Add: Timber Symposium Letter

Motion by Scott R. Vele to approve the Special Tribal Council Meeting agenda of Thursday, June 7^th, 2007, as presented. Seconded by Terrie K. Terrio. Motion carried.

Motion by Terrie K. Terrio to accept the Executive Director’s report for April 23 through June 1, 2007. Seconded by Jolene Bowman. Motion carried.

Motion by Terrie K. Terrio to accept the GM’s Monthly report for April 2007. Seconded by Shannon Holsey. Motion carried.

Motion by Terrie K. Terrio to approve the financial statement for Mohican North Star ending April 30, 2007. Seconded by Shannon Holsey.

Roll Call: Scott no, Shan yes, Sterling yes, Jolene yes and Terrie yes. Motion carried.

Motion by Terrie K. Terrio to accept the Mohican Bingo financial statement for April 2007. Seconded by Jolene Bowman.

Roll Call: Scott no, Shan yes, Sterling yes, Jolene yes and Terrie yes. Motion carried.

No action taken at this time, the item will be brought back for Council’s consideration.

Motion by Terrie K. Terrio to approve resolution number 039-07, now therefore be it resolved, that the Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Council hereby requests the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Great Lakes Agency, for the purposes stated above, to process the attached application to the convey the following parcels, commonly known as the "Bartelme II application," consisting of 307.36 acres into federal trust status: The Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NE1/4, NE1/4), Section twenty-six (26) in Township Twenty-eight (28) North, Range Thirteen (13) East, in the Township of Bartelme, Shawano County, Wisconsin; 37.75 acres. The Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NW ¼, SE ¼), and the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SW ¼, SE ¼), Section thirty-one (31) in Township Twenty-eight (28) North, Range Thirteen (13) East, in the Township of Bartelme, Shawano County, Wisconsin; 80 acres. The Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SW 1/4 fractional, NW ¼ ), Section seven (7), in Township Twenty-eight (28) North, Range Thirteen (13) East, in the Township of Bartelme, Shawano County, Wisconsin; 39.72 acres. The Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NE ¼, NW ¼), Section Twenty-seven (27), in Township Twenty-eight (28) North, Range Thirteen (13) East, in the Township of Bartelme, Shawano County, Wisconsin; 40 acres. The Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SE 1/4, NE 1/4), South of the Rail Road, Section Thirty-two (32), and the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SW ¼, NW ¼), South of the Rail Road, Section Thirty-three (33), in Township Twenty-eight (28) North, Range Thirteen (13) East, in the Township of Bartelme, Shawano County, Wisconsin; 69.89 acres. The Southwest ¼ of the Southeast ¼ (SW 1/4, SE 1/4) Section Twenty-three (23), in Township Twenty-eight (28) North, Range Thirteen (13) East, in the Township of Bartelme, Shawano County, Wisconsin; 40 acres. Seconded by Scott R. Vele. Motion carried.

Motion by Terrie K. Terrio to grant the request by Luke Hennigan, as it was approved by the Forestry Committee, to remove 2.5 boards of pulp and 200 ft of saw log timber for the creation of 200 ft access road to the pond. Seconded by Shannon Holsey.

Roll Call: Scott no, Shan yes, Sterling yes, Jolene yes and Terrie yes. Motion carried.

Motion by Scott R. Vele to award the fiscal year 2008 audit bid to Midwest Professionals PLLC, as presented and recommended by the Administrator of Finance and to the Administrator of Finance attempt to negotiate those fees before the awarding of that contract. Seconded by Shannon Holsey.

Roll Call: Scott yes, Shan yes, Sterling no, Jolene yes and Terrie yes. Motion carried. Sterling voted no due to a monetary difference between the bids

Motion by Terrie K. Terrio to honor the request to bid out the seasonal maintenance of the Stockbridge-Munsee Burial Grounds. Seconded by Shannon Holsey.

Roll Call: Scott yes, Shan yes, Sterling no, Jolene yes and Terrie yes. Motion carried.

Motion by Scott R. Vele to post Chapter 53, Employee Rights Ordinance for comment on revisions. Seconded by Terrie K. Terrio. Motion carried.

Motion by Terrie K. Terrio to approve the request for a change in the budget of Human Resources by moving 13,900.00 from wages and redistributing it to employee welfare, drug testing, licensing and phone. Seconded by Jolene Bowman.

Roll Call: Scott no, Shan yes, Sterling yes, Jolene yes and Terrie yes. Motion carried.

Motion by Scott R. Vele to approve the request by the Human Resources Director, which is the Employee Group Benefit Plan Revision Amendment eight as presented. Seconded by Shannon Holsey. Motion carried.

Motion by Scott R. Vele to go along with the recommendation of the Human Resources Director, which will be to allow plan members to purchase a three month supply of maintenance medications at the Tribal Pharmacy for three co-pays, as presented and reviewed. Seconded by Shannon Holsey. Motion carried.

