Special Session of the Navajo Nation Council

Proposed agenda for the 2008 Summer Session of the
21st Navajo Nation Council

July 21 to 25, 2008

Presiding: Hon. Lawrence T. Morgan, Speaker
21st Navajo Nation Council

Place: Navajo Nation Council Chamber
Window Rock, Navajo Nation (Ariz.)

1. Call the Summer Session to Order; Roll Call; and Invocation.

2. Recognize the Guests and Visiting Officials to the Navajo Nation.

3. Review and Adopt the Agenda for the Summer Session of the Navajo Nation Council.

4. Receive the State of the Nation Address from the President of the Navajo Nation.

5. Oral and Written Reports:

(a) Oral and Written Reports by the Bureau of Indian Affairs Regional Director.

(b) Written Report by the Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council.

(d) Written Reports by the Standing Committees.

(e) Written Reports by the Boards and Commissions.

(f) Written Report by the Indian Health Services Area Director.

(g) Written Report by Sean McCaffrey, Executive Director, Arizona Republican Party

(h) Oral Report by Mr. John Hubbard, Area Director, Navajo Area Indian Health Services on
Crownpoint Healthcare and Navajo related services.

(i) Oral Report by Alvin H. Warren, Cabinet Secretary, State of New Mexico Indian Affairs
Department (IAD) on the state of affairs of IAD.

G) Oral Report by Criss E. Candelaria, Apache County Attorney on Navajo related issues

6. Old Business:

(a) Legislation No. 0145-08: Relating to Human Services; Establishing the Division of Dine
Veterans Services by Enacting Enabling Legislation for the Division of Dine Veterans
Services at 2 N.N.C. §§171-1715; and Amending 2 N.N.C. §604(B)(5) (Sponsor: Hon. Larry
Noble w/Cosponsors: Hon. Jerry Bodie, Hon. Larry Anderson, Hon. Leslie Dele)

(b) Legislation No. 0190-08: Relating to Education; Enacting the Board of Education
Amendments Act of 2008; Amending Titles Two, Ten and Eleven of the Navajo Nation
Code (Sponsors: Hon. Andy R. Ayze, Hon. Willie Tracey, Jr., Hon. Ida M. Nelson, Hon.
Elmer Milford, Hon. Bobby Robbins, Hon. Leonard Anthony, Hon. David Tom) §820(J)
and (L) and Other Navajo Nation Laws (Sponsors: Hon. Ernest Yazzie, Jr., Hon. David
Shondee, Hon. Orlanda J. Hodge)

(c) Legislation No. 0276-08: Relating to Education, Community Development and Finance;
Amending the Navajo Nation 2008 Fiscal Year Budget by Approving a Supplemental
Appropriation in the Amount of $975,000 as a Grant to Navajo Preparatory School For
Completion of the Boys Dormitory, Waiving 12 N.N.C. §§820, 860 and Other Applicable
Navajo Nation Laws (Sponsor: Hon. Leonard Anthony)

(d) Legislation No. 0068-08: An Action Relating to Community Development and Finance;
Amending the Navajo Nation 2008 Fiscal Year Budget by Approving a Supplemental
Appropriation in the Amount of $6,600,000 to the Navajo Nation Chapters in Equal
Distribution of $60,000 Per Chapter For Capital Improvement Projects, Waiving 12 N.N.C.
§§ 820, 860, and Other Applicable Navajo Nation Laws (Sponsor: Omer Begay Jr.)

