The ambulance facility’s construction at the Wilma P. Mankiller Health Center in Stilwell is estimated at $4 million
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TAHLEQUAH — Cherokee Nation leaders this month increased the Marshal Service budget by $256,757 for salary hikes.
Shannon Buhl, director of the CN Marshal Service, said the additional funds would be used to bring approximately half of the agency’s 31-officer force up to Bureau of Indian Affairs pay-scale standards.
“Everybody will meet the standard of the BIA now,” Buhl told the Tribal Council on April 15. “Some people get raises just because their salary was actually lower than the BIA.”
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Shannon Buhl, director of the CN Marshal Service, said the additional funds would be used to bring approximately half of the agency’s 31-officer force up to Bureau of Indian Affairs pay-scale standards.
“Everybody will meet the standard of the BIA now,” Buhl told the Tribal Council on April 15. “Some people get raises just because their salary was actually lower than the BIA.”
Councilors also authorize the donation of 85 surplus intravenous pumps from W.W. Hastings Hospital to the Northeastern Health System.
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Veterans Affairs Director Barbara Foreman told legislators that the catalyst for a larger ceremony was “a backlog, actually, of our veterans to be honored.”
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Tribal Councilor Frankie Hargis’s registrar confirmation and the Dist. 7 special election timeline pass the Rules Committee, but not a special Tribal Council meeting due to lack of quorum.
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With nearly 2,000 fluent speakers identified, the Community & Cultural Outreach department will host community events in hopes of identifying more fluent speakers.
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Some Tribal Councilors voice concerns regarding Shawna Baker’s lack of experience in tribal law.
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The funds will be used for housing assistance such as $5.6 million for housing rehabilitation, nearly $4.5 million for the Rental Assistance Program and $3.4 million for the Mortgage Assistance Program.
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The gaming compact supplement will allow Cherokee Casinos to begin offering Las Vegas-style table games such as craps and roulette on Aug. 2.
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Each month the Cherokee Nation recognizes service men and women for their sacrifices and as a way to demonstrate the high regard in which the tribe holds all veterans.
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