BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEEOF THE

23d NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL

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Date: December 5, 2017

Place: Navajo Nation Council Chambers — Window Rock, AZ

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Lee Jack, Sr., Member ______ _______ ___________________Ft. Defiance Agency

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AGENDAOF THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITI’EE

OF THE NAVAJO NATION COUNCILDecember 5, 2017

Regular Meeting10 a.m.

Presiding: Seth Damon, ChairpersonDwight Witherspoon, Vice Chairperson

Place: Budget and Finance Committee Conference Room, Window Rock, Navajo NationMembers Present:

Lee Jack, Sr. Tuchoney Slim, Jr.Tom T. Chee Leonard TsosieSeth Damon Dwight Witherspoon

1. Call the Meeting to Order; the Roll Call; the Invocation;Announcements;

2. Recognize Guests and Visiting Officials3. Review and Adopt the Agenda4. Review and Adopt the Journal: none5. Receive Reports:

a. NAAA Sanction — presented by Elizabeth Begay, AuditorGeneral, Office of the Auditor General with LaVern Wyaco

b. A Second Follow-up Internal Audit of the Navajo Division ofTransportation — presented by Helen Brown, Auditor, Office ofthe Auditor General with Garrett Silversmith, Director, NavajoDivision of Transportation

6. Old Business:a. Legislation No. 0383-17: An Action Relating to Health,

Education and Human Services and the Budget and FinanceCommittees; Amending BFO-27-14 to Extend the Time Period toImplement the Corrective Action Plan Submitted by the Departmentof Personnel Management Sponsored by Jonathan L. Hale, CouncilDelegate [Read into record November 7, 2017; Main motion held byLee Jack Sr. Seconded by Tuchoney Slim Jr.; Tabling Motion byDwight Witherspoon Seconded by Lee Jack Sr. Vote: 3-0; tabled untilDirector ofDPM is in attendance]

7. New Business:

a. Legislation No. 0365-16: An Action Relating to Resources andDevelopment Committee, Budget and Finance Committee;Naabikiyati Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving

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Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved, Undesignated FundBalance in the Amount of $66,628.13 for the Joe Family Power LineExtension Project; Waiving 12 N.N.C. §~ 820 (I) and 860 (C) Relatingto the Capital Improvement Process Sponsored by Davis Filfred,Council Delegate

b. Legislation No. 0335-17: An Act Relating to Law and Order,Budget and Finance, Naabikiyati and the Navajo Nation Council;Amending Per Diem Provisions of 2 N.N.C. § 874(F) Sponsored byDavis Filfred, Council Delegate

c. Legislation No. 009-17: An Action Relating to Law and Order;Budget and Finance, and Naabikiyati Committees; RespectfullyRequesting the Secretary of the Department of Interior to Adhere tothe Annual Funding Agreement in Accordance with the Self-Determination Contract Under 25 U.S.C. § 450, et seq. For LawEnforcement-Patrol Services Sponsored by Edmund Yazzie, CouncilDelegate

d. Legislation No. 0455-17: An Action Relating to Law and Order,Budget and Finance and Naabikiyati Committees; Approving andAuthorizing the Renewal Model io8 Contract (P.L. 93-638) and theAnnual Funding Agreement Between the Navajo Nation and UnitedStates Department of the Interior for Adult Detention Services for thePeriod January 1, 2018 Through December 31, 2018 Sponsored byJonathan Perry, Council Delegate

e. Legislation No. 0456-17: An Action Relating to Law and Order,Budget and Finance and Naabikiyati Committees; Approving andAuthorizing the Renewal Model io8 Contract (P.L. 93-638) and theAnnual Funding Agreement Between the Navajo Nation and UnitedStates Department of the Interior for Juvenile Detention Services forthe Period January 1, 2018 Through December 31, 2018 Sponsored byJonathan Perry, Council Delegate

f. Legislation No. 0457-17: An Action Relating to Budget andFinance Committee; Approving the Amendment of the Navajo NationMaster Investment Policy to Clarify Ambiguous Language Sponsoredby Dwight Witherspoon, Council Delegate

g. Legislation No. 0462-17: An Action Relating to Budget andFinance Committee; Approving the Loan and Loan DocumentsBetween the Navajo Nation, Acting by and Through the Budget andFinance Committee, as the Lender, and the Navajo Nation GamingEnterprise, as the Borrower, to Partially Fund the Sihasin Fund TwinArrows Travel Center Development Project Pursuant to NavajoNation Council Resolution CJY-39-16 Sponsored by Seth A. Damonand Norman M. Begay, Council Delegates

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h. Legislation No. 0447-17: An Action Relating to Resources andDevelopment, Budget and Finance, Naabikiyati and Navajo NationCouncil; Approving Supplemental Funding from the Unreserved,Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of Seven Hundred andSixty Four Thousand Four Hundred and Eight Dollars ($764,408.00)to Naschiffi Community Governance to Aid in the Replacement ofHomes Lost to the Asaayi Lake Fire and Provided Feed Due to Loss ofGrazing Lands Sponsored by Steven Begay, Dwight Witherspoon,Amber Crotty, Nelson BeGaye and Norman Begay, Council Delegates

