It is now 6:21 pm, 3.11.21, and Naabi continues to Debate/Amend Legislation 0318-20, which are
Amendments to the Navajo Nation Council & its Standing Committees Rules of Order, which includes the Navajo Nation Ethics in Rules Law Code of Conduct for ALL Elected Navajo officials.
It is now 12:08 pm. Once again, Navajo Nation Council Delegates show their Business Management is “If We Build It, They Will Come…” SMH
The Council’s Naabik’iyati Committee is hearing a report on a Proposed Crownpoint, NM, Hotel. Navajo Nation Controller Pearline Kirk FLAT OUT informed Naabi that if they pass Directive to Navajo Justice Department & Controller’s Office to get the Crownpoint Hotel Project in place in 30 Days that means that Naabi is saying that the Crownpoint Hotel will be Funded No Mattter What.
Controller reported that even if the Navajo Nation gets a 50-year-lease for the Hotel, the Nation will not break even on its $8M investment, which is a GRANT, not LOAN, in the Crownpoint Hotel.
Council Delegate Edmund Yazzie, who has not attended a Law & Order Committee for Months, proposed Directive to Navajo Justice Department & Controller’s Office to get Crownpoint Hotel project moving in 30 days. And what does the Justice Dept & Controller’s office have to do with Moving a Nez-lizer Navajo Division of Economic Development Project?
Controller Kirk informed Naabi that Division of Economic Development shud be included in their Directive if that want they want. SMH Oh yes, the latest Market Studies on the Crownpoint Hotel is 2016 and 2017. And seriously Folks, Are Hotels making Money during this Pandemic?!
Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, The Navajo Nation Council Naabik’iyati Committee is meeting (VIA TELECOMMUNICATION) today, March 11, 2021. the Call-in Number: (669) 900-6833; Meeting ID: 928 871 7160; Passcode: 86515
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Naabi is currently listening to a Report from the Navajo Division of Economic Development regarding a proposed Crownpoint Hotel and C-Store.
There are several pieces of Legislation on Naabi agenda regarding How Council Delegates/All Navajo Nation Elected Officials Conduct Themselves and How They Conduct Their Meetings, which includes PUBLIC COMMENT and REPORTS.
Naabi is also once again Taking Up Legislation to Support the Appointment of Deb Haaland as Assistant Secretary of the Interior. I say Once Again because this will be the Third Time that Naabi Debates its Legislation to Support Haaland. Naabi keeps getting itself Tied Up in What it Wants to Ask For from Haaland…
May Peace Prevail on Mother Earth
APPROVED NAABIK’ÍYÁTI’ COMMITTEE OF THE 24th NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING (VIA TELECOMMUNICATION)
Call-in Number: (669) 900-6833
Meeting ID: 928 871 7160
Passcode: 86515
Window Rock, Navajo Nation (AZ)
Thursday, March 11, 2021 – 10:00 AM
APPROVED AGENDA
PRESIDING CHAIR: Honorable Seth Damon, Speaker, 24th Navajo Nation Council
Hon. Seth Damon, Speaker
BUDGET & FINANCE COMMITTEE, RESOURCES & DEVELOPMENT COM., HEALTH, EDUCATION & HUMAN SERVICES COM., LAW AND ORDER COMMITTEE
Hon. Elmer P. Begay Hon. Kee Allen Begay, Jr. Hon. Paul Begay Hon. Eugenia Charles-Newton (C)
Hon. Nathaniel Brown Hon. Herman M. Daniels, Jr. Hon. Pernell Halona Hon. Vince R. James
Hon. Amber Kanazbah Crotty Hon. Mark A. Freeland Hon. Carl Roessel Slater (VC) Hon. Eugene Tso
Hon. Jamie Henio (C) Hon. Rickie Nez (C) Hon. Charlaine Tso Hon. Otto Tso (VC)
Hon. Raymond Smith, Jr. (VC) Hon. Wilson C. Stewart, Jr. Hon. Daniel E. Tso (C) Hon. Edmund Yazzie
Hon. Jimmy Yellowhair Hon. Thomas Walker, Jr. (VC) Hon. Edison J. Wauneka (C) Chair & (VC) Vice Chair
- CALL MEETING TO ORDER; ROLL CALL; INVOCATION
- RECOGNIZE GUESTS AND VISITING OFFICIALS (2 Minute Limit per Delegate)
- REVIEW AND ADOPT THE AGENDA
(m) Hon. Pernell Halona (s) Hon. Paul Begay (v) 17 – 0 - REVIEW AND ADOPT THE JOURNALS: February 25, 2021
(m) (s) (v) - RECEIVE REPORTS:
A. Update Status Report on the Crownpoint Hotel and C-Store provided by the Department of Economic Development, Office of the Controller, and the Department of Justice.
