Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans,
May everyone have a Positive Productive day! And may our Navajo elected offcials remember that they are making Budget decisions with the money of the Navajo People/Children/Babies/Youth/Elders/Four Leggeds/Ones That Fly/Ones That Live in the Water/Ones that Crawl, Our Homeland.
May PEACE prevail on Mother Earth!
The Navao Nation Council Budget & Finance Committee is meeting at 9 am today, 9.10.20, via TELECONFERENCE. The CALL NUMBER: is (928)223-3955. Please, please MUTE your phones. Ahe’hee!
PROPOSED AGENDA OF THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL
September 2, 2020 @ 10:00 am
September 3, 2020 9 am
September 4, 2020 9 m
September 5, 2020 9 am
September 8, 2020 9 am
September 9, 2020 9 am
September 10, 2020 9 a.m
Comprehensive Budget Hearing
Via Teleconference:
TELECONFERENCE CALL NUMBER: (928)223-3955
Presiding: Jamie Henio, Chairperson
Raymond Smith Jr., Vice Chairperson
Place: Via Teleconference, Window Rock, Navajo Nation
Members Present:
_ Elmer P. Begay _ Jamie Henio
Nathaniel Brown _ Raymond Smith, Jr.
Amber K. Crotty _ _ Jimmy Yellowhair
- Call the Hearing to Order; the Roll Call; the Invocation;
- Review and Adopt the Agenda:
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays - Review and Adopt the Budget Hearing Rules/Affirmation of Oath by Email:
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
A. Resolution No. RDCAU-31-20
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
Navajo Division of Natural Resources
• Budget Summary Reports by OMB
• Division Director’s Overview
• Resources & Development Committee Resolution/Recommendations
• BFC Discussion/Preliminary Action
B. Resolution No. RDCAU-30-20
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
Navajo Environmental Protection Agency
• Budget Summary Reports by OMB
• Division Director’s Overview
• RDC Resolution/Recommendations
• BFC Discussion/Preliminary Action
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C. Resolution No. RDCAU-29-20 M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
Division of Community Development/Capital Budget
• Budget Summary Reports by OMB
• Division Director’s Overview
• RDC Resolution/Recommendations
• BFC Discussion/Preliminary Action
D. Resolution No. RDCAU-28-20 M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
Navajo Division of Transportation
• Budget Summary Reports by OMB
• Division Director’s Overview
• RDC Resolution/Recommendations
• BFC Discussion/Preliminary Action
E. Resolution No. RDCAU-27-20 M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
Navajo Division of Economic Development
• Budget Summary Reports by OMB
• Division Director’s Overview
• RDC Resolution/Recommendations
• BFC Discussion/Preliminary Action
F. Resolution No. RDCAU-26-20 (REQUEST OOC memo
why program no budget allocation?) M: NB S: JY Vote: Yeas: Nays
Navajo Gaming Regulatory Office
• Budget Summary Reports by OMB
• Director’s Overview
• RDC Resolution/Recommendations
• BFC Discussion/Preliminary Action
G. (Executive Session)
Water Rights Commission
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
Exit Exec. Session M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays:
• Budget Summary Reports by OMB
• Commission, Water Rights Unit – DOJ, Water Management Branch
Overview
• RDC Recommendations
• BFC Discussion/Preliminary Action
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
H. Resolution No. LOCAU-05-20 M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
Judicial Branch
• Budget Summary Reports by OMB
• Chief Justice’s Statement: Branch overview summary of priorities, changes, impacts, etc.
• Law & Order Committee (LOC) Resolution/Recommendations
• BFC Discussion/Preliminary Action
I. Resolution No. LOCAU- 06-20 M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
Labor Commission
• Budget Summary Reports by OMB
• Director’s Overview
• LOC Resolution/Recommendations
• BFC Discussion/Preliminary Action
J. Resolution No. LOCAU-03-20 M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
Division of Public Safety
• Budget Summary Reports by OMB
• Division Director’s Overview
• LOC Resolution/Recommendations
• BFC Discussion/Preliminary Action
K. Resolution No. LOCAU-08-20 M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
Office of the Public Defender
• Budget Summary Reports by OMB
• Director’s Overview
• LOC Resolution/Recommendations
• BFC Discussion/Preliminary Action
L. Resolution No. LOCAU-04-20 M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
Ethics & Rules Office
• Budget Summary Reports by OMB
• Director’s Overview
• LOC Resolution/Recommendations
• BFC Discussion/Preliminary Action
M.Resolution No. LOCAU-02-20 M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
Department of Justice
• Budget Summary Reports by OMB
• Attorney General’s Overview
• LOC Resolution/Recommendations
• BFC Discussion/Preliminary Action
N. Resolution No. LOCAU -07-20 M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
Office of Hearings & Appeals
• Budget Summary Reports by OMB
• Director’s Overview
• LOC Resolution/Recommendations
• BFC Discussion/Preliminary Action
RECESSED
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
O. Resolution No. NABIS-37-20
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
Legislative Branch
• Budget Summary Reports by OMB
• Speaker’s Statement: Branch overview summary of priorities, changes,
impacts, etc.
