The Navajo Nation Council Budget & Finance Committee has two meetings scheduled today, 9.2.20. The first meetings is at 8 am and is to adopt the Navajo Nation government’s 2019 audit. The BFC is meeting Via Teleconference:
TELECONFERENCE CALL NUMBER: (928)223-3955. Please MUTE your phones. Ahe’hee!
The second BFC meeting begins at 10 am, 9.2.20, and is the beginning of the BFC Budget Hearings on the proposed 2021 budgets of the Navajo government.
PROPOSED AGENDA
OF THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
OF THE NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL
September 2, 2020
Special Meeting
9 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
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. 0215-20: An Action Relating to Budget and Finance and
Naabikiyati Committees and Navajo Nation Council; Accepting the Audit Report of
Moss Adams on the Basic Financial Statements of the Navajo Nation for Fiscal Year
2019 Sponsored by Jamie Henio and Seth A. Damon, Council Delegates
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays - Close of the Session; Written Announcements; Adjournment
M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
Next Regular Meeting: August 15, 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
PROPOSED AGENDA
OF THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
OF THE NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL
September 2, 2020 @ 10:00 am
September 3, 2020
September 4, 2020
September 5, 2020
September 8, 2020
9:00 a.m. each day
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
C. Resolution No. RDCAU-29-20 M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
2
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 M: S: 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
H. Resolution No. LOCAU 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
3
• BFC Discussion/Preliminary Action
I. Resolution No. LOCAU 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 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 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 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 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 M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
Office of Hearings & Appeals
• Budget Summary Reports by OMB
• Director’s Overview
• LOC Resolution/Recommendations
• BFC Discussion/Preliminary Action
4
O. Resolution No. NABI
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. NABIAU M: S: Vote: Yeas: Nays
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
Q. Resolution No. HEHSCAU M: S: 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 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
5
• 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
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
Saturday – September 5, 2020 - Call the Hearing to Order; the Roll Call; the Invocation;
- Review the Budget Hearing Rules/Affirm Oath:
Continuation of presentations of budgets
Tuesday – September 8, 2020 - Call the Hearing to Order; the Roll Call; the Invocation;
- Review the Budget Hearing Rules/Affirm Oath:
REVISITS:
BFC Discussion: - Recommended COAs Exhibit
- Legislative Concerns Exhibit
- Unmet Needs Exhibit
- Personnel Savings Fund
- Review of budget legislation before finalization
6 - 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.