(m) (s) (v) - OLD BUSINESS:
A. LEGISLATION 0318-20: An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and Navajo Nation Council; Amending the Navajo Nation Council Standing Committee Rules of Order
SPONSOR: Honorable Vince R. James
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Eugenia Charles-Newton
(m) Hon. Rickie Nez (s) Hon. Eugenia Charles-Newton (v)
01/14/2021 – Motion to Refer Legislation 0318-20 to a Naabik’íyáti’ Committee Work Session within 60 Days; (M) Honorable Herman M. Daniels, Jr.; (S) Honorable Rickie Nez; (V) 11 in Favor, 08 Opposed (Chairman Damon Not Voting)
03/04/2021 – Naabik’íyáti’ Committee Work Session Completed.
B. LEGISLATION 0014-21: An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Supporting New Mexico Congresswoman Deb Haaland to be Appointed as Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Department of Interior,
Under the President Joe R. Biden Administration
SPONSOR: Honorable Eugenia Charles-Newton
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Carl R. Slater
(m) Hon. Daniel E. Tso (s) Hon. Vince R. James (v)
02/25/2021 – Time Expired with One (1) Approved Amendment. - NEW BUSINESS:
A. LEGISLATION 0011-21: An Act Relating to Budget and Finance Committee, Law and Order Committee and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and Navajo Nation Council; Establishing the Navajo Nation Hashkééjí Nahat’á Béeso Bá Hooghan by Amending Title Twelve of the Navajo Nation Code; Directing that the Award Received Through Navajo Nation V. Department of Interior, No. 14-cv-1909 (TSC), Be Deposited in the Hashkééjí Nahat’á Béeso Bá Hooghan After Reimbursment of Litigations Costs; Directing that the Proceeds from Future Litigations Related to the Judicial Branch’s P.L. 93-638 Contracts or Annual Funding Agreements Be Deposited in the Hashkééjí Nahat’á Béeso Bá Hooghan; Establishing that the Fixed Cost Litigation Account Shall Be Reimbursed for Litigation Costs
SPONSOR: Honorable Eugenia Charles-Newton
(m) (s) (v)
B. LEGISLATION 0012-21: An Act Relating to Health, Education and Human Services, Law and Order, Budget and Finance and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Amending the Charter of Diné College, 10 N.N.C. §§ 2001 – 2023
SPONSOR: Honorable Daniel Tso
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Otto Tso
(m) (s) (v)
C. LEGISLATION 0017-21: An Act Relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of $1,616,413 for the 110 Navajo Nation Chapters’ Community Emergency Response Plans; Waiving 12 N.N.C. §§ 820 (E), (F), and (J)
SPONSOR: Honorable Eugene Tso
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Seth Damon
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Raymond Smith, Jr.
(m) (s) (v)
D. LEGISLATION 0019-21: An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Confirming the Appointment of Mr. David N. Sloan to Serve on the Navajo Housing Authority Board of Commissioners as the Registered Architect
SPONSOR: Honorable Rickie Nez
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Seth Damon
(m) (s) (v)
E. LEGISLATION 0020-21: An Action Relating to the Resources and Development and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees; Respectfully Requesting the Governor of the State of New Mexico, Michelle Lujan Grisham, to Repair and Repave/Resurface New Mexico (N.M.) State Highway
371 from Thoreau to Farmington
SPONSOR: Honorable Edmund Yazzie
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Mark A. Freeland
(m) (s) (v)
F. LEGISLATION 0024-21: An Action Relating to Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Approving and Adopting the 2021 Federal Legislative Priorities of the Navajo Nation
SPONSOR: Honorable Seth Damon
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Carl R. Slater
(m) (s) (v)
G. LEGISLATION 0026-21: An Action Relating to Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Supporting Submission of the Cornfields Chapter’s Grant Application to the United States Department of Agriculture for a Community Facility Grant for the Cornfields Chapter’s Community Service Center Project
SPONSOR: Honorable Vince R. James
(m) (s) (v)
H. LEGISLATION 0029-21: An Action Relating to Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Urging the United States Department of Defense to Investigate the Deaths of United States (U.S.) Army Specialist, Miguel Douglas Yazzie, and Army Private Carlton Chee; Stationed at Fort (FT.) Hood Texas, United States of America
SPONSOR: Honorable Raymond Smith, Jr.
