COLVILLE CONFEDERATED TRIBES (2025)

COLVILLE CONFEDERATED TRIBES

COLVILLE BUSINESS COUNCIL

Special Session

March 4th, 2025

Resolution Index

Condensed by, Tabitha Parr, Executive Office Assistant

Present:

Cindy Marchand, Patrick Tonasket, Norma Sanchez, Dustin Best, Shar Zacherle,

Roger Finley, Kyle Etchison, Alison Boyd-Ball, Steven Carson

Delegation/Leave:

Jarred-Michael Erickson, Karen Condon, Dayna Seymour, Meghan Francis, Mel

Tonasket

Resolution No.

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Condensed Recommendation Information

Colville Business

Council Vote Tally

Tribal Government Committee of the Colville Business

Council to authorize the Sinixt Confederacy to represent the

Lakes Tribe of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville

Reservation, who are an Aboriginal People of Canada

pursuant to the Supreme Court of Canada's decision R v.

Desautel, in litigation to advance Sinixt rights and interests

in Canadian courts and other tribunals. The Colville

Business Council may also direct that the Confederated

Tribes of the Colville Reservation act as a litigant on behalf

of the Sinixt in Canada. The Chairman or Designee is

authorized to sign all pertinent documents.

Natural Resources Committee to approve the letter of

submission to apply for funding with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC) in support of mitigating the

impacts to protect and maintain healthy populations.

Chairman or Designee to sign all pertinent documents.

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Management & Budget Committee to accept the funds from

the State of Washington Department of Health (DOH),

totaling $1,200,531.00, for the architectural and engineering

design of the new First Foods Processing Facility. The

Chairman or Designee to sign all pertinent documents.

Community Development Committee to authorize the

application and administration of the U.S. Department of

Agriculture-Rural Business Development Grant to conduct a

feasibility study of the First Foods Meat Processing Facility

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commercial visibility to determine expansion and revenue

generating strategies. The total requested grant amount is

$50,000.00 and the Tribes will contribute an additional

$75,000.00 to the project. Chairman or Designee to sign all

pertinent documents.

Natural Resources Committee to approve the attached MOU

with the Washington State Department of Ecology for the

Climate Commitment Act air quality program. Chairperson

or Designee has the authority to sign all pertinent

documents.

Community Development and Education and Employment

Committees to approve the new site location of the Omak

Youth Development Program to be moved to 630 Benton

Street, Omak, WA 98841. Chair or Designee authorized to

sign all pertinent documents.

Management & Budget and Health & Human Services

Committees to approve the LRCHC Community Health

Workers CHA Contract #K6866 Amendment 2 for a no-cost

extension. The No-Cost Extension ends June 30, 2025.

Chairman or Designee to sign all pertinent documents.

Management & Budget and Community Development

Committees to approve the NEW Recycling Budget for

FY2025 for the amount of $280,664.00 this will be the

initial startup of the New Facility Construction and

Recycling Operations. The Colville Confederated Tribes

will be reimbursed by the Tribal Solid Waste Advisory

Network (TSWAN), $20.00 per hour plus 15% taxes and

fringe benefits to employ a Recycling Center Site

Coordinator position to help establish and maintain a

Recycling Center to promote recycling and waste reduction.

The Recycling Specialist Sr. and Recycling Specialist

positions will be removed from the Solid Waste Budget and

placed into the Recycling Program Budget. The Chairman or

Designee is authorized to sign all pertinent documents.

Management & Budget and Community Development

Committees to authorize and approve the appointment of

Valerie Hall to the Colville Fuels Board of Directors for a

two-year term.

Law & Justice and Management & Budget Committees to

approve the RFP for repaving the expansion of the parking

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area upgrade project between the Colville Tribal

Correctional Facility and Cates & Erb Inc. in the amount of

$499,500.00. After reviewing 3 BIDS, Cates & Erb Inc. was

the bid that met all specifications requested, and scored the

highest during the evaluation 95 points. The Chairman or

Designee shall sign all pertinent documents.

Law & Justice and Management & Budget Committees to

approve the RFP for painting the correctional facility

between Colville Tribal Correctional Facility and Patriot

Painting in the amount of $139,377.00. After reviewing 2

bids, Patriot Painting was the bid that met all specifications

requested and scored the highest during the evaluation. The

Chairman or Designee shall sign all pertinent documents.

Management & Budget Committee to suballocate One

Hundred (100) Class III Terminal Allocation to Colville

Gaming LLC following the terms of resolution 2024-134.

The monthly invoice will be paid within 15 days of receipt.

Rates identified in Attachment A to the Uniform Terminal

Allocation Agreement between the Quileute Tribe and the

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation will be

used. The first invoice will be for the month of June 2025.

The suballocation will end when the Pasco project is ready

to use the allocation and a 90-day notice will be given to the

CTFC & Colville Gaming LLC. Chair or Designee to sign

all pertinent documents.

Update language in resolution 2024-886 to replace term

"Sublease" with "Suballocation."