(e) Legislation No. 0131-08: An Action Relating to Public Safety and Finance; Amending the
Navajo Nation 2008 Fiscal Year Budget by Approving a Supplemental Appropriation in the
Amount of $546,888 to the Division of Public Safety, Fire and Rescue Services, Business
Unit #116012 For Recurring Supplies Expenses, Waiving 12 N.N.C. §820 and Other
Applicable Navajo Nation Laws (Sponsors: Hon. Hope MacDonald-Lone Tree, Hon.
Raymond Joe, Hon. Rex Lee Jim)

(f) Legislation No. 0132-08: An Action Relating to Public Safety and Finance; Amending the
Navajo Nation 2008 Fiscal Year Budget by Approving a Supplemental Appropriation in the
Amount of $158,196 to the Division of Public Safety, Fire and Rescue Services, Business
Unit #116012 For Recurring Travel and Special Transaction Expenses, Waiving 12 N.N.C.
§820 and Other Applicable Navajo Nation Laws (Sponsors: Hon. Hope MacDonald-Lone
Tree, Hon. Benjamin Curley, Hon. Rex Lee Jim)

(g) Legislation No. 0141-08: An Action Relating to Health, Community Development and
Finance; Amending the Navajo Nation 2008 Fiscal Year Budget by Approving a
Supplemental Appropriation in the Amount of $101,396 as a Grant to Hoosh Dooh Dii To'
Development, Inc. For Recurring Personnel Expenses, Waiving 12 N.N.C. §820 and Other
Applicable Navajo Nation Laws (Sponsors: Hon. Tom LaPahe, Hon. Raymond Joe)

(h) Legislation No. 0211-08: Relating to Economic Development, Resources and Finance;
Amending the Navajo Nation 2008 Fiscal Year Budget by Approving a Supplemental
Appropriation in the Amount of $1,000,000 to the Dine Power Authority, a Navajo Nation
Enterprise, for the Navajo Transmission Project, the Desert Rock Energy Project and Other
Energy Development Projects For the Benefit of the Navajo People, Waiving 12
N.N.C. §820 and Other Applicable Navajo Nation Laws (Sponsors: Hon. Norman John and
Hon. Tommy Tsosie)

(i) Legislation No. 0229-08: Relating to Intergovernmental Relations and Finance;
Amending the Navajo Nation 2008 Fiscal Year Budget by Approving a Supplemental
Appropriation in the Amount of $2,500,000 to the Navajo Election Administration, Business
Unit #101021 For Construction of an Election Administration Building, Waiving 12 N.N.C.
§§820, 860 and Other Applicable Navajo Nation Laws (Sponsor: Hon. Peterson Yazzie)

G) Legislation No. 0876-07: Relating to Education and Finance; Amending the Navajo
Nation 2008 Fiscal Year Budget by Approving a Supplemental Appropriation in the Amount
of $500,000 to Rehoboth Christian School From the Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance
to Assist the Financing of the Rehoboth Sports and Fitness Center and the Rehoboth Navajo
Language and Academic Support Program (Sponsor: Hon. Ernest Yazzie)

(k) Legislation No. 0251-08: Relating to Public Safety, Intergovernmental Relations and
Finance; Amending the Navajo Nation Fiscal Year 2008 Budget by Making a Supplemental
Appropriation to the Public Safety Committee, Business Unit #101005, in the amount of
$200,000 for Lobbyist Services, Waiving 12 N.N.C. §820 and other Applicable Navajo
Nation Laws. (Sponsor: Hon. Rex Lee Jim)

(1) Legislation No. 0442-07: Relating to Community Development, Government Services
and Finance; Approving the Navajo Nation Sales Tax Fairness in Distribution Act by
Approving Amendments to the Navajo Nation Sales Tax, 24 N.N.C. §620, to Provide for a
Fair Distribution of sales Revenues among all 110 Chapters (Sponsor: Hon. Johnny Naize)

(m) Legislation No. 0373-08: An Action Relating to Judiciary; Continuing the Appointment
of District Court Judge Louise Grant as a Probationary Associate Justice on the Navajo
Nation Supreme Court (Sponsors: Hon. Kee Allen Begay and Hon. Harold Wauneka)

(n) Legislation No. 0374-08: An Action Relating to Judiciary; Confirming the Appointment
of District Court Judge Eleanor Shirley as a Probationary Associate Justice on the Navajo
Nation Supreme Court (Sponsor: Hon. Kee Allen Begay and Hon. Harold Wauneka)