(m) (s) (v)
I. LEGISLATION 0030-21: An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Confirming the Appointment of Tom Platero as Executive Director of the Division of General Services SPONSOR: Honorable Daniel E. Tso
(m) (s) (v)
J. LEGISLATION 0032-21: An Action Relating to Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Confirming the Appointment of Mr. Stanford Lake to Serve on the Navajo Housing Authority Board of Commissioners to fulfill the 6 N.N.C. § 606 (B) Position of the “Construction Management Engineering or Business Management or Equivalent Field Experience with Background in Indian Housing or Federal Housing”
SPONSOR: Honorable Rickie Nez
(m) (s) (v) - CLOSE OF MEETING; ANNOUNCEMENTS; ADJOURNMENT
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PROPOSED NAABIK’ÍYÁTI’ COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING AGENDA (3/11/2021) NAABIK’ÍYÁTI’ COMMITTEE OF THE
24th NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
(VIA TELECOMMUNICATION)
Call-in Number: (669) 900-6833
Meeting ID: 928 871 7160
Passcode: 86515
Window Rock, Navajo Nation (AZ)
Thursday, March 11, 2021 – 10:00 AM
PROPOSED AGENDA
PRESIDING CHAIR: Honorable Seth Damon, Speaker, 24th Navajo Nation Council
Hon. Seth Damon, Speaker
BUDGET & FINANCE COMMITTEE; RESOURCES & DEVELOPMENT COM.; HEALTH, EDUCATION & HUMAN SERVICES COM.; LAW AND ORDER COMMITTEE
Hon. Elmer P. Begay Hon. Kee Allen Begay, Jr. Hon. Paul Begay Hon. Eugenia Charles-Newton (C)
Hon. Nathaniel Brown Hon. Herman M. Daniels, Jr. Hon. Pernell Halona Hon. Vince R. James
Hon. Amber Kanazbah Crotty Hon. Mark A. Freeland Hon. Carl Roessel Slater (VC) Hon. Eugene Tso
Hon. Jamie Henio (C) Hon. Rickie Nez (C) Hon. Charlaine Tso Hon. Otto Tso (VC)
Hon. Raymond Smith, Jr. (VC) Hon. Wilson C. Stewart, Jr. Hon. Daniel E. Tso (C) Hon. Edmund Yazzie
Hon. Jimmy Yellowhair Hon. Thomas Walker, Jr. (VC) Hon. Edison J. Wauneka (C) Chair & (VC) Vice Chair
- CALL MEETING TO ORDER; ROLL CALL; INVOCATION
- RECOGNIZE GUESTS AND VISITING OFFICIALS (2 Minute Limit per Delegate)
- REVIEW AND ADOPT THE AGENDA
(m) (s) (v) - REVIEW AND ADOPT THE JOURNALS: February 25, 2021
(m) (s) (v) - RECEIVE REPORTS:
A. Update Status Report on the Crownpoint Hotel and C-Store provided by the Department of Economic Development, Office of the Controller, and the Department of Justice.
(m) (s) (v)
PROPOSED NAABIK’ÍYÁTI’ COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING AGENDA (3/11/2021) - OLD BUSINESS:
A. LEGISLATION 0318-20: An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and Navajo Nation Council; Amending the Navajo Nation Council Standing Committee Rules of Order
SPONSOR: Honorable Vince R. James
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Eugenia Charles-Newton
(m) Hon. Rickie Nez (s) Hon. Eugenia Charles-Newton (v)
01/14/2021 – Motion to Refer Legislation 0318-20 to a Naabik’íyáti’ Committee Work Session within 60 Days; (M) Honorable Herman M. Daniels,
Jr.; (S) Honorable Rickie Nez; (V) 11 in Favor, 08 Opposed (Chairman Damon Not Voting)
03/04/2021 – Naabik’íyáti’ Committee Work Session Completed.
