Tribal Council approves Housing software contract

By Danielle Harrison

Smoke Signals editor

Tribal Council approved a contract between the Tribal Housing Department and Yardi of Santa Barbara, California, during its Wednesday, July 26, meeting.

Yardi is a property management software company with more than 30 North American offices. The Housing Department has worked with the company in the past, purchasing $25,000 of new housing management software in October 2022.

Housing Department Manager Shonn Leno said during the Tuesday, July 25, Legislative Action Committee meeting that he wanted to continue with purchasing the company’s software because the current software being used is outdated.

However, Leno added, the Tribe did not want to proceed with how Yardi wanted to set up online bill paying, but the department will pursue online bill paying with another company.

In other action, Tribal Council:

• Approved termination of the Tribe’s contract with auditing firm RSM US LLC. Tribal Council approved hiring REDW LLC of Albuquerque, N.M., to conduct the Tribe’s 2022 and 2023 audits in August 2022. The termination letter will allow REDW to also conduct the 2021 audit;
• And enrolled one infant into the Tribe because they meet the enrollment requirements stated in the Tribal Constitution and Enrollment Ordinance, and denied enrollment of one infant because they did not meet the requirements.

To watch the entire meeting, visit the Tribal government’s website at www.grandronde.org and click on the Government tab and then Videos.