Tribal Council re-elects Leno to chairmanship

Tribal Council selected Reyn Leno as its chairman for the third year in a row at the Wednesday, Sept. 10, meeting.
Leno, who was re-elected to Tribal Council for his seventh consecutive three-year term during the Sept. 6 Tribal election, received five votes while Tribal Council member Cheryle A. Kennedy, who has served previously as chair, received three votes.
Tribal Council member Denise Harvey nominated current Tribal Council Secretary Toby McClary for the chairmanship, but McClary declined the nomination. Harvey abstained in voting for a chair candidate.
Jack Giffen Jr. remains in the position of Tribal Council vice chair.
In other action on Sept. 10, Tribal Council approved Land and Culture Department Manager Jan Looking Wolf Reibach to execute license agreements with area farmers for the 2015 harvest season and OK'd three engine/crew bosses in the Natural Resources Department to be issued Tribal credit cards.
Tribal Council also appointed Kennedy as its representative to the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians and the payment of $2,400 in annual dues to the organization.
Also, Tribal Council approved the enrollment of 11 non-infants and four infants into the Tribe.
The Sept. 10 meeting was the first for newly elected Tribal Council members Chris Mercier and Tonya Gleason-Shepek.
Tribal Council member Jon A. George and Jade Unger provided the cultural drumming and singing to open the meeting.
The meeting can be viewed on the Tribal website, www.grandronde.org, under the Video tab.