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Twin Buttes
Custom Homes applies for 8(a) Status under the
Small Business Administration
The Tribal
Business Council approved Resolution #01-153-MWJR,
which read in part:
"...The Tribal Business Council has chartered
an independent, Tribally owned business entitled
Twin Buttes Custom Homes, Inc. (TBCH), whose primary
business is constructing modular residential,
public and commercial buildings; and
"...With its experience, TBCH has now become eligible
to bid on various sole-source contracts that are
set aside for minority contractors, including
businesses owned by Indian Tribes, under the program
for minority businesses administered by the Small
Business Administration (SBA) know as the "Section
8(a)" program; and.
MIS Department
approved to purchase Scanning Equipment and Software
for the Preserving the Tribal Business Council
Documents.
"...The
Tribal Business Council has developed a Management
Information Systems Department within the Three
Affiliated Tribes; and
"...The Tribal Business Council has recognized
a need to acquire the equipment and supplies to
assist the MIS in completing their duties and
responsibilities; and
"...The Secretary of the Tribal Business Council
formally requested that MIS Department to assist
in the duty in protecting and preserving the official
documents of the Three Affiliated Tribes, namely
the minutes and tribal resolutions; and
"...That the Tribal Business Council does hereby
approve the purchase of the necessary equipment
and material in the amount of $20,975.00 be appropriated
from Tribal General Fund revenue, to be reimbursed
from Grants submitted by the CED's Department.
Independence
Program to apply for the 1% Loan through Rural
Development Program
The Tribal
Business Council formally approved of Tribal Business
Council Resolution #01-155-MWJR, wherein the
Independence Program qualifies as an "intermediary"
to apply to Rural Development's Rural Business-Cooperative
Service Intermediary Relending Program 1%
loan for $1,000,000 for the Independence Programs
revolving loan pool fund. For more information
please contact Dennis Fox, Jr. at 701-627-2870.
Tribe to
secure Bond Financing to build new Residential
housing Units within the Reservation
The Tribal
Business Council formally approved Resolution
#01-163-MWJR which states in part:
"...The Tribal Business Council recognizes that
alternative financing efforts may be the most
effective way to address the severe housing shortage
on the Reservation, that cannot be adequately
remedied with current level of direct federal
funding."
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