recommendations would be considered by BIA Flathead Agency superintendent Wyman Babby, who would be appointing the consumer council, the make-up of which would include two MVP power customers from Lake County, and one each from Sanders and Missoula counties. The remaining three would be selected "at large".
Of the seven to be selected by the end of the year, at least one but not more than two will be enrolled Tribal members, Therriault pointed out.
The council will be meeting at least four times a year, and members would
Former councilman Louis Adams became a current councilman after he easily won the Nov. 1 special election. Adams will be representing the Arlee district until Dec. 1987, as a replacement for Kevin Howlett, who resigned this past September.
Adams, who was on theCouncil from 1978 to 1982, beat four other hopefuls for the 14-month job.
be paid for their time, he added. Its two main purposes will be to recommend policy to the second consumer group, the five-member policy-making utility board to be appointed by the Tribal Council at the end of this month, and to serve as an appeals board for customer complaints.
He said that people interested in being on the consumer council would be told to state their interest and backgrounds in a letter that should go to either Babby (at Drawer A in Pablo) or to their county commissioner - or both.
The utility board, on the other hand, will have five members, all of whom would be appointed by the Tribal Council. While the only qualifications for consumer