COUNTY, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN,

WASHINGTON, CONTAINING, 20.00 ACRES, MORE

OR LESS.

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TERM: 5 years, from date of approval.

Compensation: $2,500.00 per annum, subject to Fair Market

Rental Value

Bond: $required

Lease Fee: $waived

Lease subject to conditions cited in IRMP Coordinator’s

review

Chairman or designee has authority to sign all pertinent

documents

Approve the 2022-2024 Member Fishing Regulations. The

Chairman and/or his/her designee to sign all pertinent

documents.

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

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2022-317.fish

CONFIDENTIAL

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

2022-318.cul

2022-319.cul

To approve the attached letter from the Colville Business

Council to the Washington State Board of Geographic

Names to remove derogatory names from state and federal

maps and replace them with names approved by the Colville

Business Council. This authorizes the Chairperson or

designee to sign all documents related to this project. No

tribal funding required

To approve the attached Land Acknowledgement for the

Moses Lake area for use by the Moses Lake School District.

0 ABSTAINED

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

10 FOR (JF, KC, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AB, JS, VSM,

TZB)

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

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