Tribal Executive Board Conducts Business
The Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board held its regular, full board meeting Monday, April 14.
The board voted to accept the proposals from Centennial Homes for the sum of $320,17 with 50 percent down and appointed Jeffrey Berger as the inspector to ensure work is completed correctly and in a timely manner.
A state of emergency was authorized over rates of suicide and violence on the Fort Peck Reservation.
The language and cultural department community event assistant position was approved to be updated and reclassified by the Human Resource Department.
The board voted to approve the donation from Mary Cameron Goodwyn in the amount of $1,500.
The board voted to approve the Fort Peck Tribes Farm and Ranch as a business component unit of the Fort Peck Tribes, including the management groups of both the Fort Peck Tribal Farm and Ranch and Fort Peck Inc., which has agreed to a plan for expansion of the farm and ranch to include 600 additional bred cows. Independence Bank has agreed to provide financing for said expansion with a loan of $1.86 million (repaid in five years) and a loan of $800,000.
Payment of $6,028.22 was approved to Jaylyn Kemple for care services provided to the HPDP horses between June 21 and Sept. 30, 2024.
The board voted to approve the donation of a buffalo to Spotted Bull Recovery Resource Center for a horsemanship clinic. The Fort Peck Tribal Health Dental Department was approved to pay Billings Oral Surgery in the amount of $13,434 and Fisher Orthodontics for the amount of $22,050.
The board approved the Fort Peck Tribal Health Diabetes Program to apply and accept the following three grant funding from Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders: Child Health & Wellness in the amount of $32,500.00, Data Modernization in the amount of $41,000 and Epidemiology in the amount of $200,000 ($100,000 more at a later date).
The reorganization of the school liaison position into the behavioral health facilitator role was approved under the HPDP Program.
Reclassification was approved for the financial manager position as the financial management specialist position.
The board voted to put the newly acquired “Fred’s Casino & Grill” under the authority and management supervision of Fort Peck Inc., which currently oversees various other businesses owned by the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes and to have the business reimburse the Fort Peck Tribes the total loan amount of $250,000.00 at an annual rate of 3 percent interest with the first payment scheduled to start on Dec. 31, 2025.
The board authorized the tribal operations officer to disburse payment to Sonosky & Chambers for General Counsel in the amount of $9,266.00; Health Program in the amount of $1,890 and $11,156.00 for legal services rendered for the month of February.
The following enrollment recommendations: Group 4 had 38 full memberships, one relinquishment, four blood increases and 10 name changes; Group 5 saw 15 associate memberships.
A motion was approved authorizing the tribal operations officer to disburse payment to the Law Office of Cher Old Elk for the general legal services in the amount of $26,540.30 - account 1019 for the legal services for the month of March The board approved the cost to relocate the walk in cooler/freezer to the Fort Peck Tech Building in the amount of $94,750.
The board voted to accept the contract for BP Construction in the amount of $337,100 to clean up the Gateway Hotel in Poplar.
A request for the transfer of the Fort Peck tech building to the commodity food distribution program/community Service was approved due to the cost of renovation and additional add on to the building, they find it feasible to move into the Fort Peck tech building Reclassification was approved for the HPDP behavioral health benefit director job position.
A motion was approved to immediately start the RIFS process for the day labor Program and security department, per the tribal personnel policies and procedures effective Friday, April 4.
The next full board meeting is set for April 28 in Poplar.
