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Business Committee Meeting Minutes Special Business Committee Meeting Mini-Minutes April 9 , 2015

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A Word from Sac and Fox Nation Maintenance Department

Business Committee Meeting MinutesSpecial Business Committee Meeting Mini-Minutes April 9 , 2015

Please be advised that the following are official actions ta en by the usiness Committee in a Special usiness Com-mittee Meeting held on April 9, 2015. These actions are to be followed up by the appropriate departments.

Orvena regory motion to ap-prove the minutes of the Special usi-ness Committee Meeting on March ,

with correction. Stella ulla e nd. OTE eorge Yes, Orvena Yes, Mary

Yes, Jared-Absent, Stella-Yes. Motion carried.

Break at 12: 46 p.m .Back from Break at 1 2: 48 p.m . pproved esolution S ,

a resolution appointing ustin olette to the Sac and o ation Election oard. Stella ulla e motion, Orvena regorynd. OTE Orvena Yes, Mary . Mc-

Cormic Yes, ared bsent, Stella Yes, eorge Yes. Motion carried.

pproved esolution S , a resolution appointing era rant to the Sac and o ation Election oard. Orvena regory motion, Stella ulla end. OTE Mary Yes, ared bsent,

Stella-Yes, George-Yes, Orvena-Yes. Motion carried.

Mary . McCormic motion to approve the ew osition C . Stel-la ulla e nd. OTE Mary Yes, aredAbsent, Stella-Yes, George-Yes, Orvena-Yes. Motion carried.

esolution S , a resolu-tion approving the iscal Year lac

aw Center Third arty illing udget Modification . Stella ulla e motion, Mary McCormic nd. OTE ared Absent, Stella-Yes, George-Yes, Orvena-Yes, Mary Yes. Motion carried.

esolution S , a resolu-tion adding three (3) persons to the mem-bership roll of the Sac and o ation. Stella ulla e motion, Mary McCor-mic nd. OTE Stella Yes, eorgeYes, Orvena Yes, Mary Yes, ared b-sent. Motion carried.

esolution S , a resolu-tion to authori e the ousing uthority of the Sac and o ation as Tribally

esignated ousing Entity for the Sac and o ation all appropriate docu-ments necessary to receive a Title

Loan uarantee from the nited States epartment of ousing and rban ov-

ernment. Stella ulla e motion, Orvena regory nd. ote eorge Yes, Orve-

na Yes, Mary Yes, ared bsent, StellaYes. Motion carried.

Mary . McCormic so moves to atify results of Straw oll ote regard-

ing selection of roposal for easibil-ity Studies. Stella ulla e nd. OTE Orvena Yes, Mary . McCormic Yes, Jared-Absent, Stella-Yes, George-Yes. Motion carried.

roposed Lease of ip and an-ny s Smo e Shop for eview with cor-rections. Stella ulla e motion, Orvena

regory nd. OTE Mary Yes, ared Absent, Stella-Yes, George-Yes, Orvena-Yes. Motion carried.

(10) Stella motion to approve Con-tract ealth Services ddendum to en-tal and Optometry Cost Limits. Orvena

regory nd. OTE Orvena Yes, Mary . McCormic Yes, ared bsent, Stella

Yes, eorge Yes. Motion carried. Mary . McCormic motion

to approve Sac and o ation ublic Library olicy and procedures. Stella

ulla e nd. OTE Mary Yes, aredAbsent, Stella-Yes, George-Yes, Orvena-Yes. Motion carried.

(12) Addition of Pool Rental Agree-ment Changes. Orvena regory motion, Mary nd. OTE ared bsent, StellaYes, eorge Yes, Orvena Yes, MaryYes. Motion carried.

ddition of Mobile udio id-eo olicy and procedures for the olice

epartment. Orvena regory motion, Stella ulla e nd. OTE Stella Yes,

eorge Yes, Orvena Yes, Mary Yes, ar-ed bsent. Motion carried.

Break at 2: 01 p.m .Back from Break at 2 : 25 p.m .

roposed Contract for rant e-velopment for e entry rogram. Mary . McCormic motion, Stella ulla e

2nd. Vote: George-Yes, Orvena-Yes, Mary Yes, ared bsent, Stella Yes. Motion carried.

O ME Tt is the consensus of the usiness Com-

mittee to ad ourn at p.m.