Management & Budget Committee to fund the construction

of the Sturgeon Hatchery. The Confederated Tribes of the

Colville Indian Reservation will add additional funding of

$1,010,000.00 using a loan from Colville Tribal Credit

Corporation. Chairman or Designee has authority to sign all

pertinent documents.

Management & Budget Committee to approve and accept

the Fiscal Year 2025 Indirect Cost Negotiation Agreement

of 26.73% offered by the Interior Business Center (IBC).

Chair or Designee authorized to sign all relevant documents.

Health & Human Services Committee to authorize the

Office of Reservation Attorney, along with the Tribes IT

Department, Accounting and HHS staff to work to

determine the most appropriate Electronic Health Care

Records system/software to meet the Tribes plan for a

comprehensive health care system. Chairman or Designee

authorized to sign all pertinent documents.

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Health & Human Services Committee to authorize the

Office of Reservation Attorney to prepare and submit the

Phase I Application for the 2025 Long Term Care Joint

Venture Construction Program to the Indian Health

Services. Convalescent Center, HHS Staff, Accounting and

Project Management shall assist in the application process.

Chairman or Designee authorized to sign all pertinent

documents.

Tribal Government Committee to approve the renewal of the

Symetra Member Life Insurance Policy (01-016962-11),

which provides $10,000.00 in coverage for each deceased

Tribal Member. The benefit rate/fee remains $1.450 with an

estimated monthly premium of $133,284.00, based on total

Tribal Membership as of the first of each month. The policy

term extends until February 28, 2026, all proceeds to

support the Wake and Burial budget. Authorize the Chair or

Designee to sign all pertinent documents.

Tribal Government Committee to appoint 1: Meghan

Francis and 2: Dayna Seymour alternate, as representatives

of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation to

guide the direction, services, and opportunities provided to

Native American students at Community Colleges of

Spokane. Chairman or Designee authorized to sign all

pertinent documents.

Education & Employment Committee to approve the

contract between PSIS and Evco Integrated Solutions Inc. to

provide and install Parts #NC-20 x 60, NV-21-HU, PTZWMB1-BK, GSM4212UX-100NAS, WK-1,

254246EZGY1000. Install new wire, device trim, electrical

permits, warranty information, submittal shop drawings,

product submittal BOM documentation, O&M

documentation, As-Built drawings, Programming and

testing, shipping and handling of supplies and materials. All

labor hours is Bacon-Davis wage. Chairman or Designee to

sign all pertinent documents.

Natural Resources Committee to direct the Natural

Resources Director to move all BIA positions to tribal

government under applicable cooperative agreements and/or

638 contracts. The Natural Resources Director will also

ensure that funding for those positions is moved to the

appropriate cooperative agreements upon transfer, or during

the next Annual Funding Agreement (AFA).

This will apply to the following contracts:

A18AV00837 (Fire Management)

A20AV00082 (Land Operations, Range)

A20AV00089 (Forestry)

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Chair or Designee has authority to sign all pertinent

documents.

The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

(“Colville Tribes”) is responsible for conservation and

protection of natural and cultural resources on the

reservation and all tribal lands wherever located. In order to

ensure protections of at risk resources, the Colville Tribes

have designated some areas as game management areas,

with the intent of limited development. The Confederated

Tribes of the Colville Reservation is the regulatory authority

over development within the reservation and tribal lands.

Therefore, it is the recommendation of the Natural

Resources and Community Development Committees that

there be a closure to all new development and long term

individual uses in Game Management Areas/game reserves,

except for single family dwellings required for the Colville

Tribes’ management and protection of resources as outlined

in Chapter 4-3-48 of the Colville Tribal Code. This closure

does not apply to maintenance of existing structures.

Existing structures must continue to follow the processes

outlined in Chapters 4-3 and 4-15 of the Colville Tribal

Code

Natural Resources Committee that Rodney Cawston and

Rebecca Hunt be delegated as the primary participants in the

Grand Coulee WQAP Workshops. It is further

recommended that Charissa Eichman be the alternate.

Natural Resources Committee that Rodney Cawston, Cindy

Marchand, and Lois Trevino be delegated as the primary

participants in the Chief Joseph WQAP Workshops. It is

further recommended that Rebecca Hunt be the alternate.

Natural Resources Committee to support the request for

$142,000.00 from the BIA for invasive species control on

the Colville Reservation. Funds will support ongoing control

efforts for invasive/noxious weeds on rangelands, pastures,

within natural areas and the use of biological controls. Chair

or Designee is authorized to sign all pertinent documents.

