TRUTH AND INTEGRITY WITH LAKOTA SPIRIT FEBRUARY 7, 2019

LAKOTA COUNTRY TIMES LEGALS

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the weed board for 2019 to repre-sent the county.

Motion made by Yellow Bull, seconded by Hopkins, to table vol-unteers for Sheriff Herman until a later meeting. Yellow Bull asked the Sheriff to research funding grants for a Deputy Sheriff .

Audrey Martinez met with the board. Motion made by Yellow Bull, seconded by Hopkins to ap-prove Michael Selzer, as an addi-tional deputy coroner at $90.00 call, and to have the Chair meet with BIA to ask for assistance with supplies and autopsy costs.

Motion made by Yellow Bull, seconded by Hopkins, to visit with Tatewin Means to check status on her services as volunteer Deputy State’s Attorney.

Motion made by Yellow Bull, seconded by White Hawk, to approve proclamations to give appreciation of service to the County for Lyla Hutchison, Com-missioner, Arlin Whirlwindhorse, Commissioner and Rex Conroy, Sheriff , and authorize chair to sign such proclamations.

Motion made by Yellow Bull, seconded by White Hawk, to set the private road work hearing for February 1, 2019 meeting as per SDCL 31-11-41 through 31-11-45.

Motion made by Yellow Bull, seconded by Bear Runner, to ap-prove the following resolution:

OGLALA LAKOTA COUNTY RESOLUTION #2019-02

WHEREAS, pursuant to SDCL 12-15-11, the Board of Coun-ty Commissioners at their fi rst meeting shall set a fee for Election Boards and the mileage rate;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RE-SOLVED, that the Oglala Lakota County Board of Commissioners have set the fee for attendance of Election School at $25.00; and

..............................ALL ELEC-TION BOARDS WILL RECEIVE A FLAT FEE OF $115.00; SUPERIN-TENDENTS OF EACH PRECINCT

A FEE OF $135.00; RESOLUTION AND ABSENTEE BOARDS WILL BE SET AT $8.55 PER HOUR, and

ALL PROVISIONAL BOARDS WILL BE SET AT A $20.00 FLAT FEE, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Oglala Lakota County Commissioners set the mileage rate at $.42 per mile for the trans-porting of ballots and ballot boxes by the precinct superintendent.

.Dated this 4th day of January 2019.

/s/Anna Takes The Shield, Chairwoman

ATTEST: Oglala Lakota County Board of Commissioners

/s/Sue Ganje, Oglala Lakota County AuditorMotion made by Yellow Bull,

seconded by Bear Runner, to ap-prove the Veteran’s Service Offi -cer’s monthly reports for August – December of 2018, and further ask the veteran’s service offi cer to come to the February meeting.

Connie Smith, Lakota Times, met with the board. Motion made by Yellow Bull, seconded by Bear Runner, to appoint the Lako-ta Times (previously the Lakota Country Times) as the 2019 legal newspaper.

Lynx Bettelyoun, Highway Su-perintendent, met with the board. Motion made by Yellow Bull, sec-onded by Hopkins, to approve the new rate of $78 per hour for private road work.

Bettelyoun noted that they don’t use the gravel they crush on private road contracts, that gravel is only used on county roads.

Bettelyoun advised the board that the 2019 road project will be County Road #11. Bettelyoun would like to hire Brosz Engineer-ing for the administration of the road project and American Engi-neering for gravel testing. Motion made by Bear Runner, seconded by Yellow Bull, to approve the hir-ing of Brosz Engineering, Inc. for the CR #11 Road Project. Discus-

sion was held on not having one of the contracts at this time. Motion withdrawn by Bear Runner and Yellow Bull.

Motion by Yellow Bull second-ed by Hopkins, to table the engi-neering contracts until the Febru-ary meeting and approve both at the same time.

Motion made by Yellow Bull, seconded by White Hawk, to approve the purchase of motor grader tires in the amount of $6,750.00.

