January 5,2010 Meeting Minutes

Choctaw Apache Community of Ebarb, Inc. Council Meeting Minutes January 5, 2010 6:00 p.m.

The Choctaw Apache Tribal Council met on January 5, 2010, at 6:00 p.m. at the Tribal Office. The following members were present:

Yvonne Busby Virginia Malmay Ione Durr John Procell Pat Ebarb Doug Laroux Joanne Sepeda Joy Stewart Christopher Rivers Absent: Susan Lee

Tribal-Chairman John Procell called the meeting to order.

The invocation was given by Doug Laroux.

Victoria Remedies presented John Procell with a plaque from Census 2010 proclaiming him as an official Census Partner.

On a motion by Ione Durr, with a second by Pat Ebarb, the minutes from the November 2009 meeting were approved.

The Treasurer’s Report was given by Virginia Malmay. She noted that the Tribe has received a $5,000.00 grant from Weyerhauser to be used for federal recognition. This will be put into the Tribe’s ANA Grant Account. A brief discussion followed about offices expenses. Doug noted that this topic will be discussed at the next CLIVR Board meeting and a decision will be made as to which office bills CLIVR will pay. After more discussion the Treasurer’s Report was approved on a motion by Chris Rivers and a second by Joanne Sepeda.

Doug noted that he is concerned about the Intertribal Association of Louisiana. He stated that the Council has no control over this organization and he is concerned that another organization will use it to get a grant. He suggested that we “get rid of it”.

Jake Rivers reported on Project Venture activities. He noted that the group will meet every other Thursday at Ebarb High School and every other Friday at Zwolle High School. He also reported that Weyerhauser is going to give Project Venture $5,000.00 to be used for the purchase of regalia for Project Venture members. Doug pointed out that all money must come to the Tribe. Jake stated that when the grant money comes he will bring it to the Council. He stated that he wants the money to be used fairly.

Ione reported that the Hog Wild Motorcycle Group from Sabine Parish and the Leesville Black Hawk Motorcycle Group collected toys and brought them to the Tribal Office to be distributed. CLIVR bought wrapping paper and 327 kids received toys on the Wednesday before Christmas.

John Procell reported that he had spoken to Jim Pratt and written a letter to SRA about leasing 30 acres of land for 99 years from SRA.

Joy Stewart reported that the Children’s Powwow at Ebarb High School went very well.

Joanne Sepeda reported that the Tribe’s annual Powwow is scheduled for April 30th through May 1st, 2010.

Jake told the group that the T-Shirt and Cap Machine has been moved to the storage building beside the Tribal Office. The building will need to be wired to run this machine.

Ione passed out a list of grants that Shirley Rivers has applied for. She was unable to apply for any federal grants. The Council will need to decide if they want to continue her services next year.

The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, February 15, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 p.m.

_____________________________ ______________________________ Yvonne S. Busby, Secretary John Procell, Principal Chief