Motion by Scott R. Vele to go along with the Human Resource Director’s recommendation as well as the manager/supervisor over the maintenance position to eliminate the following lines under qualifications, to delete number ten, number fifteen and to change the hours as recommended by the manager/supervisor and as presented by the Human Resources Department for the Maintenance/Custodian position at the Health and Wellness Center. Seconded by Terrie K. Terrio. Motion carried.

No action taken at this time, the President’s comments as well as a review by the Human Resource Director will performed and the description will be brought back to the next Tribal Council Meeting agenda.

Motion by Terrie K. Terrio to approve resolution 040-07, the Tribal Council hereby authorizes the Tribal President to sign the documents to enter into a contract with Pitney Bowes, the Tribal Council hereby grants and approves a limited waiver of the Tribe’s sovereign immunity solely for the limited purpose of enforcement of this contract. Seconded by Shannon Holsey.

Roll Call: Scott no, Shan yes, Sterling yes, Jolene yes and Terrie yes. Motion carried.

Motion by Scott R. Vele to extend the casino contract amendment to reflect the GMP date to July 11, 2007, when it should be provided by Taylor Woodstone. Seconded by Shannon Holsey.

Roll Call: Scott yes, Shan yes, Sterling abstains, Jolene yes and Terrie yes. Motion carried.

Motion by Scott R. Vele to go along with the request of the Grants writer to apply for the ICDBG Grant for an extension of the County A Waterline, which would come down to serve the housing department and that we discussed other possibilities of extending the grant into other areas. Seconded by Shannon Holsey. Motion carried.

No action taken at this time.

Motion by Scott R. Vele to go into Executive Session. Seconded by Sterling Schreiber. Motion carried at 3:29 PM.

Motion by Scott R. Vele to come out of Executive Session. Seconded by Shannon Holsey. Motion carried at 3:44 PM.

While in Executive Session discussion was held on a Forestry Issue.

Motion by Scott R. Vele to table Joe Miller’s request until Forestry brings back revisions to Chapter 22. Seconded by Terrie K. Terrio. Motion carried.

Motion by Scott R. Vele to go along with the Forestry Committee’s recommendation to allow the lot clearing for Cody Miller and to waive the bid process for this and any subsequent lot clearing permits until that ordinance can be revised. Seconded by Terrie K. Terrio. Motion carried.

Motion by Terrie K. Terrio to approve the recommendation of the Forestry Committee to enforce the existing contract terms and to offer a one year extension to complete the project of the Lost Lake Timber Sale. Seconded by Sterling Schreiber. (Contractor was fined for not fulfilling contract)

Roll Call: Scott no, Shan yes, Sterling yes, Jolene yes and Terrie yes. Motion carried.

Motion by Scott R. Vele to go along with the Forestry Committee recommendation to scrap the fire break project behind the three sites Vasquez, Smoke’s, Forestry Office and Roy’s Race Track. Seconded by Shannon Holsey. Motion carried.

Motion by Scott R. Vele to go along with the Forestry Committee’s recommendation to deny the BIA request to share date as committee has not received a copy of the CIF report to review. Seconded by Shannon Holsey. Motion carried.

Motion by Scott R. Vele to go ahead with the Interim Forester’s recommendation and the review by a Forestry Committee Member to waive the enterprise bidding policy and award the Anderson Road logging project to Putnam Log and Pulp and that it be completed in 14-days. Seconded by Terrie K. Terrio.

Roll Call: Scott yes, Shan yes, Sterling abstains, Jolene yes and Terrie yes. Motion carried.

Motion by Scott R. Vele to go along with the Forestry Committee’s recommendation to give Brian Coyhis a wood permit for 10 full cords at $20.00 per cord and have the forestry staff mark his area of cutting with in a reasonable area. Seconded by Sterling Schreiber. Motion carried.

Motion by Terrie K. Terrio to authorize Rod Martin as a delegate and Bert Davids as an alternate at the National Indian Timber Symposium. Seconded by Shannon Holsey.

Roll Call: Scott abstains, Shan yes, Sterling yes, Jolene yes and Terrie yes. Motion carried.

Motion by Scott R. Vele to go into Executive Session. Seconded by Terrie K. Terrio. Motion carried at 4:05 PM.

Motion by Terrie K. Terrio to go back into Regular Session. Seconded by Jolene Bowman. Motion carried at 4:18 PM.

While in Executive Session discussion was held on a contract issue.

Motion by Scott R. Vele to not renew the consultant contract with Waldo "Buck" Martin as an independent contractor to perform lobbying skills. Seconded by Sterling Schreiber.

Roll Call: Scott yes, Shan no, Sterling yes, Jolene no and Terrie no. Motion defeated.

Motion by Terrie K. Terrio to approve an extension of the contract for 30-days and within that timeframe to have a working meeting to discuss the goals and objectives of these services. Seconded by Jolene Bowman.

(A defined calendar of the activities that are covered, the topics, the bills and office visits, a clearly defined calendar with those expenditures for extended 30-days of the contract)

Roll Call: Scott no, Shan yes, Sterling no, Jolene yes and Terrie yes. Motion carried.

Motion by Shannon Holsey to adjourn. Seconded by Terrie K. Terrio. Motion carried at 4:22 PM.