‍Present:

Angus Toulouse
Anna Marie Abitong
Leroy Bennett
McKenzie Toulouse
Michael Abitong
Nelson Toulouse
Nicole Eshkakogan
Paul Eshkakogan (virtual)
Rhonda Stoneypoint
Sheldon Toulouse

Staff:

Andrea Hajt-Jacobs, Assistant Director – Council Secretariat
Meggan McCracken, Finance Manager
Melanie Lazarus, Director of Community Wellness
Natalie Spencer, Human Resources Manager (virtual)
Roger Jones, Assistant Director
Ross Assinewe, Director of Planning & Infrastructure (virtual)
Samantha Keysis
Sean Cassidy, Director of IT and Communications
Shelley Watt-Proulx, Director of Mental Health and Addictions
Wade Owl, Political Office Coordinator

Guests:

David Nahwegahbow, Nahwegahbow Corbiere (virtual)
Gabriel Haythornethwaithe, First Nations With Schools Collective (virtual)
John Lees, Orbis Risk Consulting
Lara Sharp, Nahwegahbow Corbiere (virtual)

Regrets:

Lawrence Solomon

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Opening Prayer by Nelson Toulouse

Meeting called to order @ 5:35 PM.

Motion 2022/12 #01

Sagamok Chief & Council motion to accept the agenda as presented and amended.
Moved by: Arnelda Bennett
Seconded by: McKenzie Toulouse
A/O: 0
Discussion: Include three items; a letter of support, and update on the Mental Health & Addictions Task Force under CWD, and a section on the Little NHL under other business. CARRIED

Motion 2022/12 #02

Sagamok Chief & Council motion to accept the minutes of November 29th, 2022 as presented and amended.
Moved by: Nelson Toulouse
Seconded by: Leroy Bennett
A/O: 0
Discussion: Going forward, Michael Abitong would like his name to be written as Michael instead of the more casual Mike. CARRIED

LaCloche Claim Update

A month ago, an overview was provided regarding the overview of the claim; the LaCloche claim was excluded, and breaches by the Crown are the reason for the exclusion. Ontario has no admitted liability, breach of fiduciary duty, and failing to provide reserve lands among other things. Admission of a survey error, which resulted in the exclusion of 7% of lands that should have been in the reserve claim. In order to make it right, they are returning the LaCloche tract in its entirety to make up for past abuses. NT – what is the reason for Canada not coming to the negotiations table? Canada declined in 2010 to negotiate this claim, and had no obligation under law to set aside reserve land, and were able to do as they pleased. Claim is ready to be filed this month provided that a BCR requesting it is made.

Motion 2022/12 #03

Sagamok Chief & Council motion to accept the wording of BCR 2022-12-105 – Fort LaCloche Tract Claim & Nahwegahbow Corbiere Retainer as determined.
Moved by: Nelson Toulouse
Seconded by: Anna Marie Abitong
A/O: 0
CARRIED

Finance

Motion 2022/12 #04

Sagamok Chief & Council motion to proceed with BCR 2022-12-104 – ISC Trust Revenue Transfer to transfer current and future revenue money from ISC, and to transfer the funds and for the Finance team to engage BMO Wealth to invest the funds in a dedicated account once the funds are received from ISC reporting to the FAC on a quarterly basis on the results.
Moved: Arnelda Bennett
Seconded by: Sheldon Toulouse
A/O: 0
Discussion: Anna Marie Abitong – what do they mean by future revenue? Angus Toulouse – for example, if we have resources that would have royalties that would be remitted to ISC, they would receive them and transfer them back to us. CARRIED

Motion 2022/12 #05

Sagamok Chief & Council motion for Finance to immediately execute a contract with Dent‐X to procure and construct a community center as per quote 5047 option B for $2,329,610.00 minus the outstanding loan amount owing to Sagamok (~$1.1 Million). The building is to be constructed between April and September 2023 and to engage ZCLP to complete the lot 98 site development at a cost not to exceed $450,000 commencing immediately and as weather permits.
Moved by: Anna Marie Abitong
Seconded by: Nelson Toulouse
A/O: 2 – Arnelda Bennett & Nicole Eshkakogan
CARRIED

Motion 2022/12 #06

Sagamok Chief & Council motion to receive the Q2 2022 Financial Report as presented.
Moved by: McKenzie Toulouse
Seconded by: Anna Marie Abitong
A/O: 0
CARRIED

Education

Motion 2022/12 #07

Motion to accept the report and begin development of Education Strategic Plan and process for consideration and approval by Chief and Council.
Moved by: Michael Abitong
Seconded by: Leroy Bennett
A/O: 0
CARRIED

Human Resources & Shared Services

Motion 2022/12 #08

Motion to accept Option 3 among the presented options
Moved by: Nelson Toulouse
Seconded by: Sheldon Toulouse
A/O: 4 – Arnelda Bennett, Rhonda Stoneypoint, Michael Abitong, Leroy Bennett
CARRIED

LNHL

Need to identify teams before December 31st, 2022 Registration deadline, and provide a budget amount to allow them to plan their itinerary; previous years had an amount of $5000.00, that amount may be higher now, approximately $7500.00. This amount should ideally cover the registration fee and the cost of accommodations per team. There may also be additional costs that Angus is willing to sponsor, on a first come, first serve basis as part of his candidacy promises.

Adrienne Eshkakogan is also prepared to assist teams in submitting Dreamcatcher applications to help offset the costs required to participate.

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Motion 2022/12 #09

Sagamok Chief & Council motion to pledge support of $7500.00 plus registration fees for LNHL teams from the community.
Moved by: Sheldon Toulouse
Seconded by: Leroy Bennett
A/O: 1 – Arnelda Bennett
CARRIED

Future Council Meeting Schedule

As discussed previously, the workload of Council and the organization necessitates approximately two meetings a month; one set in the evening at our usual 5:30 PM start time, and one during the work day to discuss departmental items.

In light of this, our next scheduled meetings are slated for January 10th, 2023 in the evening, and proposed day meeting date of January 23rd, 2023.

Motion 2022/12 #10

Sagamok Chief & Council motion to close the meeting.
Moved by: Arnelda Bennett
Seconded by: Michael Abitong
A/O: 0
CARRIED

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