Northern Cheyenne Tribal Housing Authority

Hwy 39N, Lame Deer, MT 59043; phone: (406) 477-6419
“... committed to providing quality and affordable housing services
to eligible Northern Cheyenne tribal families living on tribal lands”

Maintenance Division

GREETINGS FROM MAINTENANCE STAFF

Roger Kills Night Sr., Maintenance Division Manager
Skilled Worker: Alfred Night Walker
TANF Worker, Harlan Round Stone
Julitha Little bird, Secretary/Receptionist
Semi-Skilled Tristan LaRance
TANF Worker, Forrest Old Man
Maintenance Lead Man, Jerry Thex Jr.
Skilled Worker, Alfred Night Walk
TANF Worker; VInce Wilson
General Maintenance Worker, Brian Redstar
Custodian/Janitor, Lori Club Foote
TANF Worker; Arcenia Morrison
Skilled Worker, Thomas Wooden Legs

From the June-July 2010 Newsletter

Our NCTHA Summer Youth Program started again on June 1, 2010 with five (5) Supervisors: Tyson Fox, Benji Headswift, Robert Mc Lean, Shontay Old Mouse, & Shane Fox.

The youth are; Terrace Small, Loranzy Mc Makin, Riston Spang, Gabriel Carlson, Sierra Alexander, Preston Gray, Richard Sees The Ground, Kyla Two Bulls-Phalin, Eva Medicine Horse, Tisha Limpy, William Bahr, Dezbah Beartusk, Joseph Red Thunder, Andrew Thex, Adrienne Haugen, Shawna Young Bear, Tevan Big Head, Kenisha Bird, Dalore Deputee, Todd Elk Shoulder, William Jackman, Wayne Black Wolf Jr., and Kyle Gleason.

Some of the youth workers are busy cleaning and picking up trash, also mowing the yards in all the vacant Low-Rent units, some of the youth workers are restoring and cleaning Recreation areas in all Five (5) Districts.

Some of the youth workers will be participating in the parade on the July 3rd at the Pow-Wow grounds, we like to say thank you to all the youth workers for participating in the parade and wish everyone happy and safe holiday. Hope you all enjoy our 4th of July annual Pow-Wow.

Adrienne Haugen is helping out Julitha Littlebird, Secretary/Receptionist in maintenance department learning how to do work orders, filing and answering the phone, also helping out Lori Club Foot, Janitor/Custodian with some cleaning around the office areas. Julitha well be out of the office from July 5th to the 16th Adrienne will be doing clerical work for Maintenance Division Manager Roger Kills Knight Sr.

From the April 2010 Newsletter

Maintenance Department is advertising two (2) Semi-Skilled Worker’s position as of April 16, 2010 to April 30, 2010 will be closing at 5:00 PM.
Applications can be picked up at the main office make sure you attached your resume with your application.

From Jerry Thex’s Desk

Hi there, I just wanted to inform all the Low-Rent tenants out there, I’ve been busy measuring and checking out the Roof and yards to see what condition there in on 12-05 units in Busby and at Westside in Lame Deer, also a friendly reminder to tenants, please put a work order in as soon as possible if there is any signs of water leaks. We have two maintenance workers on work orders each month now so we should be able to get to your work order as soon as possible depending on the urgency of the problem, so please be patient with us we get anywhere from 60 – 70 work orders a month. We have been doing 70 – 75 work orders and still doing some catch up. Please don’t hesitate to call or come in to make a work order, or check up on your work order to find our why it hasn’t been worked on, sometime we don’t have the material and have to wait until the order gets here.

We most likely are start in August on some routine maintenance on furnaces and clean out the chimneys on furnaces will oil motors and they show you how to change out filters once a month to insure the furnace is working properly.
We will start annual inspections again in later part of August, we will be starting in Lame Deer, on to Busby, than Muddy Cluster and last of all Ashland and Birney.

Ecolab Spray

Ecolab spray will be scheduled on last week of April 29, 2010 for Low-Rent Tenants. The cost of spray is $65.00 for other interested Home Owners who would like to have their home sprayed you can pick up preparation form at Maintenance office to help you prepare for the spray

MUTUAL HELP HOMEOWERS

Mutual Help Residents, you need to fill out Request Form on Furnaces or other emergencies at the main office. The Executive Director, Lafe Haugen needs to approve the request before Maintenance Workers can do the work.

Weekend On-Call System

We are no longer on Weekend On-Call System due to the nice weather we are experiencing now.

From the January 2010 Newsletter

We would like to welcome back Alison Black  who took time off to be with her new born baby girl, glad to have her back with the crew she been doing excellent job filing and entering work orders. We also lost two maintenance workers  they did excellent job while they were working for us and we are going to miss them. We wish them lots of luck at their new job.

Annual inspections were rescheduled and notices were sent out on December 28, 2009 for Muddy Cluster Area. Muddy Cluster Annual Inspections will start on January 19, 2010 at 9:00 A.M. Thank you to all Tenants for their cooperation as we complete our annual inspections.

Project 12-05 -  The Contractor Deno (Four Horn Contractor) has finished installing the new Windows they did excellent job and have started on the Doors & Security Doors for 12-05 Project in Busby (Magic City) & (Westside) in Lame Deer.

Furnace

Mutual Help Residents, you need to fill out Request Form on Furnaces at the main office. The Executive Director, Lafe Haugen needs to approve the request before Maintenance Workers can do the work.

Also a Reminder for the Low-Rent Tenants; please keep the utility area clutter free by the furnace and Hot Water Heaters and check your furnace filters for replacements it will eliminate lots of furnace repairs.

The cold weather is upon us again please check the propane tank on the percentage of the propane keep it at least 10%, if its below 10% call LIHEAP or your Supplier for more propane to avoid water pipe freeze ups. Always check the percentage on your propane tank before you call for service, sometimes you don’t have enough propane to keep the furnace going, Thank you.

Please check the outside faucets for leaks and take the water hose off to keep from freezing.

Ecolab Spray
Ecolab spray will be scheduled on last week of January 28,2010 for Low-Rent Tenants. The cost of spray is $65.00 for other interested Home Owners who would like to have their home sprayed you can pick up preparation form at Maintenance office to help you prepare for the spray

Small Service Contract:
If anyone is interested in Small Service Contracts for cleaning and doing minor repairs for the Low-Rent Units contact Ms. Colleen Spang, Acquisitions Division Manager or Roger Kills Night Sr. Maintenance Division Manager.

Weekend On-Call System

WEEKEND ON-Call SYSTEM STARTED ON OCTOBER 16, 2009 AND WILL END APRIL 2010 OR DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE STARTING DATES ARE ON FRIDAYS @ 5:00 P.M. TO MONDAYS @ 8:00 A.M. THE TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 477-6638.

Maintenance Workers who are On-Call for the month of January 2010 are:

1.       Brian Redstar                    Jan.15, to Jan. 18, 2010

2.       Hadley Shoulderblade      Jan. 22, to Jan. 25, 2010

3.       Jerry Thex                           Jan. 29, to Feb. 1, 2010