Motion made by Yellow Bull, seconded by White Hawk, to ap-prove load limits on the roads at 10 tons in the spring, until the frost is out of the ground and 30 tons the rest of the year, as per recommendation of the highway superintendent. Yellow Bull asked that the highway superintendent and the sheriff work together on a weight scale on county roads.

Kelli Rhoe, Treasurer, met with the board. Discussion was held about not having a tax moratori-um. Oglala Lakota County sells tax certifi cates. Rhoe would rec-ommend that they continue to do so.

Prairey Walkling, SDSU Ex-tension and Aminah Hassoun, 4-H, met with the board to pres-ent programs that are available. Community gardens and canning could be a possibility. A park in Kyle would be another thing that could be done. Funding is avail-able for these programs and ed-ucational opportunities are also available. Discussion was also held on the possibility of a coun-ty fair. The typical cost of a fair is $5,000.00 per county.

Joe Herman, Sheriff , met with the board. Motion made by Yellow Bull, seconded by White Hawk, to approve purchase of a 2012 Dodge Charger Pursuit police package vehicle, in the amount of $8,000.00.

Discussion was held on the possibility of grants for sheriff

staff and on the possible use of an offi ce at the Highway Shop instead of the Justice Center. Herman will keep commission-ers posted on his decision on this item.

Motion made by Yellow Bull, seconded by Hopkins, to enter into executive session for High-way Superintendent evaluation as per SDCL 1-25-2 (1) at 3:13 p.m.

Meeting reconvened at 3:21 p.m.

Motion made by Yellow Bull, seconded by Hopkins, to approve appointment of Lynx Bettelyoun as Hwy Superintendent for a two-year term.

Motion made by Yellow Bull, seconded by Hopkins, to approve the bills as follows:

GENERAL FUNDAT&T MOBILITY, WIRELESS

PHONE SHERIFF $76.35BEAR RUNNER, RAMON,

MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT $46.20

TAKES THE SHIELD, ANNA, MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT $46.20

FIRST INTERSTATE BANK, FIRST INTERSTATE $34.05

GOLDEN WEST, LOCAL PHONE/EMAIL/LONG DISTANCE $60.91

HOPKINS, ARTHUR L, MILE-AGE REIMBURSEMENT $95.76

OL COUNTY TREASURER, SD DEPT OF REVENUE $3.89

BADLANDS CONSERVA-TION, 2019 ALLOTED BUDGET $2,500.00

WHITE HAWK, EUGENIO, MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT $74.76

YELLOW BULL, WENDELL, MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT $53.76

TOTAL FOR GENERAL FUND $2,991.88

COUNTY ROAD & BRIDGE AT&T MOBILITY, WIRELESS

PHONE SHERIFF $86.09OL COUNTY TREASURER, SD

DEPT OF REVENUE $34.80TOTAL FOR COUNTY ROAD &

BRIDGE $120.89TOTAL PAID BETWEEN

12/29/18 AND 1/4/19 $3,112.77Hopkins spoke of a possible

meeting with Pennington County Commissioners about prisoners.

Motion made by Yellow Bull, seconded by Hopkins, to have Takes The Shield follow up with a meeting with other counties that reside on reservations at the South Dakota Association of County Commissioners Work-shop and Convention.

Motion made by Yellow Bull, seconded by Hopkins, to write a letter to Mark Vargo, Pennington County State’s Attorney, to initi-ate a meeting between Hopkins and Vargo on Law Enforcement.

