NEW TELECONFERENCE CALL IN NUMBER, 928-223-3960. There is no ACCESS CODE. Again, Please MUTE your phone! Ahe’hee!!
If you wish to Listen to today’s Navajo Council Law & Order Committee meeting, here is the TELECONFERENCE CALL NUMBER: (425) 436-6316, ACCESS CODE: 510953. Please MUTE your phone. Ahe’hee!
According to the proposed agenda of the Law & Order Committee, the housing needs of the Navajo Nation Judicial Branch, Division of Public Safety, and Department of Justice will be presented to the Law & Order Committee.
Navajo Housing Authority will also update the Law & Order on housing for first responders and public safety.
Navajo Gaming or the Navajo Nation government gambling business will Update the Law & Order on the status of the government gambling business, which issued a press release that it would reopen casinos July 27. And once again, the Navajo Nation government-owned gambling business will make their report behind Closed Doors, which has been happening for Years. I kid you not.
The Navajo gambling enterprise issued a June 16 press release, “Best-in-Class Precautionary Practices for the “New Customer Experience. New Normal” for Navajo Gaming Exceeds State, Federal and Industry Standards,” which was based on a survey.
I repeatedly asked for a copy of the Survey and kept being told that the PIO or Public Information Officer, Michele Crank, could answer all questions regarding the “internal survey,” which from the press release appears to be a survey of casino customers. It would seem that the Navajo Nation gambling enterprise would also survey Navajo non-customers since Navajo people basically own the casinos, which were built with the Navajo people’s money, especially Navajo veterans, who had money taken from their trust fund for the tribal gambling business without their knowledge when then Navajo Nation Council Speaker Lorenzo Bates was in office.
Back to the survey – I informed Crank that I need to read the Internal Survey first before I could ask questions. I NEVER received a copy of the Internal Survey.
May Peace Prevail on Mother Earth!
AGENDA OF THE LAW AND ORDER COMMITTEE 24TH NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING – VIA TELECONFERENCE, July 13, 2020, 10:00 A.M.
PRESIDING: Eugenia Charles-Newton, Chairwoman, Otto Tso, Vice Chairperson
[ ] Eugenia Charles-Newton [ ] Otto Tso
[ ] Vince James [ ] Edmund Yazzie
[ ] Eugene Tso
Eugenia Charles-Newton Location: ______________________
Vince James Location: ______________________
Eugene Tso Location: ______________________
Otto Tso Location: ______________________
Edmund Yazzie Location: ______________________
TELECONFERENCE CALL NUMBER: (425) 436-6316, ACCESS CODE: 510953
- Call Special Meeting to Order; Roll Call & Invocation
- Recognize Guests and Visiting Officials
- Review and Adopt Agenda:
(M) (S) (V)
Vote Tally: ECN ( ) VJ ( ) ETSO ( ) OTSO ( ) EY ( ) - Review and Adopt the Journal(s): None
- Receiving Reports:
a. Report from Judicial Branch on the need for housing for Court Staff and others
(M) (S) (V)
Vote Tally: ECN ( ) VJ ( ) ETSO ( ) OTSO ( ) EY ( )
b. Report from Jesse Delmar, Executive Director, NNDPS on the need for housing for DPS and others
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Vote Tally: ECN ( ) VJ ( ) ETSO ( ) OTSO ( ) EY ( )
c. Report from Doreen McPaul, Attorney General, NNDOJ on the need for housing for DOJ Staff and others
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Vote Tally: ECN ( ) VJ ( ) ETSO ( ) OTSO ( ) EY ( )
d. Report from Navajo Housing Authority regarding housing status update for first responders and public safety
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Vote Tally: ECN ( ) VJ ( ) ETSO ( ) OTSO ( ) EY ( )
e. Update report from Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise (NNGE) (will be done in Executive Session)
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Vote Tally: ECN ( ) VJ ( ) ETSO ( ) OTSO ( ) EY ( ) - Old Business:
a. Legislation No. 0135-20: An Action Relating to Law and Order; Approving a Budget Allocation in the Total Amount of $1.6 Million from P.L 93-638 Contract No. A18AV00236 Juvenile Detention to Contract No. A18AV00235 Adult Detention, Programs within the Executive Branch – Sponsors: Honorable Eugene Tso/Honorable
Amber Kanazbah Crotty
(M) Vince James (S) Eugene Tso (V)
Vote Tally: ECN ( ) VJ ( ) ETSO ( ) OTSO ( ) EY ( )
[On June 29, 2020 a motion was made to table the legislation to the next meeting by Eugene Tso, second by Vince James with a vote of 2 in favor 0 opposed, 1 not voting
(Chairwoman Charles-Newton), 1 excused and 1 absent]. - New Business: None
- Close of Meeting, Announcement, and Adjournment
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Vote Tally: ECN ( ) VJ ( ) ETSO ( ) OTSO ( ) EY ( )
Next meeting dates:
July 20, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., via teleconference – Regular meeting
July 27, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., via teleconference – Regular meeting
August 10, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., via teleconference – Regular meeting
August 17, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., via teleconference – Regular meeting
August 24, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., via teleconference – Regular meeting
THIS AGENDA IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE: The public is advised that the Navajo Nation Council Agenda and the Agendas of the Standing
Committees, subcommittees and task forces are not final and adopted by a majority vote of the Navajo Nation Council or the Standing Committees,
Subcommittees or Task Forces at meeting pursuant to 2 N.N.C. §§163 and 183, Navajo Nation Council Rule of Order No. 7, and Standing
Committee Rule of Order No. 8.
