In: Ratitsénhaienhs Cody Diabo (Chairperson), Jeremiah Johnson, Paul Rice, Melanie Morrison, Ryan Montour, Jeffrey Diabo, David Diabo, Stephen McComber, Ross Montour, Tonya Perron, Arnold Boyer
Out: Ratsénhaienhs Iohahí:io Delisle (Medical Leave)
Also Present: Gregory Ryan-Robertson (Council Meeting Administrator) and Lisa Lahache (Public Relations); and for Housekeeping only: Taiawentetie Hemlock and Tyanna Kirby (Executive Assistants)
Housekeeping
- Ohén:ton Karihwatéhkwen by Ryan Montour and David Diabo
- Cheque Signers: Tonya Perron, Melanie Morrison
- 2nd Annual Office Wheelchair Challenge (June 4) David Diabo
- Community Meeting Summer Break Approved as Community Meeting agenda item
- National Waste Conference – Ryan Montour, Arnold Boyer (Montreal – May 27-28) Approved pending availability
- Minute Approval – January 27, 2025 Deferred
- Public Relations Items: Ratitsénhaienhs Report – Cody Diabo (May 20 air date), MCK Friday Arnold Boyer and Tonya Perron (May 16), Monthly Reports due May 21 For information purposes only
- Paul Rice: Tuesday: Bill S-268/Gaming meeting; Wednesday: Finance, Administration & Operations Committee (FAO) monthly meeting, Community Engagement lunch; Thursday: Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) NetZero Summit; Friday: Executive Limitations Policy Working Group, Canadian Pacific Kansas City Rail (CPKC) Preparatory and CPKC/Lands meetings; Out of office dates: May 23, July 17-18, September 4-5 (Wellness)
- Jeremiah Johnson: Tuesday: Kahnawà:ke Governance (KGOV) meeting; Wednesday: Community Engagement lunch, Education Portfolio Mandate meetings and 207 Longhouse meeting at Golden Age Club; Thursday: Social Support & Development, Cannabis, Client Based Services (CBS) Committee, and Mortgage Reconciliation meetings; Friday: Kanawaki Golf Club, Kahnawà:ke Legislative Commission (KLC), and KGOV meetings
- Melanie Morrison: Monday: Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language & Cultural Center Board meeting; Tuesday: KGOV meeting; Wednesday: FAO monthly meeting, Community Engagement lunch and 207 Longhouse meeting at Golden Age Club; Thursday: Olympic Lab meeting, and meeting with Tricia Collier from CBS; Friday: Public Security Wage Parity and KGOV meetings
- Ryan Montour: Wednesday: Community Engagement lunch and 207 Longhouse meeting at Golden Age Club; Thursday: Social Supports & Development Portfolio and CBS Committee meetings; Friday: Public Security Wage Parity, Mortgage Reconciliation, and Tobacco File internal meetings
- Jeffrey Diabo: Wednesday: Education Portfolio meeting, Community Engagement lunch and 207 Longhouse meeting at Golden Age Club; Friday: Public Security Wage Parity and Tobacco File internal meetings
- David Diabo: Wednesday: Community Engagement lunch and 207 Longhouse meeting at Golden Age Club; Thursday: Kanien’kehá:ka Rights & Research (KRR) and The Firelight Group (Firelight) meetings; Friday: Public Security Wage Parity, Kanawaki Golf club, CPKC Preparatory and CPKC/Lands meetings
- Stephen McComber: Wednesday: Community Engagement lunch and Sustainable Development meeting; Thursday: Olympic Lab meeting and Tetewathá:ren appearance on Sustainable Development; Out of office dates: June 1-3 (Sustainable Development meeting in Six Nations)
- Ross Montour: Tuesday: KGOV meeting; Wednesday: Consultation Committee meeting and Community Engagement lunch; Thursday: KRR, Firelight Preparatory and meeting with Firelight meetings; Friday: Seigneury of Sault Saint Louis (SSSL) and KGOV meetings
- Tonya Perron: Wednesday: FAO meeting and Community Engagement lunch; Thursday: Meeting with Grand Chief and Executive Director; Cannabis file and KLS meetings; Friday: Executive Limitations Policy Working Group, Tetewathá:ren noon hour talk show on K1037
- Arnold Boyer: Wednesday: meeting with Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable du Québec and Community Engagement lunch, out pm (Wellness); Thursday: Social Supports & Development Portfolio and CBS Committee meetings; Friday: Tetewathá:ren noon hour talk show on K1037
- Cody Diabo: Tuesday: Meeting on Bill S-268/Gaming meeting; Wednesday: Jay Treaty Border Alliance Executive Committee virtual meeting, Community Engagement lunch, and 207 Longhouse meeting at Golden Age Club; Thursday: Meeting with Executive Director; Friday: Executive Limitations Policy Working Group and SSSL meetings
Revised Administration Unit Mandate
Presence of: Dawn Marquis-Deere (Executive Administrative Officer), and Donna McCarthy (Director of Administrative Services) Portfolio Chief: Paul Rice
Review of Revised Administration Unit Mandate.
Approved in principle pending drafting of a Mohawk Council Executive Directive
Mohawk Council Executive Directive: Re-appointment of a Commissioner to the Kahnawà:ke Gaming Commission
Presence of Dennis Diabo (OCC Project Leader) Portfolio Chief: Chief Paul Rice
Request to the Council of Chiefs to approve the reappointment of Janice Beauvais as Commissioner of the Kahnawà:ke Gaming Commission for a two-year term, effective May 24, 2025.
Passed by Consensus. Abstention: Jeremiah Johnson
Mohawk Council Executive Directive: Transfer to Kahnawà:ke
Presence of Melanie Gilbert (General Manager of the Office of the Kanien’keháka of Kahnawà:ke Registry) Portfolio Chief: Jeremiah Johnson
Request to transfer to Kahnawà:ke. The individual has met the criteria of the Kahnawà:ke Kanien’kehá:ka Registry (KKR) and was added to the KKR on April 30, 2025.
Passed by consensus
Iles Aux Tourtes litigation direction
Presence of Katie Spillane (MCK Legal Counsel) Portfolio Chief: Chief Ross Montour
This item is Client-Attorney Privileged
Executive Updates
Presence of Onerahtokha Marquis
Onerahtokha Marquis updated on Human Resources and Asset Management
Ratitsénhaienhs Updates
Paul Rice updated on Investment Revenue, Gaming, Economic Development, Administrative Affairs
Arnold Boyer updated on Infrastructure, Transport & Operations
Confidential Discussion
Presence of Onerahtokha Marquis (Executive Director), Marylee Armstrong (Director of Legal Services), Suzanne Jackson (MCK Legal Counsel), Vernon Goodleaf (OCC General Manager of Operations), Brandon McComber (OCC Technician), Darlene Alfred (Kahnawà:ke Cannabis Control Board), Tara Jacobs (Kahnawà:ke Cannabis Control Board), Jennifer Paul (Operations Manager, Kahnawà:ke Cannabis Control Office) Note: Absence of Paul Rice
This item is Client-Attorney Privileged
Adjournment
Closing by Stephen McComber. Meeting adjourned at 4:25pm