No public comment was given. Motion made by Yellow Bull, sec-onded by Hopkins, to adjourn at

3:37 p.m./s/ Anna Takes The ShieldAnna Takes The Shield, Chair-

woman Board of Oglala Lakota County

CommissionersATTEST: /s/ Sue GanjeSue Ganje, Oglala Lakota

County AuditorPublished once at the approxi-

mate cost of $166.25

PUBLIC NOTICESTATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,IN CIRCUIT COURTSS.COUNTY OF OGLALA LAKO-

TA.SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT56PRO19-000002In the Matter of the Estate

of ROBERT L. JOHNSON, De-ceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE OF INFORMAL PRO-BATE AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE

Notice is given that on January 11, 2019, the undersigned, whose address is set forth below, was appointed as Personal Repre-sentative of the estate of Robert L. Johnson, deceased. Creditors of the decedent must fi le their claims within four months after the date of the fi rst publication of this Notice or their claims may be barred. Claims may be fi led with the Personal Represen-tative or may be fi led with the Clerk of Courts, Oglala Lakota County, 906 North River Street, Hot Springs, South Dakota 57747, with a copy of the claim mailed to the Personal Representative.

DATED: January 18, 2019.Clay R. Johnson, 659 BIA 33,

Porcupine SD 57772 Curtis S. Jensen, DeMersse-

man Jensen, Tellinghuisen & Huff man, llp - Attorneys for the Personal Representative, 516 5th Street, P.O. Box 1820, Rapid City SD 57709-1820 - (605) 342-2814

Published at the approximate cost of: $31.96

PUBLIC MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

2019 - 2023Tribal Transportation Improve-

ment PlanThe Oglala Sioux Tribe Depart-

ment of Transportation will be hosting a public meeting for the 2019 - 2023 Tribal Transportation Improvement Plan (TTIP). The meeting will be held February 20, 2019 in Pine Ridge, South Dakota at the Oglala Sioux Tribe Depart-ment of Transportation Building from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

The TTIP is a multi-year fi nan-cially constrained list of proposed transportation projects devel-oped by OSTDOT and derived from the Long Range Transporta-tion Plan and Pavement Manage-ment Plan.

The purpose of the meeting is to solicit comments/sugges-tions from the general public and agency/department personnel on the draft 2019 – 2023 TTIP. Copies of the draft TTIP will be available to review at the meeting.

For further information, con-tact: Tonya Huber, KLJ at (605) 721-5553 or Dave Kelly, OST Di-rector of Transportation at (605) 867-5376.

NOTICE OF HEARINGNotice is hereby given that the

Oglala Lakota County Board of Commissioners has set a hear-ing to be held on March 1, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. to determine if the County shall continue contracting with owners of private roads with-in Oglala Lakota County for emer-gency maintenance. Maintenance of private roads by the County is authorized by S.D.C.L. 31-11-41 – 31-11-45.

This hearing will be held at the Courthouse in Hot Springs in the upper level meeting room on the third fl oor. If you are unable to at-tend, written comments may be sent to the County Auditor at 906 N River Street, Hot Springs, SD 57747.

Dated this 1st day of February, 2019.

Sue Ganje, County Auditor - Oglala Lakota County

Published once at the approxi-mate cost of $ 11.20

BIDS & PROPOSALSROSEBUD SIOUX TRIBE

RFP 19-028The Rosebud Sioux Tribe Wan-

bli Wiconi Tipi/JDC will be accept-ing sealed bids for a period of 10 days to replace the existing ther-mostats and controls with a di-rect digital controls (DDC) system and includes a complete installa-tion including a PC/Server, wiring, design, programming, and instal-lation for monitoring and remote operation of the facility.

The DDC System shall be HTML5 web based and accessi-ble from any PC, mobile device, or tablet without the use of ad-ditional software or apps. Floor plan and equipment graphics shall be provided. The system shall have a (3) year parts and (1) Year warranty.

Sealed bids should be submit-ted with a sealed envelope clearly marked (subject: Bid#19-028) on front of the envelope. Failure to mark envelope will result in the no bid and will be mailed back to sender. Rosebud Sioux Tribe will not accept e-mail, fax and or telephone bids. Sealed bids will be accepted until COB 02/13/2019 5:00 pm CDT. All bids will be publicly opened on 02/14/2019 at

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OLCSD Mission: To Strengthen the Lakota Identity and Values of Students and to Assure Their Overall Well-Being and Academic Success.

Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1Ph.# (605) 288-1921 • Fx.# (605) 288-1814PO Box 109, Batesland, South Dakota 57716www.shannon.ws

Oglala Lakota County School District

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The Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1 is accepting applications for the following

administrative position.

CTE High School PrincipalDistrict Wide

Application Period:Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Qualifications:Submit a completed Application. Master’s degree, SD HighSchool Principal certification, minimum 3 years administrativeexperience, CTE High School experience preferred, Valid SouthDakota Driver’s License required. Negative drug test and non-disqualifying background check on file.

Salary: Base pay determined by Oglala Lakota County SchoolDistrict.

Apply to:Ann Red Owl, Human Resources Office

Ann.Redowl@k12.sd.usP.O. Box 109

Batesland, SD 57716PH: 605-288-1921 Fax: 605-288-1814

Apply online: www.olcsd.com

The Oglala County School District provides equal opportunityin employment to all persons regardless of age, race, creed,color, sex, national origin, religion or disability.

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENTThe Crazy Horse School Board is now accepting applications for

the following positions for the 2018-2019 School Year:

SPECIAL EDUCATION ELEMENTARYTEACHER KINDERGARTEN TEACHER

TRANSPORTATION OTHER(4) PART-TIME BUS DRIVER K-12 TAG TEACHER

K-12 MUSIC TEACHER

EXTRA DUTIES MS HEAD BOYS BASKETBALL COACH

MS ASSISTANT BOYS BASKETBALL COACHHS GOLF COACH & HS TRACK

MS CHEERLEADING-BASKETBALLKINDERGARTEN CLASS ADVISOR

LAKOTA DRUM ADVISORNEWSPAPER

ALL CERTIFIED TEACHERS BASE $40,000Applicants must submit a COMPLETE Crazy Horse School application and

all required documentation to:Becky YoungPO Box 260

Wanblee, SD 57577Becky.young@k12.sd.us

Tribal members and/or veterans must submit appropriate documentation for preference. Permanent employment is contingent on a favorable background investigation and drug test

results. Applications with incomplete information will not be considered. For further information you may call the Human Resource Office at (605) 462-6811.

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PO Box 379 • 502 E. Warrior Drive • St. Francis, South Dakota 57572

JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 19, 2018 OR UNTIL FILLED

ST. FRANCIS INDIAN SCHOOL (SFIS)St. Francis Indian School are inviting candidates to apply for the following position(s). These positions will appeal to

those who foster academic excellence from an Indigenous perspective. These successful candidates must have an approachable, collaborative leadership style. We take

A decolonizing approach to administration and teaching, both rooted in Indigenous principles and philosophies. Our faculty, sta�, parents, and school-age children adhere strongly to the twin commitments of accountability to community and academic integrity. SFIS is a Sicangu government-chartered school funded by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). With approximately 700+ Native children and over 100+ faculty and sta�, SFIS provides an opportuni-ty for children to learn in an Oceti Sakowin Oyate environment. Located within the historic Great Sioux Reservation, SFIS is a unique place of learning, providing K12 education for the Sicangu community.

These positions are for the 2018-2019 school year. All Teaching positions require a SD Teacher Certi�cation in the area that applies to your concentration. All Para-educators require a Para-Pro Certi�cate and/or 48 college credits in your area- Highly Quali�ed.

SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT1 - 7-8 SPED TEACHER

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT1 - SECURITY

1 - CUSTODIAN

2019-20 School Year7-12 Assistant Principal

9-12 HS Prinicpal9-12 Tech/Computer Education Teacher

HS Social Studies Teacher7-8 GAT Teacher

K-6 TeacherK-6 1st Grade Teacher

K-6 T1 TeacherK-6 1sr Grade Teacher

1 Superintendant 1 Special -Para-Educator

Admin./Business Dept./Fixed Assets CoordinatorAdmin./Business Dept./Accountant

All open until filledApplications may be emailed/mailed to Esther Blue

Horse HR Director SFIS: ebluehorse@sfisk12.org

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