Accounting Department
Mission Statement
To assist the Tribal Council, Tribal Chairman, all Departments and Programs, as well Tribal Citizens with appropriate information to make informed decisions in the allocation of Tribal Resources to promote the long term financial stability of the Tribe.
Vision Statement
To have a well developed accounting department that provides friendly service, accurate, useful and timely information to all branches of government and all departments and subsidiaries of the government.
Program Summary
The LTBB Accounting department strives to continually provide accurate and timely financial information to all of its users. We currently have a staff of 10 which includes the CFO, Controller, contracts accountant, senior accountant, staff accountant, enterprise accountant, two purchasing and travel technicians, two payroll technicians and an accounts payable technician.
The department creates monthly financial statements for over 165 programs each year with 75 to 85 of those involving funds from grants. The department is also responsible for the processing of weekly payroll for approximately 240 employees, commissioners and Tribal Council members each week. Purchasing and accounts payable process over 1,000 transactions each month. The department is also responsible for the annual report, both financial and performance, the annual audit, preparing and monitoring the annual budget, as well as a host of other monitoring and processing tasks. There is rarely down time in the department and the staff is always busy working on one task or another.
Contract Functions
The purpose of the contracts personnel is to insure that all contracting actions undertaken by the tribal government are conducted in an un-biased, ethical, and cost advantageous manner. The contract personnel monitors contracts to assure compliance with Tribal Policies as well as applicable federal regulations in order to protect continuance of federal funding.
The use of fair and open competition procedures insures that all tribal members who are interested in contracting with the tribe are given a fair opportunity to do so.
The contracts for which the contracts personnel are responsible for are Consulting, Technical Assistance, Training, Research, Management Assistance, and Maintenance type services.
For Contracts Contact:
Purchasing Technician: Mandy Ragland
Interim CFO: Cheryl Kishigo-Lesky
Location: 7500 Odawa Circle, Harbor Springs, MI 49740
Contact Number: (231) 242-1439
Fax Number: (231) 242-1449
E-mail Address: MRagland@ltbbodawa-nsn.gov
CFO: Vacant (231) 242-1436
Interim CFO: Cheryl Kishigo-Lesky (231) 242-1436
Interim Controller/Enterprise Accountant:
Carrie Carlson (231) 242-1444
SR. Staff Accountant: Mel Kiogima II (231) 242-1437
Staff Accountant: Arthur Gerhardt (231) 242-1447
Accounts Payable: Toni Gasco (231) 242-1441
Payroll Technician: Angela Friend (231) 242-1438
Payroll Technician I: Jessica Searles (231) 242-1541
Purchasing Technician: Mandy Ragland (231) 242-1439
Accounting Clerk: Melissa Uutinen (231) 242-1435
Current Location: 7500 Odawa Circle, Harbor Springs, MI 49740
Fax Number: (231) 242-1445
E-mail Address: ckishigo@ltbbodawa-nsn.gov