Natural Resources Committee to accept and approve Sharon

L. Boyd, Colville Tribal member, Home Site Lease

application for Tribal Tract No. 101-T5480 (por) with

ingress/egress to access property. Approval of this lease

does not constitute approval to build. All construction

activities, including road building or maintenance, must be

in compliance with the Colville Tribal Code, including but

not limited to Chapters 4-3 and 4-15. The property is

described as follows:

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SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A

Purpose: HOME SITE LEASE, WITH OPTION TO

PURCHASE

Terms: 99 YEARS UPON APPROVAL

Compensation: $250.00, PER YEAR

Insurance: $Required

Processing Fee: $WAIVED

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Entire term of lease will be subject to Fair Market Rental

value. Lease subject to conditions cited in IRMP

Coordinator's review. Chairman or Designee has authority to

sign all pertinent documents.

Natural Resources Committee to approve a Partial Lease

Cancellation, Colville Indian Housing Authority, Lease No.

04-26 Tribal Tract 101-T4309, White Buffalo Meadows.

This Lease Cancellation Agreement be cancelled only with

respect to the parcel of land described Exhibit A. And that

the rights and responsibilities of Lessor and Lessee under

the Lease be fully and effectively terminated only with

regard to the lands described. Approval of this lease does

not constitute approval to build. All construction activities,

including road building or maintenance, must be in

compliance with the Colville Tribal Code, including but not

limited to Chapters 4-3 and 4-15. The property is described

as follows:

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Chairman or Designee has authority to sign all pertinent

documents.

Fisheries Committee to approve the attached letter of

support for Trout Unlimited's grant proposal to the

Conservation Alliance. The Chairperson or Designee has

authority to sign all pertinent documents.

Fisheries Committee to approve the new full award for EPA

Burbot Project in the amount of $542,592.00. Performance

period: March 1, 2025 - February 28, 2029. Chairperson or

Designee has authority to sign all pertinent documents.

Fisheries Committee to approve the new award from

Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Contract number

84051 REL 034 for 2010-044-00 EXP Colville Regional

Coordination in the amount of $72,739.00, under fund

number 911825. The performance period is April 1, 2025 to

March 31, 2026. The Chairperson or Designee has authority

to sign all pertinent documents.

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Fisheries Committee to approve the subcontract with

Environmental Science Associates in the amount of

$76,506.00. This is to provide OBMEP database

development, web application development. This is funded

by BPA, fund number 315825. The performance dates are

from when signed by all parties to February 28, 2026. The

Chairperson or Designee has authority to sign all pertinent

documents.

Fisheries Committee to approve the subcontract with

Confluence Environmental Company in the amount of

$108,845.00 for the Okanogan Basin M&E Program

(OBMEP) expanded habitat projects: Loup Loup Creek and

Upper Antoine Creek. Funding is from BPA, fund number

315825. The performance period is when signed by all

parties to February 28, 2026. The Chairperson or Designee

has authority to sign all pertinent documents.

Fisheries and Natural Resources Committees to allow the

Colville Tribal Fish and Wildlife Program to share general

wolf population and harvest data for the North Half and

South Half in the spirit of coordinated management. Nothing

in this Resolution required the Colville Tribes to share data,

and this permission can be revoked at any time. The Chair

or Designee is authorized to sign all pertinent documents.

Whereas the Colville Business Council as the duly elected

governing body of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville

Reservation is charged with the profound responsibility of

caring for the public health and safety of all members of the

Colville Tribes and of all residents of the Colville

Reservation; and

WHEREAS Lake Roosevelt Community Health Centers

(LRCHC), which is the operating name of the Colville

Nation Community Health Centers, Inc., a non-profit

corporation organized under the laws of the Confederated

Tribes of the Colville Reservation for the purpose of

carrying out, and providing, certain health services for the

Tribes, in particular in the communities of Keller and

Inchelium, including the operation of the Colville Tribal

Health authority under Chapter 11-1 of the Colville Law and

Order Code.

WHEREAS the Colville Nation Community Health Care

Board, shall among other duties, cooperate with all other

Indian Health Service care providers and entities of the

Tribes or Tribal designees to carry out services of the

Colville Tribal Health Authority (CTC 11-1-5 (k)).

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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Colville

Business Council on this day has ordered the Colville

Nation Community Health Center to cooperate with the

Tribes designees to complete a Comprehensive Internal

Review and Audit of the Health Care Operations at LRCHC.

Fisheries and Community Development Committees to

approve the Letter of Exclusive Representation, appointing

the Native American Utility Company, LLC to act as the

client's representative for its electric services. Chairman or

Designee to sign all pertinent documents.

Culture Committee to review and Chairman to sign this PA

to further CCT sovereignty and continue cultural resource

protection dialogue where the West Canal will be with new

material.

Culture Committee to review and Chairman to sign this

MOA to further CCT sovereignty and continue cultural

resource protection dialogue at the archaeological site and

traditional cultural property 45FR19/Tamántawla.

Culture and Law & Justice Committees to authorize the

CCT History/Archaeology Program to accept additional

funds from the Washington Department of Ecology's

Climate Commitment Act Tribal Consultation Grant via a

modification of the original contract. All grants and

contracts will be approved through the Administrative

process. Colville Business Council Chairperson or Designee

and Authorized Signatory or Designee to sign all documents

via DocuSign. No Tribal dollars associated.

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