Monthly Tribal Council Meeting

By Iretta Tiger

TAMPA — On May 18, the Seminole Tribal Council held its May meeting at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

Chairman Mitchell Cypress and the Council bid farewell to Councilman Roger Smith. This was Smith’s last Council meeting. Smith thanked the Council.

The first agenda to be addressed was the tabled item which remained tabled without further comment. Items on the consent agenda were in regards to homesite leases on the Brighton and B.C. reservations, business leases and business permits. All were passed in one vote.

An interesting item on the regular agenda was for the Tribe to buy back homes from Tribal members. The homes are on the reservations which cannot be sold to non-Tribal peoples and the homes will be reassigned to those Tribal citizens on Housing’s waiting list.

Utilities Director Susie Kippenberger gave an update on the 1995 conception plan for the Immokalee reservation. The plan is for further development of the reservation. Kippenberger also stated that the Utilities department has modernized the plan.

The Council passed the resolution for Utilities to implement the updated version of the master plan.

The next Council meeting will be on June 17 at the Big Cypress reservation.