COLVILLE CONFEDERATED TRIBES (2026)

COLVILLE CONFEDERATED TRIBES

COLVILLE BUSINESS COUNCIL

Regular Session

January 8, 2026

Resolution Index

Condensed by, Tabitha Parr, Executive Assistant

Present:

Jarred-Michael Erickson, Karen Condon, Norma Sanchez, Shar Zacherle, Roger

Finley, Dayna Seymour, Alison Boyd-Ball, Patrick Tonasket, Mel Tonasket, Joseph

Finley

Delegation/Leave:

Cindy Marchand, Kyle Etchison, Dustin Best, Meghan Francis

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Condensed Recommendation Information

Colville Business

Council Vote Tally

Tribal Government Committee to make an exception to

Resolution #2021-540 to approve additional funding to the

Burial Grant for Tribal Member Geraldine M. Friedlander

Gabriel. The additional funding shall not exceed $500.00.

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Law & Justice Committee to approve the attached letter to

Governor Ferguson in regard to the Carriger Solar Project.

The Chairman or Designee is authorized to sign all pertinent

documents.

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Tribal Government Committee to authorize the Chairman or

Designee to sign on to the attached joint Tribal-state Letter

to Secretary Kennedy regarding the impacts of HR1 on

Tribes.

Natural Resources Committee to authorize the Chairman or

Designee to sign and send the attached comment letter to

Secretary Doug Burgum regarding the proposed formation

of the United States Wildland Fire Service.

Rationale: Time sensitive –

want it out before the

holidays.

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Rationale: Tribal leaders

must respond by December

19, 2025.

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Rationale: Comments Due

12/19/2025.

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Natural Resources Committee to approve the attached letter

to the Environmental Protection Agency commenting upon

the WOTUS Proposed Rule. Chair or Designee authorized

to sign all pertinent documents.

Management & Budget and Health & Human Services

Committees to approve Contract Change Order for

employee contract (Resolution #2025-972). Total increase in

the amount of $24,480.00. Chairman or Designee to sign all

pertinent documents.

Management & Budget and Health & Human Services

Committees to approve Contract Change Order for

employee contract (Resolution #2025-973). Total increase in

the amount of $29,920.00. Chairman or Designee to sign all

pertinent documents.

Law & Justice Committee to approve Cody Desautel, Roger

Finley, James Baxter, and/or Shelly Boyd to appear in a

short film that will be produced by the Save Record Ridge

Action Committee. The appearance will be to discuss Sinixt

culture, history, and how they are impacted by the Record

Ridge Project. The Colville Business Council reserves the

right to approve the film before it is released. The Chairman

or Designee may sign all pertinent documents.

Community Development Committee to approve the

AVISTA Electric Service Agreement No. 63308 for the

Well at 31 Twin Lakes Homes Road to have electric service

at this site. The total cost $1,479.00 to be billed out of

account 1.931.64020 Utilities. Chairman or Designee to sign

all pertinent documents.

Community Development and Management & Budget

Committees to approve this Change Order adding

$2,941.02, changing contract from $472,850.00 to

$475,791.02 to replace existing 6-inch gate valve and box

and extending Contract C24-500 date to January 16, 2026

between the Colville Confederated Tribes and JR

Construction. Chairman or Designee to sign all pertinent

documents.

Management & Budget and Health & Human Services

Committees to approve the credentialing and privileging for

a Nespelem Health Center locum provider to assist with

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Rationale: Timelines.

Comments due by

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Rationale: IHS Funding

Deadlines – Timelines.

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Rationale: Contract End

Date 12/31/2025.

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staffing shortages. Chairman or Designee to sign all

pertinent documents.

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Community Development Committee to approve the Tribal

Solid Waste Network (TSWAN) Letter of Support, which is

attached. The proposed collaboration between the

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (CTCR)

and TSWAN will align directly with CTCR's long term

goals of environmental stewardship, waste diversion, and

the advancement of Tribal sovereignty through sustainable

practices. Chairman or Designee to sign all pertinent

documents.