Sac and Fox Nation Receives Praise Reportsrincipal Chief Thurman, and usiness

Committee:rom Mary . McCormic , Tribal Sec-

retaryTribal Member elen Crane called

pril , re uesting that the usi-ness Committee now of her “deep praise report” for tribal employee usty

roo shire, ndian Child elfare ro-gram at the Shawnee Multi urpose Center SM C . Mr. roo shire s as-sistance and help to elen and her fam-ily “ has been beyond the call of duty.

is wor has ust been e cellent ” Mr. roo shire has ust been “right there” for

her, and she deeply appreciates his wor .Tribal Member elen Crane re uest-

ed that her appraisal of Mr. roo shire be listed in the tribal newsletter and the

rincipal Chief and usiness Committee call usty and give him a word of en-couragement, and tell him that we appre-ciate him, and his wor .

Tribal member elen Crane also named Sharon Robinson, and Karen

amilton who were a great help to her.

Letter to Rick Q uary, Chief of Staff, from the H ousing Authority of the Sac and Fox NationMr. uary,

want to ta e this time to e press my appreciation for the timely support pro-vided by eremy incher, a member of your staff, to the ousing uthority of The Sac and o ation, in our effort to develop three single family houses in a rural area ust north of the City of Shaw-nee, O lahoma. uring the past two years, we have developed several hous-ing scenarios for the use of appro imate-ly four acres of undeveloped land out on

estech oad, about . miles northeast of the city. n our initial environmental study, water uality and uantity testing, soils testing, and site analysis for a pro-posed water and waste water system for the area, we encountered numerous situ-ations, which re uired various levels of e pertise.

am not certain how eremy came to us when he did, but we are glad he did. Over the past several months we have benefited from his interest in our housing pro ect out on estech d. as well as his e pertise and nowledge about up eep

and maintenance of public water and waste water systems especially his willingness to share this nowledge with members of my staff.

e have ust completed drilling three water wells, installation of elec-tric bo es, and will be installing three separate E certified E T Septic Systems and rain ields later this month. e hope to begin construction of three single family houses on the site within a couple of months.

eremy stopped by our offices this morning to visit with the evelop-ment Manager, Compliance Officer and rocurement Cler to discuss his observations about the new water sys-tem and made recommendations to ensure proper health and safety fea-tures are considered as we go forward with our housing pro ect.

gain, eremy s interest in our be-half and his willingness to support our housing development efforts should not go unnoticed, thus this letter of appreciation.

ello Tribal members, amily and riends,

The spring season has arrived and our Landscapers are busy mowing and weed-ing the ations grounds. They have been instructed to mow, weed and blow the grass off the sidewal s, to not get grass on any vehicles, to be courteous and po-lite. f a vehicle needs to be moved they are to contact the Maintenance Office and we will as the department and or visitor to please move their vehicles so Land-scapers can do their ob. f you see a land-scaper not performing their ob or have a complaint of any ind, please contact the Maintenance irector or

e t. . ith the spring season comes many

activities. e have opened the Comfort Stations at the owwow grounds. f you or your family have an activity at powwow grounds please let Maintenance epart-ment now so we can be sure the Com-

fort Stations are clean, stoc ed and in wor ing order and we can provide a trash can for your use during the activ-ity. The Maintenance epartment tries to eep the powwow grounds as clean and pic ed up as possible. emember Camp Clean p days are the wee end of May and une . e appreciate everyone s effort in eeping their per-sonal camp areas clean as well. e are preparing to open the ool and put up the avilion cover. Soon we will be busy getting ready for the nnual ow-wow.

f you have any uestions, or con-cerns please contact the Maintenance

epartment. or E t. or .

Submitted by aul ilson, Main-tenance irector and on behalf of the Maintenance epartment Staff, we than you for your continued support and cooperation.

Long time S ood istribution rogram staff member, ernita aney, celebrated her last day at the office on March , after years of dedicated service to the Sac and o ation. ernita has greatly en oyed her ob with the ation over the past two decades and is forever grateful for the opportunity received wor ing for the ood

istribution rogram. ernita s fellow staff members will greatly miss her veteran e perience and wish her well in all her future endeavors. rom Left standing

Sam Spang, uentin Cree , Carl avis, Larry oley, Tonya ood and Scott aney Seated from left im Cree , ernita aney and Channa Tiger.

ATTENTION: SAC and FOX TRIBAL MEMBERSPOWWOW TIME IS APPROACH ING . If you plan on attending any of the events, and an unforeseen medical need should arise, Black H awk H ealth Center is available for your use. The Black H awk H ealth Center is located east of the tribal complex / headq uarters, across the highway. If you do not have a medical record established, we will need the following documents to establish a medical record ertified egree o ndian Blood); Photo ID (preferably a Driver’s License); and a Social Security Card.If you have any Insurance coverage (Insurance cards); Medicare card; and Medicaid or Sooner Care information, we would appreciate this information; but it is not needed to establish a medical record. The H ealth Fair will be on Thursday, July 9 , 2015 – 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

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