2) Approval of Minutes

*December 23, 2003
Motion made by Herman Williams Jr. to approve the minutes for January 20, 2004 as written.
Seconded
Questions
2 for 0 against
Motion carried

3) Swearing in of New Village Council Members

*Donald Hatch Jr., Leslie Parks, Melvin Sheldon Jr., Marlin Fryberg Jr.
Swearing in of the new Village Council Members by President Stanley Jones Sr.
Les Parks, Mel Sheldon Jr., and Marlin Fryberg Jr. stood and took the Commission and Oath of Office as new members of the Quil Ceda Village Council.
Welcome aboard the Canoe!

4) Foreign Trade Zone Update

Discussion: Lael Echo Hawk; Steve Gobin; Herman Williams Jr.; Les Parks; Michael Taylor; Mel Sheldon; Peter Mills; Tom McKinsey; Stan Jones Sr.;
A site needs to be designated for the Foreign Trade Zone area. This needs to be done so that the application can show the area. A process needs to be put in place
To determine if this is the path the Village would like to go toward. A site probably cannot be designated today. Zoning needs to be done first before land can be set aside. The Council needs to know what the foreign trade zone is. A portion of staff time will need to be set aside for this. The 2004 budget does not have this project in it at this time. Let’s do a charette first, agreement by other Council Members. Council really needs to understand what it will do and why the Village would want to do this. A Foreign Trade Zone will bring goods in from oversees and the tariff is not applied. Goods can be brought in and manufactured and distributed at a lower cost. Legal department could probably continue to do look in to this more so Council can be more informed. Charette is probably March or April. Need more information.

5) QCV Telephony Services Plan

Discussion: Steve Gobin; Bill Erdly; Herman Williams Jr.; Mel Sheldon Jr.; Peter Mills; Les Parks; Michael Taylor; Greg Keith; Leo Joinette;
Tenants will need phone service. The Village Council is looking at the feasibility
of doing its own phone company. How are phone services going to be handled
throughout the Village? Staff is considering developing the Tulalip Data Services as a business. Phone companies are moving toward digital services. This allows a lot more information to go through the phone lines than regular phones lines allow. The cost is as low as 2-3 cents per minute versus 12-14 cents per minutes. Staff has some experience with this now through the Retail Center and Health Services. By putting in a digital switch it will allow selling additional services other that just phone/long distance. Outline passed around. This is a potential business opportunity and outline will not be included in Village minutes.
Council looks forward to additional information. Is it possible to merge Tulalip Cablevision with this plan? This plan will put the infrastructure in place and a department will need to be dedicated to taking on the management and maintenance of this type of program. This is a long term investment. It might be years or even decades before the business will see a profit. Council would like to see this long term projection. Phones will be less of the revenue generator as the data services that will be provided. Approximately 60% will be data services. The business is looking at 10 years to break even. This is very heavily regulated. This needs to be fully understood before the Village tries to take over and provide services. Legal documents need to be put together for this project. Staff will need to look at how upgrades will occur. The plan needs to be on the leading edge as much as possible. It might be a good idea to go to the other Tribes who are doing this and what member benefits they are receiving. Council would like another meeting on this topic to put together an action plan.

6) QCV Maintenance Storage Building Funding

*Resolution No. 2004-0002
Amend directive 9/15/2003, No. 7 from $89,750.00 to $115,498.00
Discussion: Tom McKinsey; Herman Williams Jr., Les Parks; Mel Sheldon;
Bids went out to all the appropriate TERO businesses and three non-TERO businesses. Two bids came in but both were irregular and were thrown out. The decision was made to work with the TERO business

Motion made by Les Parks to adopt Resolution No 2004-0002 which will amend directive 9/15/2003, No. 7 from $89,750.00 to $115,498.00.
Seconded
Questions
4 For 1 Against
Objection that Staff should have gone back out to bid. The Village should not set a precedent to throw out bids and choose a company to renegotiate a contract with.

7) QCV Maintenance Storage Building Construction Contract.

*Resolution No. 2004-0003

A) Joint Venture Sheldon/PCL $101,578.00
B) Plus an additional $10,000 reserved for Contingency
C) Grant Variance to design guideline standards

Discussion: Les Parks; Peter Mills;
How does Staff go about approving a variance to the design guideline? There is no process in place to approve variances so a resolution is appropriate. Staff will go back and review this.

Motion made by Les Parks to adopt Resolution No 2004-0003 which approves a variance to the current Quil Ceda Village design guidelines for the Village Maintenance Storage Facility.
Seconded
Questions
3 For 1 Against 1 Abstain
Motion carried
Objection to the process, Staff should have gone back out to bid.
Abstain due to family ties.

 

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