menominee indian tribe of wisconsin maintenance department

Maintenance Gordon Dickie Building P.O. Box 910 Keshena, WI 54135 Phone: (715) 799-3341 Fax: (715) 799-5197 Director: Marlin Waupoose
Mission Statement The Menominee Tribal Maintenance Department strives to provide professional, technical, and non-technical support and maintenance services to all tribal programs to create and maintain comfortable, safe, and functional environments. The Menominee Tribal Maintenance Department maintains/manages the Menominee Indian Tribe’s physical plant and assets through efficient utilization of available resources to ensure that the Menominee Indian Tribe can fulfill its mission.
Department Overview The Menominee Tribal Maintenance Department is responsible for the preservation and upkeep of several tribal buildings that include Tribal Headquarters, Gordon Dickie Center, Program Attorney, Law Enforcement Center, Clinic, Neopit Headstart, Library, and Recreation Center. Maintenance and Housekeeping staffs are provided for each facility through this department with the exception of Clinic housekeeping staff. The Tribal Maintenance Department staffing includes the, Maintenance Director, Office Manager, Maintenance/Grounds keeper, Receptionist/Secretary, Inventory/Work Order Clerk, Heating/Cooling Technician, Maintenance/Housekeeper, 3 General Maintenance Workers, 2 Lead Housekeepers (part time) and 6 Housekeepers (part time). One of the most important aspects of the Menominee Tribal Maintenance Department is the maintenance of it facilities under its management. If facilities are not adequately maintained on a regular basis, the long term viability of our tribal programs is threatened and the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin along with its tribal members will lose a valuable resource. In order not to lose this valuable resource, the Menominee Tribal Maintenance Department utilizes a computerized software system program called HDS. HDS will enable the maintenance department to monitor and schedule routine, deferred, and preventive maintenance. It will also track work requests and material inventory. Work Orders for Tribal Departments can now be requested through the Inventory/Work Order Clerk (799-5176) or through the Tribal Office Receptionists’ Station (799-5100). Funding for the Menominee Tribal Maintenance Department’s budgets is obtained through a number of means. The Keshena Law Enforcement Maintenance Budget is funded through the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). The Indian Health Service (IHS) provides maintenance funds for the Menominee Tribal Clinic through 2 programs. All other Tribal Buildings (Headquarters, FIC, Program Attorney, Recreation and Library) are funded through space rent collections. The Tribal Courts and the Neopit Head Start buildings are funded through tribal appropriation. The Maintenance Department has kept expenditures as minimal as possible for all budgets that are funded from space rental collections and tribal appropriation.
Department Directory
Name Title Email Phone Gail Bowman Office Manager gbowman@mitw.org (715) 799-5169 Rebecca Robertson Inventory Clerk rrobertson@mitw.org (715) 799-5176 Gerald Warrington Maintenance Worker () - Greg Waupekenay Maintenance Worker (715) 799-3341