B. LEGISLATION 0014-21: An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Supporting New Mexico Congresswoman Deb Haaland to be Appointed as Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Department of Interior, Under the President Joe R. Biden Administration
SPONSOR: Honorable Eugenia Charles-Newton
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Carl R. Slater
(m) Hon. Daniel E. Tso (s) Hon. Vince R. James (v)
02/25/2021 – Time Expired with One (1) Approved Amendment. - NEW BUSINESS:
A. LEGISLATION 0011-21: An Act Relating to Budget and Finance Committee, Law and Order Committee and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and Navajo Nation Council; Establishing the Navajo Nation Hashkééjí Nahat’á Béeso Bá Hooghan by Amending Title Twelve of the Navajo Nation
Code; Directing that the Award Received Through Navajo Nation V. Department of Interior, No. 14-cv-1909 (TSC), Be Deposited in the Hashkééjí Nahat’á Béeso Bá Hooghan After
Reimbursment of Litigations Costs; Directing that the Proceeds from Future Litigations Related to the Judicial Branch’s P.L. 93-638 Contracts or Annual Funding Agreements Be Deposited in the Hashkééjí Nahat’á Béeso Bá Hooghan; Establishing that the Fixed Cost Litigation Account
Shall Be Reimbursed for Litigation Costs
SPONSOR: Honorable Eugenia Charles-Newton
(m) (s) (v)
B. LEGISLATION 0012-21: An Act Relating to Health, Education and Human Services, Law and Order, Budget and Finance and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Amending the Charter of Diné College, 10 N.N.C. §§ 2001 – 2023
SPONSOR: Honorable Daniel Tso
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Otto Tso
(m) (s) (v)
C. LEGISLATION 0017-21: An Act Relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of $1,616,413 for the 110 Navajo
Nation Chapters’ Community Emergency Response Plans; Waiving 12 N.N.C. §§ 820 (E), (F), and (J) SPONSOR: Honorable Eugene Tso, CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Seth Damon
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Raymond Smith, Jr.
(m) (s) (v)
D. LEGISLATION 0019-21: An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Confirming the Appointment of Mr. David N. Sloan to Serve on the Navajo Housing Authority Board of Commissioners as the Registered Architect
SPONSOR: Honorable Rickie Nez
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Seth Damon
(m) (s) (v)
E. LEGISLATION 0020-21: An Action Relating to the Resources and Development and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees; Respectfully Requesting the Governor of the State of New Mexico,
Michelle Lujan Grisham, to Repair and Repave/Resurface New Mexico (N.M.) State Highway 371 from Thoreau to Farmington SPONSOR: Honorable Edmund Yazzie
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Mark A. Freeland
(m) (s) (v)
F. LEGISLATION 0024-21: An Action Relating to Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Approving and Adopting the 2021 Federal Legislative Priorities of the Navajo Nation
SPONSOR: Honorable Seth Damon
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Carl R. Slater
(m) (s) (v)
G. LEGISLATION 0026-21: An Action Relating to Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Supporting Submission of the Cornfields Chapter’s Grant Application to the United States Department of Agriculture for a Community Facility Grant for the Cornfields Chapter’s Community Service Center Project SPONSOR: Honorable Vince R. James
(m) (s) (v)
H. LEGISLATION 0029-21: An Action Relating to Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Urging the United States Department of Defense to Investigate the Deaths of United States (U.S.) Army Specialist, Miguel Douglas Yazzie, and Army Private Carlton Chee; Stationed at Fort (FT.) Hood Texas, United States of America SPONSOR: Honorable Raymond Smith, Jr.
(m) (s) (v)
I. LEGISLATION 0030-21: An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Confirming the Appointment of Tom Platero as Executive Director of the Division of General Services SPONSOR: Honorable Daniel E. Tso
(m) (s) (v)
J. LEGISLATION 0032-21: An Action Relating to Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Confirming the Appointment of Mr. Stanford Lake to Serve on the Navajo Housing Authority Board of
Commissioners to fulfill the 6 N.N.C. § 606 (B) Position of the “Construction Management Engineering or Business Management or Equivalent Field Experience with Background in Indian Housing or Federal Housing” SPONSOR: Honorable Rickie Nez
(m) (s) (v) - CLOSE OF MEETING; ANNOUNCEMENTS; ADJOURNMENT
AGENDA SUBJECT TO CHANGE: The public is advised that the Navajo Nation Council Agenda and the Agendas of the Standing Committees are not final until adopted by a majority vote of the Navajo Nation Council or the Standing Committee at a Navajo Nation Council or a Standing Committee meeting pursuant to 2 N.N.C. §§163 and 183, Navajo Nation Council Rule of Order No. 7, and Standing Committee Rule of Order No. 8.
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