Fisheries Committee to approve Change Order #6 with

Babcock Services, contract number C25-109. This Change

Order will add funding in the amount of $91,570.50 for the

White Sturgeon Hatchery construction, bringing the new

total contract value to $5,444,269.22. The performance

period is from November 21, 2024 – March 31, 2026. The

Chairperson or Designee has authority to sign all pertinent

documents. No General Fund dollars associated.

Health & Human Services Committee to authorize the

Chairman or Designee to sign the attached Use Agreement

between the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

and the Indian Health Service for the Use of Government

Furnished Real Property. The Real Property at issue

includes the Maintenance Office, which is depicted as

Building 00020 in Exhibits 1 and 3 (attached), the Building

Storage, which is depicted as Building 00060 in Exhibit 1,

and a parking lot/road approximately 190 square yards

known as Structure 00037 (hereinafter collectively referred

to as "IHS Facilities").

Management & Budget and Community Development

Committees to approve the contract renewal for Red Plains

Professional Inc. in the amount of $185,745.94. Red Plains

Professional Inc. will continue to perform and provide

technical assistance for the Long Range Transportation

(LRTP) and the National Tribal Transportation Facility

Inventory (NTTFI) update in progress including GIS

services and Road Mapping on BIA IRR System roads for

2025 to 2027. No tribal dollars. Chairman or Designee to

sign all pertinent documents.

Management & Budget and Law & Justice Committees to

accept $306,574.00 funds, selecting option one from the

BIA Northwest Regional Office, which the Tribe or Tribal

Organization (Contractor) elects to perform the Facilities

Improvement and Repairs project via a P.L.93.638 contract.

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shortage with providers.

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Rationale: TSWAN

Deadline 01-14-2026.

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Rationale: Time sensitive

as the contractors will not

have time to process

change orders and initiate

new contracts before end

of the month because of

holiday season.

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No tribal dollars will be expended. The Chairman or

Designee shall sign all pertinent documents.

Management & Budget and Health & Human Services

Committees to accept the FY26 LIHEAP Award

26PEWALIEI in the amount of $8,642.00. Chairman or

Designee to sign all pertinent documents.

Management & Budget and Health & Human Services

Committees to accept the FY26 Food Distribution Award

202626Q520647 in the amount of $426,175.00. A Tribal

Match of 25% is required of the total award amount through

account 351, totaling $106,544.00 for the grant period of

10/01/2025 - 09/30/2027. Chairman or Designee to sign all

pertinent documents.

Management & Budget and Health & Human Services

Committees to accept the FY26 LIHEAP Award

26PEWALIEA in the amount of $485,028.00. Chairman or

Designee to sign all pertinent documents.

Management & Budget and Law & Justice Committees to

approve FY26 Carryover Budget, Budget Modification #22

& #23, and authorize issuance of a Request for Bid for the

remodel of the Colville Tribal Courthouse landscape,

exterior, and front lobby. Chair or Designee authorized to

sign all pertinent documents.

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Community Development Committee to authorize and direct

Colville Indian Housing Authority (CIHA) to submit an

application for the FY2025 Indian Housing Block Grant Competitive Grants FR-6900-N-48 (IHBG-Comp) prepared

and submitted on behalf of the Confederated Tribes of the

Colville Reservation (CTCR) by CIHA as the Tribally

Designated Housing Entity for New Construction housing

activities; through the U.S. Department of Housing and

Urban Development (HUD).

Colville Business Council, through the Community

Development Committee, authorizes CIHA, as the sole

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applicant on behalf of the Colville Tribes and delegates

CIHA the authority to administer and manage said Indian

Housing Block Program - Competitive Grants FR-6900-N48. Chair or Designee is authorized to sign all pertinent

documents.

Tribal Government Committee to correct Tribal Member

T.K.S.B.'s Blood quantum. There is clear and convincing

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

T.K.S.B.'s. Through paternity testing demonstrating 99.99%

probability of paternity, E.C.W.III, has been adjudicated as

T.K.S.B.'s 's biological father, increasing her blood quantum

from 1/4 to 117/256. As required by 8-1-250 (b), Mr. B’s

mother 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

Mr. B from filing a Petition for Blood Correction in the

Colville Tribal Court.

