Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, what a day yesterday was. SMH. But I always remain hopefully, and so I am positive that the Sound in the Navajo Nation Council chambers will no longer be garbled and will be loud enough for we, the People, who took the time to travel to the Navajo Nation Council chambers in Window Rock, Ariz., to attend a Navajo govt-funded meetings being held in the Navajo Council chambers, which is a female hogan.
The Navajo Council has scheduled a one-day special session at 2 p.m., Thursday, 2.2.23 to debate and take action on Legislation 0005-23, which confirms Speaker Crystalyne Curley’s appointment of Navajo Council delegates to the Council’s four standng committee: the Budget and Finance, the Law and Order Committee, the Resources and Development Committee, and the Health, Education and Human Services Committee.
Speaker Crystalyne Curley is the sponsor of Legislation 0005-23.
But before Legislation 0005-23 is eligible to go before the Navajo Council, it is mandated to go before the Naabik’iyati Committee, which consists of the four standing committees and provides for Naabik’iyati Committee members to debate without a five-minute time limit or any time limit. The Council has a five-minute debate limit for each delegate.
The Naabik’iyati Committee is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., and since there is a scheduled Navajo Council special session that starts at 2 p.m., the Naabik’iyati must adjourn before 2 p.m.
The proposed 2.2.23 Naabi agenda has a single item, Legislation 0005-23, but the Naabik’iyati Committee can amend its agenda proposed by adding or even deleting agenda items.
Yesterday, the Navajo Council Naabik’iyati Committee held a work session on the $2.1B in American Rescue Plan Act aid received by the Navajo Nation government. According to the Naabik’iyati agenda, which the Navajo Council posted on its webpage, https://www.navajonationcouncil.org/meetings/, the work session would be held virtually via zoom and at the Navajo Council chambers in Window Rock, Ariz. But if you attended the Naabi meeting at the Navajo Council chambers, you were unable to listen to the work session because the Sound was garbled and at a low volume.
I asked the Navajo Nation Legislative Branch IT department why the Sound was so garbled, and I was informed that if the Public Sound System was turned on while the Naabik’yati was using zoom for its work session, the entire system would crash. The IT also added that the sound was turned off because it was only a work session. GOOD GRIEF
NAABIK’ÍYÁTI’ COMMITTEE OF THE 25th NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL
WORK SESSION Window Rock, Navajo Nation Wednesday, Feb 1, 2023 10 AM WORK SESSION AGENDA
Call-in Number: (669) 900-6833
Meeting ID: 928 871 7160
Passcode: 86515
PRESIDING CHAIR: Honorable Crystalyne Curley, Speaker, 25th Navajo Nation Council
CALL WORK SESSION TO ORDER; ROLL CALL; INVOCATION
RECOGNIZE GUESTS AND VISITING OFFICIALS
WORK SESSION TOPIC(S):
A. Introduction and Purpose of Work Session:
• DIRECTIVE: To have a discussion on the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)/Fiscal Recovery Funds (FRF) and how to expedite the expenditure of the funds. Discussion should include the 25th Navajo Nation Council, Office of the President and Vice-President, NN Office of the Controller, NN Office of Management & Budget, NN Department of Justice, Office of Legislative Counsel, and all other entities and departments.
Presenter(s): NN Fiscal Recovery Funds Office
NN Department of Justice
NN Office of Legislative Counsel
NN Division of Community Development
NN Office of Management & Budget
NN Office of the Controller
• Discussion and Comments
B. Final Recommendations
ANNOUNCEMENTS; CLOSE OF WORK SESSION
PROPOSED AGENDA OF THE 25th NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION
Thursday, February 2, 2023, 2 PM
Navajo Nation Council Chambers Window Rock, Navajo Nation (AZ)
Call-in Number: (669) 900-6833
Meeting ID: 928 871 7160
Passcode: 86515
Livestream will be available online at:
VIMEO: www.vimeo.com/navajonationcouncil
YouTube: www.youtube.com/navajonationcouncil
NNC Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/navajonationcouncil/
PRESIDING: Honorable Crystalyne Curley, Speaker, 25th Navajo Nation Council
- CALL MEETING TO ORDER; ROLL CALL; INVOCATION
- RECOGNIZE GUESTS AND VISITING OFFICIALS TO THE NAVAJO NATION
- REVIEW AND ADOPT THE AGENDA
(m) (s) (v) - OLD BUSINESS: NONE
- NEW BUSINESS:
A. LEGISLATION 0005-23: An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Confirming the Speaker’s Appointment of Members to the Budget and Finance, Law and Order, Resources and Development, and Health, Education and Human Services Committees of the 25th Navajo
Nation Council SPONSOR: Honorable Crystalyne Curley
(m) (s) (v) - CLOSE OF SESSION; ANNOUNCEMENTS; ADJOURNMENT
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.
Livestream will be available online at:
VIMEO: www.vimeo.com/navajonationcouncil
YouTube: www.youtube.com/navajonationcouncil
NNC Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/navajonationcouncil/
NAABIK’ÍYÁTI’ COMMITTEE OF THE 25th NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
(VIA TELECOMMUNICATION)
Call-in Number: (669) 900-6833
Meeting ID: 928 871 7160
Passcode: 86515
Window Rock, Navajo Nation (AZ) Thursday, Feb 2, 2023 – 10 AM
PROPOSED AGENDA
PRESIDING CHAIR: Honorable Crystalyne Curley, Speaker, 25th Navajo Nation Council
COMMITTEE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE
Hon. Steven R. Arviso Hon. Lomardo Aseret Hon. Norman M. Begay Hon. Helena Nez Begay Hon. Eugenia Charles-Newton Hon. Shawna A. Claw Hon. Amber Kanazbah Crotty Hon. Crystalyne Curley Hon. Seth Damon Hon. Herman M. Daniels Hon. Vince R. James Hon. Brenda Jesus Hon. Casey A. Johnson Hon. Rickie Nez Hon. Dr. Andy Nez Hon. Nathan Notah Hon. Shaandiin Parrish Hon. Germaine Simonson Hon. Danny Simpson Hon. Carl R. Slater Hon. George Tolth Hon. Curtis Yanito Hon. Cherilyn Yazzie
- 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: NONE
- RECEIVE REPORTS: NONE
- OLD BUSINESS: NONE
- NEW BUSINESS:
A. LEGISLATION 0005-23: An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Confirming the Speaker’s Appointment of Members to the Budget and Finance, Law and Order, Resources and Development, and Health, Education and Human Services Committees of the 25th Navajo Nation Council SPONSOR: Honorable Crystalyne Curley
(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.
Livestream will be available online at:
VIMEO: www.vimeo.com/navajonationcouncil
YouTube: www.youtube.com/navajonationcouncil
NNC Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/navajonationcouncil/
