Council Passes Six Resolutions at Meeting

By Felix DoBosz

BIG CYPRESS — On Sept. 6 the Seminole Tribal Council held a Special Meeting in Big Cypress. In attendance at the meeting were: Chairman Mitchell Cypress, Big Cypress Representative David R. Cypress, Hollywood Representative Max B. Osceola Jr., Immokalee Liaison Elaine Aguilar, Tampa Liaison Richard Henry, Naples Liaison O.B. Osceola Jr., Ft. Pierce Liaison Sally R. Tommie and Non-Resident Liaison Holly Tiger-Bowers.

Special guest Mary Kim Titla (D-AZ) of the San Carlos Apache Tribe made a pitch to the council for prayers and financial support for her bid to serve Arizona’s 1st Congressional district in the U.S. Congress. Titla has spent more than 20 years working as a TV News Reporter in Arizona. She is the publisher of Native Youth Magazine online.

The six resolutions the council passed are as follows:

Resolution 4: Approval of Transaction Documents to be Executed in Connection with the Issuance of the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s Special Obligation Bonds, Series 2007A and Series 2007B; Authorization for an Additional Nine Million Dollars ($9,000,000) in Financing; Limited Waiver of Sovereign Immunity;

Resolution 5: Approval of Approval of KDL, Inc., Contract to Construct the Improvements to South Boundary Road on the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation;

Resolution 6: Approval of KDL Underground &. Development, Inc., to Perform Paving Improvements on the Existing Access Roads on the Immokalee Seminole Indian Reservation;

Resolution 7: Approval of Mindbank Consulting Group of Denver, LLC, Second Services Agreement for Tower Work on the Big Cypress and Immokalee Reservations;

Resolution 8: Approval of Bureau of Indian Affairs Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation Roads Transportation Program Funds and Setting of FY 2007 Tribal Transportation Funds Priority List; and

Resolution 9: Approval to Contribute Towards a Settlement with the Internal Revenue Service and Enter Into an Indemnity Agreement with Power Plant Entertainment, LLC and Mutual Release with Other Contributors to Settlement with Internal Revenue Service; Limited Waiver of Sovereign Immunity.