Education and Management & Budget Committees to

approve the Bureau of Indian Education 2025 Individuals

with Disabilities Education Act Tribal Child Count Data

Part B and C. Tribal Chairman or Designee to sign all

pertinent documents.

Natural Resources and Management & Budget Committees

to approve a second contract with WSP USA, Inc. for the

final architectural design and engineering in the amount of

$1,141,394.56 to be paid from account 161620. WSP was

awarded the previous contract for site assessment,

geotechnical compatibility, and groundwater suitability. No

additional dollars are being added or requested. Chair or

Designee authorized to sign all pertinent documents.

Natural Resources Committee to approve Contract Change

Order Number 5 with Leading Edge Aviation, LLC C22-125

for Wildlife big game aerial surveys and aerial captures.

This Change Order adds annual funds in the amount of

$250,000.00. The value of the contract total is now

$754,905.00. The performance period is January 1, 2022 September 30, 2026. The Chairperson or Designee has the

authority to sign all pertinent documents.

Natural Resources Committee to approve additional funding

awards under BIA Contract A20AV00084 in the amounts of

$11,786.00 for BIA Mod 33 and $69,372.00 for BIA Mod

35 for FY'25 BIA TFW/Fisheries Management/Rights

Protection (Boldt) account #199420. The total FY'25

awarded amount is $146,806.00, bringing the total contract

amount to $852,084.00. The performance period is October

1, 2019 to September 30, 2025 unless further extended. No

Tribal dollars associated. The Chair or Designee is

authorized to sign all pertinent documents.

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Natural Resources Committee to approve the Hellsgate Big

Game Winter Range Project Modification #1 (Contract

84051 Release 13 - Fund 313524). This modification will

reduce the contract budget to $5,240,041.00, a reduction of

$592,005.00, which will be redirected to the FY2026

Hellsgate contract. The contract is funded by the Bonneville

Power Administration. No Tribal dollars are associated with

this contract. The Chairperson or Designee has authority to

sign all pertinent documents.

Natural Resources Committee to approve the consultant

contract with CalForest Nurseries for sowing and growing

seedlings for planting in the Fall of 2026 and Spring of

2027. Contract amount is $567,290.06. Performance period

is when all parties sign until December 31, 2028.

Chairperson or Designee has the authority to sign all

pertinent documents.

Fisheries Committee to approve the requisition in the

amount of $100,000.00 to purchase Fish Feed at various

sizes (average cost per kilo). The fish feed is needed for the

Tribes Resident Fish Hatchery. Funded by BPA.

Chairperson or Designee has authority to sign all pertinent

documents.

Fisheries and Natural Resources Committees to approve the

Letter of Support for Ecology's Streamflow Enhancement

Grant. The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

Fish & Wildlife Department supports and recommends The

Land Council's application to Ecology's Streamflow

Enhancement to potentially help fund future work on the

reservation. Chairperson or Designee has authority to sign

all pertinent documents.

Fisheries Committee that the Fish & Wildlife Sinixt

Division is authorized to collaborate with the Marc Boutin

Architectural Collaborative Inc. regarding the MBAC Grant

in British Columbia. It is the determination of the Colville

Business Council that this collaboration does not conflict

with any current applications of the Confederated Tribes of

the Colville Reservation. The Colville Business Council

supports the proposed project. This recommendation does

not approve any specific applications or contracts.

Fisheries Committee to approve the Cooperative Agreement

Contract #84051, Release #00052 award from BPA in the

amount of $1,293,241.00 for the Colville Hatchery (O&M)

Operation and Maintenance program. This funding will be

used to produce an annual stocking plan for each managed

waterbody. The performance period is December 1, 2025 November 30, 2026. The Chairperson or Designee has

authority to sign all pertinent documents.

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Law & Justice Committee to authorize the Traditional

Territories Program to apply for funding from the

Washington State Arts Commission (ArtsWA) via their

FY27 Tribal Cultural Grant Opportunity. Chairman or

Designee to sign all appropriate documents.

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