• Nabik’iyati’ Committee Resolution/Recommendations
• Budget & Finance Committee (BFC) Discussion/Preliminary Action
P. Resolution No. NABIS-36-20 (AMENDED BUDGET
FORMS NNWO, PROSECUTORS OFFICE) M: JY S: EPB Vote: 4-0 Yeas: JY RS AC NB EPB Not voting
Executive Branch/Executive Offices
• Budget Summary Reports by OMB
• President’s Statement: Branch overview summary of priorities, changes, impacts, etc.
• Nabik’iyati Committee Resolution/Recommendations
• BFC Discussion/Preliminary Action
Recessed @ 5:45pm
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
Q. Resolution No. HEHSCAU-14-20 (TABLED: JH/JY/3-0;
request amended Exhibits A-E) M: NB S: JY Vote: Yeas: Nays
Division of General Services
• Budget Summary Reports by OMB
• Division Director’s Overview
• HEHSC Resolution/Recommendations
• BFC Discussion/Preliminary Action
R. Resolution No. HEHSCAU
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
Department of Health
• Budget Summary Reports by OMB
• Division Director’s Overview
• HEHSC Resolution/Recommendations
• BFC Discussion/Preliminary Action
S. Resolution No. HEHSCAU-11-20 (TABLED: AC/NB/5-0;
request Use 50/50 formula for chapter veterans organizations) M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
Navajo Nation Veterans Administration
• Budget Summary Reports by OMB
• Director’s Overview
• HEHSC Resolution/Recommendations
• BFC Discussion/Preliminary Action
T. Resolution No. HEHSCAU
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
Division of Human Resources
• Budget Summary Reports by OMB
• Division Director’s Overview
• HEHSC Resolution/Recommendations
• BFC Discussion/Preliminary Action
U. Resolution No. HEHSCAU
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
Department of Dine Education
• Budget Summary Reports by OMB
• Division Director’s Overview
• Tribal Grants – Navajo Technical University
Dine College
Navajo Preparatory School
• HEHSC Resolution/Recommendations
• BFC Discussion/Preliminary Action
V. Resolution No. HEHSCAU
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020 RECESSED
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 CONTINUED
Division of Social Services
• Budget Summary Reports by OMB
• Division Director’s Overview
• Tribal Grants: Little Folks Day Care
• HEHSC Resolution/Recommendations
• BFC Discussion/Preliminary Action
Then to LAW & ORDER Resolutions
Wednesday – September 9, 2020 9 am - Call the Hearing to Order; the Roll Call; the Invocation;
- Review the Budget Hearing Rules/Affirm Oath:
Continuation of presentations of budgets starting with NABI – LEGISLATIVE,
EXECUTIVE budgets
Thursday – September 10, 2020 9 am
Call the Hearing to Order; the Roll Call; the Invocation; - Review the Budget Hearing Rules/Affirm Oath:
REVISITS:
BFC Discussion: - Tabled budget resolutions
- NGRO, Phoenix Indian Center questions to OOC
- Retirement Office BF2 amendment; OOC BF3 updated
- Revised budgets for NNWO, Prosecutor’s Office
Constructing the budget legislation: - Recommended COAs Exhibit
- Legislative Concerns Exhibit
- Unmet Needs Exhibit
- Carryover Requests
- Personnel Lapse Savings Fund; NN Government Vacancy Listing; GWA proposal
- Review of budget legislation before finalization
- Close of the Budget Hearing/ Other Announcements/Adjournment
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
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 No. 7 and Standing Committee Rule of Order No. 8.
