Council Passes 42 Resolutions at Meeting

By Chris Jenkins

BIG CYPRESS — The Tribal Council convened on the Big Cypress Reservation on May 28 for a regular session. They passed 42 resolutions from the agenda including:

Resolution 20: Service Line Agreement (77’ x 20’) between Glades Electric Cooperative, Inc. and Seminole Tribe of Florida for location of an overhead distribution feeder line to the home site of Esther Lee Gopher - Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation;

Resolution 21: Service Line Agreement (452’ x 20’) between Glades Electric Cooperative, Inc. and Seminole Tribe of Florida for location of an overhead distribution feeder line to the home site of Marcus Van Billie - Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation;

Resolution 22: Service Line Agreement (1,533’ x 20’) between Glades Electric Cooperative, Inc. and Seminole Tribe of Florida for location of an overhead distribution feeder line for the Everglades Restoration Project - Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation;

Resolution 23: Service Line Agreement (175’ x 5’) between Embarq FKA Sprint-Florida, Inc. and Seminole Tribe of Florida for location of a buried telephone cable to the home site of Lottie Johns Baxley - Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation;

Resolution 24: Service Line Agreement (432’ x 10’) between Florida Power & Light, Inc. and Seminole Tribe of Florida for location of an underground distribution feeder line to the home site of Daniel Nunez, Sr. - Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation;

Resolution 25: Service Line Agreement (4,240’ x 5’) between Embarq FKA Sprint-Florida, Inc. and Seminole Tribe of Florida for location of a buried telephone cable to the home site of Emma Vernice Johns - Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation;

Resolution 26: Service Line Agreement (300’ x 10’) between Lee County Electric Cooperative, Inc. and Seminole Tribe of Florida for relocation of an overhead distribution feeder line for new housing development - Immokalee Seminole Indian Reservation;

Resolution 27: Service Line Agreement (170’ x 10’, 35’ x 25’) between Lee County Electric Cooperative, Inc. and Seminole Tribe of Florida for Relocation of an overhead distribution feeder line for new road - Immokalee Seminole Indian Reservation;

Resolution 28: United States Environmental Protection Agency Funding request for general assistance in environmental programs for the Seminole Tribe of Florida for all Seminole Indian Reservations;

Resolution 29: Tribal Response Program Grant Application to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for all reservations of the Seminole Tribe of Florida for the purpose of public health and cultural use preservation;

Resolution 30: Re-Naming of the Water Resource Management Department as the Environmental Resource Management Department;

Resolution 31: DirecTV, Inc., second amendment to agreement for DBS Satellite Exhibition of Programming;

Resolution 32: Peterson’s Harley Davidson of Miami 2008 Lease Agreement;

Resolution 33: Giesecke & Devrient America, Inc. purchase agreement and service contract for two Currency Counter Equipment machines for Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino - Hollywood;

Resolution 34: Atlantic City Coin & Slot Service Co., Inc. multi-game proprietary lease and license agreement; ratification;

Resolution 35: IGT Master Lease Agreement; first amendment to master lease; ratification;

Resolution 36: Ratification of the Seminole Tribe of Florida filming permission letter granting the National Wild Turkey Federation, Inc., permission to film a television show on the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation;

Resolution 41: Issuance of a revocable permit to Michael Barry Cypress for storage and cleaning equipment and materials - Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation;

Resolution 42: Issuance of a revocable permit to Norman Jim Huggins for equipment storage - Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation;

Resolution 43: First Amendment to business sub-lease no. sl-2604 between Dan and Agnes Bowers and Seminole Tribe of Florida - Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation;

Resolution 44: Issuance of a revocable permit by Betty Mae Jumper to Clear Channel Outdoor - Hollywood Seminole Indian Reservation;

Resolution 45: Emma Johns appointment as Director of Education;

Resolution 46: Approval of Historic Resources Office Intern Handbook and Program;

Resolution 47: IGT equipment purchase standard terms and conditions agreement; limited waiver of sovereign immunity; ratification;

Resolution 48: IGT - Native American Progressive System Agreement; limited waiver of sovereign immunity; ratification; and

Resolution 49: The Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America lease for commercial warehouse space for Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Hollywood; limited waiver of sovereign immunity.