DRAFT AGENDA

(Subject to Revision)

 

SELECT COMMITTEE ON TRIBAL RELATIONS

 

Meeting with the Joint Judiciary Interim Committee

 

Chief's Tech Center

(next to Wyoming Indian High School)

638 Blue Sky Highway

Ethete

 

Tuesday

June 19, 2012

 

 

1:30 p.m.        Roll call, Welcome and Opening remarks

        

·         Introduction Committee members, Tribal, State and government officials

 

1:45 p.m.        Law Enforcement: Crime Rate Reduction

 

·         Doug Noseep, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Special Agent in Charge

·         Will Mathews, Wind River Agency Chief of Police

·         Hon. John St. Clair, Chief Judge, Shoshone and Arapaho Tribal Court

·         Roma Jimerson, Shoshone and Arapaho Tribal Prosecutor

·         Christopher "Kip" Crofts, United States Attorney

·         Kerry Jacobson, Assistant United States Attorney

·         Paul Swenson, Federal Bureau of Investigation

·         Keja Whiteman, Fremont County Commissioner

·         Affie Ellis, Commissioner, Indian Law and Order Commission

·         Jack "Skip" Hornecker, Fremont County Sheriff

·         Brian Varn, Fremont County and Prosecuting Attorney

·         Kebin Haller, Division of Criminal Investigation Deputy Director

·         Tony Young, Governor's Office Deputy Chief of Staff

·         Members of the Northern Arapaho Business Council

·         Members of the Eastern Shoshone Business Council

 

4:30 p.m.        Public Comment

 

 

 

 

 

 

DRAFT AGENDA

(Subject to Revision)

 

SELECT COMMITTEE ON TRIBAL RELATIONS

 

Chief's Tech Center

(next to Wyoming Indian High School)

638 Blue Sky Highway

Ethete WY 82520

 

Wednesday

June 20, 2012

 

                       

9:00 a.m.         Roll Call, Welcome and Opening Remarks

 

v  Tribute to and Remembrance of Eddie Wadda, Eastern Shoshone Tribal Liaison

 

9:15 a.m.         Health Care

 

v  Education Opportunities

 

o   Dan Neal, Equality State Policy Center

o   Dr. Matthew Huntsaker, Director, Rural Medical Education, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford

o   Michael Glasser, Associate Dean, National Center For Rural Health Professions, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford

o   Marlin Spoonhunter, President, Wind River Tribal College

o   Kathy Wells, Nursing Program Director, Central Wyoming College

o   Members of the Northern Arapaho Business Council

o   Members of the Eastern Shoshone Business Council

 

v  Update on Community Health Center

 

o   Jan Drury, Wyoming Primary Care Association

o   Members of the Northern Arapaho Business Council

o   Members of the Eastern Shoshone Business Council

 

10:15 a.m.       Utilities and Infrastructure

 

·         Natural Gas Update

 

o   Norm Long, SourceGas Manager of Government and Community Affairs

o   Rod Wietzki, SourceGas Manager of Division Operations

o   Shey Charter, SourceGas Representative of Load Growth

o   Jody Levin, Levin Strategic Resources

o   Members of the Northern Arapaho Business Council

o   Members of the Eastern Shoshone Business Council

 

·         Broadband Update

 

o   Mike Kenney, General Manager, Dubois Telephone Exchange

o   Troy Babbitt, Dept. of Enterprise Technology Services Broadband Coordinator

o   Members of the Northern Arapaho Business Council

o   Members of the Eastern Shoshone Business Council

 

11:00 a.m.       Water Issues

 

v  Bureau of Reclamation Bull Lake Reservoir Fill Policies

 

o   Coleman Smith, Area Manager, Bureau of Reclamation Wyoming Area Office

 

v  Cloud Seeding

 

o   Mike Purcell, Water Development Commission Director

o   Members of the Northern Arapaho Business Council

o   Members of the Eastern Shoshone Business Council

 

12:00 p.m.      Lunch

 

 

1:30 p.m.        Tribal Liaison Update         

 

·         Gary Collins, Northern Arapaho Tribal Liaison

·         Tony Young, Governor's Office Deputy Chief of Staff

·         Jillian Balow, Governor's Office Human Services Policy Advisor

·         Members of the Northern Arapaho Business Council

·         Members of the Eastern Shoshone Business Council

 

2:00 p.m.        Wind River Development Fund Update

 

·      Brett White, Wind River Development Fund Executive Director          

 

2:30 p.m.        Teton Raptor Center

 

·         Lisa Lord Price, Associate Director Teton Raptor Center

·         Amy McCarthy, Executive Director Teton Raptor Center

 

3:30 p.m.        Public Comment