Quil Ceda Village - Council Meeting 05-22-02

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Quil Ceda Village Council Meeting
May 22, 2002
8:59 AM:	Review/Approve Team Notes/Agenda
9:05 AM:	Village Council Meeting: Call to Order, Roll Call President Stan Jones Sr. – Here Vice President Herman Williams Jr. – Here Council Member Calvin Taylor – Here Stan Jones Sr. – Quorum present, meeting called to Order. Staff & Visitors Present: Marlin Fryberg Jr. Ex Officio, TTTBOD Marie Zackuse, Ex Officio, TTTBOD, Services Chair Mel Sheldon, Ex Officio TTTBOD, Business Chair Don Hatch, Ex Officio TTTBOD John McCoy, Village Manager Peter Mills, Business Park Manager Conrad Edwards, TERO Chris Henry, TTT CEO Don Hoerner, TTT CFO Tom McKinskey, Village Planning Joe Sparr, Economic & Community Development John Moran, Ruhl Parr Linda Williams,Casino Employee Relations Chuck James, Casino COO Nina Reece, Village Recorder, Accountant Terry Williams, Natural Resources Commissioner Kirk Nelson, Natural Resources Michael Taylor, Village Attorney

Old Business: John spoke with Olympia. State wants to revisit gaming issue. If Tribes have this kind of money to give away, the State may want to open up gaming and tax it heavily. John suggests that we stay the course and continue to provide services and economic development. John feels the State will come after Tribes in an indirect way. If Tribes give higher per capita, this will validate the State's position that the Tribes have a lot of money. Question: Why are we different in per capita distribution than other State tribal gaming distributions? RE: Barona, etc. Introduce Nina Reece, Village Auditor John McCoy Done Discussion on Signature Gathering, Charities, Etc. John McCoy John McCoy - Would like to pursue action on Signature gathers. Charities are generally acceptable but signature gatherers are very aggressive. John is receiving many calls from those who would like to come. John's Suggestion is to provide a space for this but clear rules must be made, such as, so many feet from the door, do not block doors. Possibly do a cooperative with businesses to handle this. Don Hatch - If you move charities too far away from the doors, the charitable organizations might as well not be there. They would not benefit. Fund raising is very important to charities. Tulalip Wal-mart is the most successful in the State. Many organizations will want to benefit from the flow of people around these stores. Stan Jones Sr. recommends keeping political people out. Charities should be required to obtain permits. Mike Taylor agrees with discussion, but we must remember what free speech means. Mike has been looking at current legislation regarding this issue. Mel Sheldon - Who has jurisdiction? Fireworks Resolution John McCoy Cal - Will this have an Ordinance Number? Yes, we are working on that. What site or legal description are we talking about? John McCoy - All the 2000 Acres. The description would have to be amended. We must have an Ordinance for Tribal police to enforce the Ordinance. Herman Williams moves to accept the Fireworks Ordinance as written. Seconded by Cal Taylor. 3 for, 0 against Motion Carried Fireworks Ordinance will be posted on Tulalip Cablevision, Channel 10 and in The Tulalip See-Yaht-Sub Discussion: Do we have to amend this Ordinance to allow the sale of fireworks in the Village? Mike Taylor - This Ordinance does not restrict the sale of fireworks just the discharge of fireworks. I will also be submitting a Resolution to the Board of Director to allow the police department and the court system to enforce this Ordinance. Cal Taylor clarified the role of the Village Council and the Tribal Council to the new people present at this meeting. Don Hatch would like to have a discussion on the budget due to the Special General Vote. Village Council Meeting Room - Bids for the Interior 31 May, 2002 John McCoy Time Extended to add 2 TI's to Bid Bids were extended but project should still be completed on schedule (FYI) trying to save money. Southern Ute - A Tribal Policy Pre-Meeting on May __ / June __? John McCoy/Tom M. Southern Ute in southern Colorado/Utah (?) They are a very successful tribe due to natural gas. They may be interested in investment potential with The Tulalip Tribes. They are interested in knowing what the Tribe is doing. They know of the Tribes desire to have their own Tulalip University, Web Site, etc. Meeting scheduled for preliminaries for June 3, 2002. Southern Ute Investment Committee coming 4/5 June 2002 John McCoy Potential Investments (Justice Center and Electrical Power) Meeting with Southern Ute has been changed to June 5 & 6, 2002. What are we willing to step up to? Wild Sky Wilderness Proposal John McCoy attended a meeting on 5-21-02 regarding the Wild Sky Wilderness Proposal. John showed the area on a map. They will send an updated map, electronically. Our treaty rights will remain intact. They will not change as a result of this Wilderness Area. This is an Item for the Board. Designated Wilderness areas generally help our natural resources, such as Salmon, although some roads and trails maybe removed, limiting current access. Stan Jones wants a key to access these roads. Hunters have difficulty getting in to hunt our traditional areas. Herman Williams, Jr. - How are the Snoqualmie Tribes weighing in on this? This is our U&A.

New Business: 1st Item – Budgets Cal Taylor – We need a monthly report regarding our Budget. John McCoy - Nina is working on a plan to become more self-sufficient and possibly using QuickBooks and how we will bill, how we process things through the Village. We would like to accelerate the process from two years too sooner. 2nd Item – Tax Issue John McCoy - We will be re-introducing it this session. We will lay low this session but we will not continue to be silent next session. Stay on our current PR campaign and keep pushing our position. We are putting up a lot of money for schools, etc., what is the State Willing to put up for everything we do? 3rd Item – Cigarette Tax Stamp We need to create our own stamp. Need authorization to design and purchase stamp. (RE: Kim Gobin), FYI Signing ceremony at 11:30. How much will this generate? Kim has the answer. 4th Item – Membrane Technology Membrane technology, working closely with EPA, getting all the appropriate permits, this is new to US so we are laying the groundwork. All documents regarding this needs to come from the Village and the Village President. We do not want conflicts within or from the Tribal structure. Cal Taylor - Tribal laws that may need to be amended. 5th Item – Twice Monthly Quil Ceda Village Council Meetings Cal Taylor would like to stick to our Charter and meet twice per month – i.e. the First and Third Tuesday of the month. John McCoy – We will hold two meetings per month. Nina has been instructed to conduct meetings in my absence. Cal Taylor – Even if the meetings are called to order, no business issues to discuss and meeting adjourned. We need a recording.

Motion by Herman Williams, Jr. to adjourn Seconded by Cal Taylor 3 for, 0 against Motion Carried Meeting adjourned at 10:05 a.m.