Would the reduction of Council stop repeated raids of the Undesignated, Unreserved Fund and other trust fund accounts as the Navajo President claims?
• No, Council reduction would not stop repeated use of the Undesignated, Unreserved Fund or other trust fund accounts. The Navajo people should know the majority of funds Council takes from these funds go back to all 110 Navajo Chapters to be used for direct services of the Navajo people. The Navajo President signs many of these funding appropriation bills as well, funneling millions of dollars into the budget for the Office of the President, but nobody knows how their funds are being utilized. Currently, the Office of the President does not have any kind of policy or procedure in place to govern discretionary funds, but the Office of the Speaker and the Navajo Council has plans in place.
