Continued...
Q. Dawn: Are salaries according to education levels?
A. Brenda: leadership. People need to be treated with respect.
Comment: Anna: Respect is honesty.
A. Brenda: I would love to see community meeting.
Q. Anna: What was your salary back when you were first elected?
Q. Sara: Next 5 year forecast. Financially budget and keep some extra just in case.
A. Chief: We are already doing that.
Q. Anna: I meant to go back, just to see.
A. George: 1972...yes...I have 2 college diplomas, certificates.
Q. Sara: We should access outside grants and proposals. It could help with services supplied by departments. It would be easier than calling up Dan. It is great that McGregor did strategic plans. But do a detailed strategic plan for each department. It is time consuming to always see Dan.
A. Chief: We do encourage managers to go on-line to source out government programs. They do always have to come here in case we already applied for funds and may have given up services because of funding. Scholarship funding... and not just rely on Rama.
Comment. Shawna: That would be almost a full time position just to do that research.
Q. Shawna. Re: Economic Development. What are we doing for full time employment?
A. Chief. EggSmart is coming. We just posted a couple of jobs today. It is priority .. we hoped to have medical diagnostic centre.. We haven't gotten the ball rolling. It is a priority. We hoped our people would go to school in those areas. You could go anywhere not just Rama.
A. Ron: We need to get our budget in line to expand and do that stuff. An industrial park.. or something else. I know we can't just spend, spend, spend without doing our homework.
Comment: Nancy: Something related to it. a restaurant. We don't do anything for the water. I don't really want to be a casino indian.We have to diversify. We have a marina resource.
A. Chief. We do have a successful marina.
Comment: Nancy: We had a restaurant that is now a piece of cement.
A. Ron. We are trying to encourage our community to use that park and our departments.
Q: Nancy: Is there a committee set up to apply to use the cabins?
A. Ron. Yep, there is.
Q. Nancy: I'd love to use it for an artists group.
A. Gina: Yes, Recreation did use it for day camps and some families used it too. Advertising will be done.
Q. Sara: How much have the businesses profited?
A. Chief: Will be dealt with at the finance meeting.
Q. Sara: I'd like to see a chart showing the progression of business profits.
A. Chief: We'll try to get that.
Q. Anna: What about the real estate Rama has purchased?
A. Chief: We started buying properties once it was speculated and we tried to purchase without fan fare.
Q. Sara: Are we purchasing space/rent in Orillia?
A. George: A little ahead of where we are but getting there.
A. Chief: Post office is for sale.
Q. Sara: Transfer land too?
A. Byron: They don't give that back.
A. George: Lovers lane move up to Fawn Bay corner. We were supposed to get what we lost in the land claim, what Nawash got in 25 years. Future generations would have a bigger land base.
Q. Nancy: Was that just a rumour -- it would turn into band land?
A. Chief. No, it is a huge process.
Q. Anna: Where is the money coming from to buy land?
A. Chief: Budgeted out of Casino Rama revenues.
A. Brenda: Parcels bought were shown on maps at meeting last year.
Q. Arnold: Severance packages abused when people leave and come back. There should be a time limit...Where you have to be out of C&C for 3 terms.
A. George: I took it once, that wasn't my plan.
Q. Arnold: There should not be such a gaping hole.
A. Chief: That person has to build up to ...
Q. Arnold: Should it be stopped?
A. Chief: It is up to the people at this table.
A. George: I ran, people me in.
Q. Arnold: If you get voted out -- you shouldn't be able to run again and if you don't run, you shouldn't be able to run again. I heard statements were made like "I'm going to run again because I need the money". The people make the decision knowing or not knowing.
Q. Dawn: People who leave a job don't get a severance and if Rodney left the position by not running, they should not get a severance either.
Q. Sara: Yes, there should be a severance package if you are not going to run again. But it should have been $35,000 according to the labour board. The formula has to be amended. Give them 3 months to find employment.
Q. Arnold: Can't bleed the system. The system cannot handle it! The financial golden goose is going to be dead!
A. Ron: We see that.
Q. Arnold: $1000 clothing allowance should be abolished. Can you just pass something here right now?
Chief adjourned the meeting stating she did not eat lunch or dinner and everyone is tired.
Meeting adjourned approximately 9:45pm.
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Educational statement did not clarify anything. What are Georges diplomas in? and his certificates are what??? Ron recognizes that the budget must be brought in line...from where?
ReplyDeleteIf the land purchased is part of the of the land claim settlement as put forth by George, then will the money used to secure these parcels be given to the community along with the eventual land claim? Why is this money not being given by Canadian Gov. for the replacement of stolen land? rather than from the Rama casino funds?
So much secrecy it's ridiculous, and when C$C do respond to something, they speak out of both sides of their mouths!
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