KBIC NEWS

ONAABANI GIIZI – CRUSTY MOON

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Electronic Waste Collection Event for Baraga/Houghton County

On February 10, 2023, the KBIC hosted an electronic waste collection event with the assistance of our partners Superior Watershed Partnership (SWP) and the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) We have collaborated in the past for collection of E-Waste in June of 2022 at the KBIC Solid Waste Facility (SWF) and again in September 2022 at the Harvey location casino. This event was fully funded and vendor chosen by SWP and EGLE with KBIC NRD employees assisting with labor, collaborating the location, and distributing flyers.

In This Issue

PRESIDENT'S REPORT

CEO'S CORNER

TRIBAL COURT REPORT

ANISHNAABE

DENTAL OUTREACH

YOUTH SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS

YOUTH

KBIC has a history of holding e-waste collection events and have continued some events during the establishment of a permanent e-waste collection site at the KBIC Solid Waste Facility (SWF). While the collection site is closed at this time, SWF Manager, Ron Edwards, and KBIC Business Director, Cindy Thierry, are hopeful for e-waste drop off services to be available during normal business hours in the near future.

Elders are an important part of our culture and need to be taken care for in the utmost respect, so when organizing this event, we offered electronic waste pick up available to them, which we have done in the past.

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2023 Tribal Council

Doreen Blaker, President

Toni J. Minton, Vice President

Elizabeth "Liz" Julio, Secretary

Robert R.D. Curtis, Jr, Asst. Secretary

Theodore "Austin" Ayres, Treasurer

Eddy Edwards

Everett Ekdahl, Jr.

Sue Ellen Elmblad

Randall Haataja

Kim Klopstein

Susan J. LaFernier

Rodney Loonsfoot

Boozhoo Gakina,

For the month of February, the Tribal Council had four Special Meetings, one Phone Poll, and met for a work session on 02/27/2022 to discuss water quality standards and review the Comprehensive Strategic Plan. The Tribal Council took action on the following items listed below.

02/01/2023 Special Meeting

• Approved Senior Tax Reimbursement for Seniors 55+ in Baraga & Marquette county.

• Approved Tier II Service Agreements for countertop replacement, bathroom remodeling & doors.

• Selected the ALK bid for RTU replacement at Bingo Hall.

• Selected the Ross Darrow Chrysler bid for new casino shuttle

• Amended the Tier II Service Agreement for Aubrey Arain and GSI Environmental.

• Approved two USGS Joint Funding Agreements with Upper Midwest Water Science Water Resource Investigations.

• Approved the Housing Lease for Locum Tenens Dentist

02/02/2023 Phone Poll

• Approved new Administrative Account with Superior National Bank.

02/08/2023 – Special Meeting

• Amended Firewood Processor Bid from Multitek.

• Approved Appellate Justice Contract for Chad DePetro.

• Appointed Charles “Chuck” Miller to the Health Board.

02/15/2023 – Special Meeting

• Approved Resolution KB-012-2023 KBIC Forest Harvest Policy 2023.

• Amended the Multitek bid for the Firewood Processor.

• Approved the KBIC Organizational Chart and Enterprise Organizational Chart.

02/22/2022 – Special Meeting

• Approved Upcoming 2023 Spear Harvest for Walleye.

Option One: Declaration of All Lakes Listed (47 Total) as Quota Lakes (with 8% TAC Levels). Creel/Harvest efforts by KBIC-NRD would focus on where community interest is indicated, using a preregistration process A Special Season declaration (increased daily individual harvest from 5 to 10) would be made for Keweenaw and Huron Bay walleye fisheries, and perhaps other Lake Superior regions within the Home Territory.

• Approved KBIC Natural Resource Department Reorganizational Chart

• Approved $500 for Dasan Smith travel for State Wrestling Championship.

• Approved $50 gas card for Boarding School Survivors to go to LVD for a meeting

• Tabled Baraga Boys Varsity Basketball request to get more information.

• Approved February 25, 2023 as KBIC Family Fishing Day (in conjunction with NRD Family Fishing Event)

KBIC Provides $180,034 To Baraga Fire Department and Bay Ambulance

Tribal Council approved Resolution KB-013-2022, which provides the Baraga Volunteer Fire Department with $130,034 of the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to purchase a new fire engine as a provision of government services so that the Baraga Volunteer Fire Department may continue to respond to fire emergencies and keep the community safe as house fires are on the rise due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tribal Council also approved $50,000 of the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds for Bay Ambulance to purchase a new response vehicle

The Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds is a program authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act. This initiative provides $350 billion in emergency funding for eligible state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments to help turn the tide of the pandemic, address its economic fallout, and lay the foundation for a strong and equitable recovery