PROPOSED AGENDA OF THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL
October 15, 2020, Special Meeting, 8 a.m.
Via Teleconference:
TELECONFERENCE CALL NUMBER: (928)223-3955
Presiding: Jamie Henio, Chairperson
Raymond Smith, Jr., Vice Chairperson
Place: Via Teleconference, Window Rock, Navajo Nation (Arizona)
Members Present:
_ Elmer P. Begay _ Jamie Henio
Nathaniel Brown _ Raymond Smith, Jr.
Amber K. Crotty _ _ Jimmy Yellowhair
- Call the Meeting to Order; the Roll Call; the Invocation;
- Recognize Guests and Visiting Officials
- Review and Adopt the Agenda
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays - Review and Adopt the Journal: none
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays - Receive Reports: none
- Old Business: none
- New Business:
a. Legislation No. 0228-20: An Action Relating to Health, Education and Human services, Budget and Finance and Naabikiyati Committees; Approving the Reauthorization of the 2005 Tribal Designation for The Navajo Health
Foundation – Sage Memorial Hospital, Inc., As a Tribal Organization for Purposes of Contracting Under Public Law 93-683 for a Period of Twenty Years, Beginning October 1, 2020 and Ending September 30, 2040 Sponsored by Pernell Halona, Council Delegate
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
b. Legislation No. 0235-20: An Action Relating to Resources and Development and Budget and Finance Committees; Approving a Change in Resolution CAP35-18 Exhibit E No. 1 Tselani/Cottonwood Chapter Project by Changing the
Funding Year from Year 2 to Year 3 Sponsored by Kee Allen Begay, Jr., Council Delegate
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
c. Legislation No. 0236-20: An Action Relating to Resources and Development and Budget and Finance Committees; Approving changes in Resolution CAP35-18 Exhibit D No. 121 Tolani Lake Chapter New Senior Center Replacement
Project by Changing the Project Type from Design/Construction to Plan/Design and Construction Sponsored by Thomas Walker, Jr., Council Delegate
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
d. Legislation No. 0239-20: An Action Relating to Law and Order and Budget and Finance Committees; Accepting and Approving Grant No. 2020-VD-BX0632 for Project Entitled Navajo Nation Coronavirus Emergency Response in
the Amount of $485,348.00 from the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice for the Period January 20, 2020 to January 31, 2020
Sponsored by Otto Tso, Council Delegate
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
e. Legislation No. 0240-20: An Action Relating to Law and Order, Budget and Finance and Naabikiyati Committees; Approving and Authorizing Public Law 93-638 Contract (Model 108) Between the Navajo Naiton and U.S. Department of the Interior for Law Enforcement – Patrol Services for and Period of Five Years; Approving and Authorizing Annual Funding Agreement(s) Sponsored
by Otto Tso and Thomas Walker, Jr., Council Delegates
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
f. Legislation No. 0241-20: An Action Relating to Law and Order, Budget and Finance and Naabikiyati Committees; Approving and Authorizing Public Law 93-638 Contract (Model 108) Between the Navajo Nation and U. S. Department of of the Interior for Law Enforcement – Criminal Investigations for and Period of five Years; Approving and Authorizing Annual Funding Agreement(s)
Sponsored by Otto Tso and Thomas Walker, Council Delegates
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
g. Legislation No: 0248-20: An Action Relating to Budget and Finance and Naabikiyati Committee and Navajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Total Amount of Four Hundred Forty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Three Dollars ($442,583) to the Navajo Election Administration Office; Waiving 12 N.N.C.
§§ 820 (E), (F), and (J) of the Appropriations Act Sponsored by Seth A. Damon and Edison J. Wauneka, Council Delegates
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
h. Legislation No. 0251-20: An Action Relating to Health Education and Human Services and Budget and Finance Committees; Approving CARES Fund Hardship Assistance Expenditure Plan Eligibility Criteria and Application
Process Sponsored by Carl Slater and Seth A. Damon, Council Delegates
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
i. Legislation No. 0253-20: An Action Relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance and Naabikiyati Committees and Navajo Nation Council; Amending CAP-35-18 “Adopting the Sihasin Fund Powerline and Chapter
Projects Expenditure Plan Pursuant to CD-68-14, As Amended by CJA-03-18, And 12 N.N.C. §§ 810 (F), 820 (I) and (M) and 860 (C) Relating to the Capital Improvement Budget and the Capital Improvement Process”; Allocating
Sihasin Funds for Shiprock Chapter Projects Sponsored by Eugenia Charles Newton, Council Delegate
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
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j. Rescheduling November 3, 2020 regular meeting because of Election Day
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays - Close of the Meeting; Written Announcements; Adjournment
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
Next Regular Meeting: November 3, 2020
THIS AGENDA IS 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.