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Tribal
Court Associate Judges Approved for the Calendar
Year 2002
The Tribal
Business Council approved the Associate Judges
for the Calendar Year 2002 pursuant to Resolution
#01-301-MWJR, which states in part:
"WHEREAS, It is the considered judgment of the
Tribal Business Council that the Judiciary of
the Three Affiliated Tribes must maintain exceptionally
qualified judicial officers to uphold the laws
and the customs of the Tribes; and
WHEREAS, The Tribal Business Council has selected
P. Diane Johnson, B.J. Jones, Mike Swallow, and
Terry Pechota to serve as the rotating Associate
Judges in the Fort Berthold District Court during
calendar year 2002; and
WHEREAS, The above named individuals are licensed
attorneys and have significant experience in the
area of federal Indian law and with tribal judicial
forums;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Tribal
Business Council of the Three Affiliated Tribes
hereby formally appoints P. Diane Johnson, B.J.
Jones, Mike Swallow, and Terry Pechota to serve
as Associate Judges in the Fort Berthold District
Court during the calendar year 2002.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Tribal Business
Council hereby assigns the respective appointees
to each serve on a rotating basis as presiding
Associate Judge during the calendar year 2002
quarters as follows:
Mike Swallow: 1st (Jan, Feb, March)
B.J. Jones: 2nd (April, May, June)
Terry Pechota 3rd (July, Aug Sept)
P. Diane Johnson 4th (Oct, Nov, Dec)
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the rate of compensation
for each appointee shall be Five Hundred ($500.00)
per day per court session, in addition to reimbursement
of documented travel expenses."
Chief Financial
Officer Presents the FY-1998 Audit performed by
KPMG
Mr. Steve
Salveson, presented the FY-98 Audit performed
by KPMG out of the Billings, MT office. And requested
the Tribal Business Council accept the audit with
denoted deficiencies. Therefore the Tribal Council
went on record to accept such audit as presented.
Also, Mr. Salveson reported that the Audit for
FY-99 will be completed by January 2002, the
Audit for FY-2000 will be completed by March 2002
and the Audit for FY-2002 will be completed by
September 2002.
KDU Budget
approved for FY2002 for the Amount of $1,066,667.
Tribal
Business Council formally approved the Budget
for the Kidney Dialysis Unit for the FY-2002 Budget
Year for the amount of $1,066,667, which includes
general fund revenue as well as third party revenue.
KDU is back into full operation at this time.
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