(o) Legislation No. 0716-07: Relating to Education; Enacting the Board of Education Act of
2007; Amending Title Ten, Navajo Nation Code, 10 N.N.C. §106(G) (Sponsor: Hon. Willie
Tracey)

(p) Legislation No. 0288-08: Relating to Public Safety and Finance; Authorizing Demolition
and Removal of the Dilapidated and Condemned Tuba City Detention Center, Navajo Nation
Building No. TOI5-033 Pursuant to 2 N.N.C. §57 (C). (Sponsor: Hon. Raymond Maxx)

(q) Legislation No. 0780-07: Relating to Ethics and Rules; Amending Rule 6 of the Navajo
Nation Council Rules of Order to Require Quarterly Reports from the President of the Navajo
Nation and the Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council (Sponsor: Hon. Willie Tracey)

(r) Legislation No. 0197-08: An Action Relating to Human Services; Approving the Policy and
Procedures Governing the Nomination Process, Review and Award of the Dine Nation Medal of
Honor (Sponsors: Hon. Lawrence T. Morgan, Hon. Young Jeff Tom)

(s) Legislation No. 0138-08: An Action Relating to Public Safety and Government Services;
Authorizing the Demolition of the Chinle District Police Headquarters Building, Navajo Nation
Building No. COI2-042, Fixed Asset No. 2610 (Sponsor: Hon. Rex Lee Jim)

(t) Legislation No. 0194-08: An Act Relating to Economic Development, Community
Development and Finance; Approving the Navajo Nation Gaming Distribution Plan, and
Amending 12 N.N.C. §§2201-2210 (Sponsors: Hon. Ernest Yazzie, Hon. Orlanda Smith Hodge,
Hon. Nelson Gorman, Hon. Rex Lee Jim)

(u) Legislation No. 0311-08: Relating to Health, Judiciary and Economic Development;
Enacting the Navajo Nation Commercial Tobacco-Free Act of 2008 (Sponsors: Hon. Thomas
Walker, Jr., Hon. Jerry Freddie, Hon. Herman Morris)

(v) Legislation No. 0351-08: Relating to Government Services; Approving the Employment
Contract of Walter W. Haase as the General Manager of the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority
(Sponsor: Hon. Mel R. Begay)

(w) Legislation No. 0314-08: Relating to Economic Development and Rules; An Act
Approving the 2008 Amended Plan of Operation For The Navajo Engineering and Construction
Authority. (Sponsors: Hon. Katherine Benally and Hon. Ervin M. Keeswood, Sr.)

8. Close of Summer Session; Announcements and Adjournment.

LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL -- July 21, 2008 -- DAY 1 Summer Session

Legislation No. 0145-08 -- Relating to Human Services; Establishing the Division of Dine Veterans Services by Enacting Enabling Legislation for the Division of Dine Veterans Services at 2 N.N.C. §§171-1715; and Amending 2 N.N.C. §604(B)(5) (Sponsor: Hon. Larry Noble w/CoSponsors:
Hon. Jerry Bodie, Hon. Larry Anderson, Hon. Leslie Dele)

SUMMARY:
1. To establish the Division of Dine Veterans Services through enabling legislation at 2
N.N.C. §§ 1710 -1715, as directed by Condition of Appropriation No.8 to the Fiscal Year 2008 Navajo Nation Comprehensive Budget.
"Division of Human Resources, Department of Veterans Affairs, Business Unit #114012, shall by the end of the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2008 develop a proposed plan of operation, a proposed budget, and enabling legislation for establishment ofa Division ofVeterans Services, including among other subunits, a Veterans Housing Department, for consideration by the Navajo Nation Council and oversight standing committees."
Resolution CS-31-07, Exhibit G, Condition ofAppropriation No.8.
2.To establish oversight responsibility for the Division of Dine Veterans Services by the Human Services Committee by amending 2 N.N.C. § 604(B)(4).
3.To direct the development of appropriate budgetary and personnel actions necessary to establish the Division of Dine Veterans Services.

Main Motion given by: No motions offered.
Seconded by: No motions offered

Final results: Legislation to be considered

Motion NOT VOTED YET.

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