Daily Archives: February 4, 2014

Decentralization: Experienced Navajo attorneys ready to return home

Here at joint meeting of Budget and Finance Committee and Resources and Development Committee where Committees continue debating Decentralization Project Report by Division of Community Development Director Leonard Chee. DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL DANA BOBROFF Whether getting attorneys out to local government is done under Decentralization or Regionalization, Navajo Department of Justice has been working towards […]

Decentralization: Chapter government structure outlived

Here at joint meeting of Budget and Finance Committee and Resources and Development Committee where Committees continue debating Decentralization Project Report by Division of Community Development Director Leonard Chee. DELEGATE LORENZO CURLEY, B&F COMMITTEE MEMBER I’m reading in report that this is an extension of Local Governance Services Centers which means central government will still […]

Decentralization is step back

Here at joint meeting of Budget and Finance Committee and Resources and Development Committee where debate continues on Decentralization Project report from Division of Community Development Director Leonard Chee. DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE, RDC COMMITTEE MEMBER Started in 1990 with government reform but I see us all at nursing homes and newspapers headlines, “Navajo Council still […]

Decentralization: hiring of attorneys and accountants benefit chapters

Here at joint meeting of Budget and Finance Committee and Resources and Development Committee and the debate continues on a Decentralization Report by Navajo Division of Community Development Director Leonard Chee. It’s now 4:40 pm and the Council chamber is finally temperate warm It was freezing when I arrived about 1 p.m. DELEGATE WITHERSPOON I […]

Decentralization not done deal

Here at joint meeting of Budget and Finance Committee and Resources and Development Committee which continues to debate report on Decentralization from Division of Community Development Director Leonard Chee. DELEGATE ELMER BEGAY, RDC COMMITTEE MEMBER I read this Decentralization Report and it still has DCD holding some local government powers. And I don’t agree with […]

Decentralization: Some chapters afraid

Here at joint meting of Budget & Finance Committee and Resources & Development Committee which continues to debate Decentralization Report from Navajo Nation Division of Community Development Director Leonard Chee. DELEGATE MEL BEGAY, B&F COMMITTEE MEMBER We spend about $40 million on Local Governance Service Centers and yet the number of certified chapters remains at […]

Decentralization: Chapter coordinators wear too many hats

Still here at joint meeting of Navajo Council’s Budget & Finance Committee and Resources & Development Committee where the debate continues over a report from Navajo Nation Division of Community Development Director Leonard Chee on Decentralization. DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE, RDC COMMITTEE MEMBER First time heard about $2 million for Decentralization Project was with Navajo Department […]

Decentralization Report

Here at joint meeting of Budget and Finance Committee and Resources and DEvelopment Committee where Joint Committee Chairperson LoRenzo Bates called for Report on Decentralization. Bates recalls that the Council appropriated $2 million for the Decentralization Project. NAVAJO NATION DIVISION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR LEONARD CHEE Directive to DCD in July 2013 and formed Decentralization […]

Joint Committees lose quorum but continue with Reports

Here at joint meeting of Budget & Finance Committee and Resources & Development Committee. The Committees have been debating a REPORT by Delegate Witherspoon RDC CHAIRPERSON KATHERINE BENALLY I asked NDOT if they support. NDOT told me it was not their legislation. NDOT DIRECTOR PAULSON CHACO This is not our legislation and we commented on […]

Increase Road Fund by terminating set asides for all Trust Funds

Here at Joint meeting of Budget and Finance Committee and Resources & Development Committee which has been debating amendments to Navajo Nation Road Fund Regulations since they started their joint meeting which was about 1:20 pm today. The Council chamber has quite a few employees of Navajo Department of Transportation. DELEGATE DANNY SIMPSON, B&F COMMITTEE […]