Legislation No. 0396-17: An Action Relating to Health,Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, Naabikiyati, andNavajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from theUnreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of ThreeHundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) for Toyei Industries, Inc.BU#119o3o Sponsored by Nathaniel Brown and Jonathan L. Hale,Council Delegates

j. Legislation No. 0432-17: An Action Relating to Health,Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, Naabikiyati andNavajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding From theUnreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of TwoMillion Eight Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty-Nine Dollars ($2,885,869.00) for Navajo Area Agency on AgingSponsored by Amber Crotty, Jonathan Hale, Nelson BeGaye andNorman Begay, Council Delegates

k. Legislation No. 0434-17: An Action Relating to Health,Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, Naabikiyati, andNavajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from theUnreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of FiveThousand Four Hundred and Eighty Dollars ($5,480.00) to theNavajo Nation Department of Health for Disallowed Costs Sponsoredby Jonathan L. Hale, Norman M. Begay and Nelson BeGaye, CouncilDelegates

Legislation No. 0435-17: An Action Relating to Health,Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, Naabikiyati andNavajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from theUnreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of TwoHundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) to the Navajo NationOffice of Navajo Uranium Workers to Make Repairs to the ExistingModular Sponsored by Amber Crotty, Jonathan Hale, NormanBegay and Nelson BeGaye, Council Delegates

m. Legislation No. 0436-17: An Action Relating to Health,Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, Naabikiyati andNavajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from theUnreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of Fifty-FiveThousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Five Dollars ($55,785.00) to the

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Navajo Nation Department of Health for Payment of the BalanceOutstanding in the Settlement Agreement as Ordered by the NavajoNation Labor Commission Sponsored by Jonathan Hale, NormanBegay and Nelson BeGaye, Council Delegates

n. Legislation No. 0439-17: An Action Relating to Health,Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, Naabikiyati andNavajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from theUnreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of OneHundred Thousand Dollars ($ioo,ooo.oo) to the Department of DineEducation Office of Standards, Curriculum and AssessmentDevelopment Sponsored by Jonathan Hale, Nelson BeGaye, NormanBegay and Amber Crotty, Council Delegates

o. Legislation No. 0443-17: An Action Relating to Health,Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, Naabikiyati andNavajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from theUnreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of$30,189.00 to the Office of Dine Youth Administration; $109,564.00to the Tuba City Agency; $194,937.00 to the Fort Defiance Agency;$i68,~8o.oo to the Chinle Agency; $69,952.00 to the ShiprockAgency; and $174,929.00 to the Crownpoint Agency Sponsored byJonathan Hale, Nelson BeGaye and Norman Begay, CouncilDelegates

p. Legislation No. 0445-17: An Action Relating to Health,Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, Naabikiyati andNavajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from theUnreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of$i,6oo,ooo.oo to the Department of Dine Education, Office of NavajoNation Scholarship and Financial Assistance Sponsored by JonathanHale, Norman Begay, Amber Crotty and Nelson BeGaye, CouncilDelegates

q. Legislation No. 0449-17: An Action Relating to Health,Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, Naabikiyati andNavajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from theUnreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of$190,649.00 to the Department of Dine Education, Office of NavajoNation Library Sponsored by Jonathan Hale, Norman Begay, NelsonBeGaye, andAmber Crotty, Council Delegates

r. Legislation No. 0450-17: An Action Relating to Health,Education and Human Services, Budget and Finance, Naabikiyati andNavajo Nation Council; Approving Supplemental Funding from theUnreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance in the Amount of TwoHundred Thirty-Four Thousand, Five Hundred Thirty-Eight Dollars($234,538.00) to the Department of Dine Education to Maintain theNavajo Education Information System Sponsored by Jonathan Hale,Norman Begay, Nelson BeGaye and Amber Crotty, Council Delegates

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s. Legislation No. 0440-17: An Action Relating to Law and Order,Budget and Finance, and Naabikiyati Committees and Navajo NationCouncil; Amending CD-68-17, the Navajo Nation Sihasin FundSponsored by Dwight Witherspoon and Walter Phelps, CouncilDelegates

t. Requesting Travel Authorization to attend the Office of theController’s Strategic Session

u. Requesting Travel Authorization to attend the RPAC meeting

v. Requesting Travel Authorization to attend the AnnualStewardship Meeting

w. Requesting a Special Meeting January 9, 2017

8. Close of the Session; Other Announcements; AdjournmentNext Regular Meeting: December 19, 2017

THIS AGENDA IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. The public is advised that the Navajo Nation Council Agenda and the Agendas of the Standing Committees are notfinal until adopted by a majority vote of the Navajo Nation Council or the Standing Committee at a Navajo Nation Council or a Standing Committee meetingpursuant to 2 N.N.C. Th163 and 183, Navajo Nation Council Rule of Order No.7 and Standing Committee Rule ofOrder No.8.

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