September 2009 Open Meeting Summary 09042009
Tribal Open Meeting Summary 9/4/2009 held at the Tribal Office in Aynor
Chief Hatcher
Council Member Wayne Turner resigned his position. Neal Richard accepted the position and was sworn in
Ronnie Floyd was sworn in as the Tribal Judge and David Windburn was sworn in as the Associate Judge
Mr. Henry: addendum made to contract to protect our land
They will lobby for Federal recognition
They have 26 years experience
From the $2000 gift, there is $570 remaining
Payments made for Judge training, white pages, and event insurance
Membership files: tabled for now
July minutes read
Change 13d: “he got 0 votes, but he was not running”
Change 6a: location: Aynor Town Park at 12
Linda: T-shirts for $10, but needs money before ordering
Bring a covered dish
Dalton motioned; Homer seconded
Homer-yes, Dalton-yes, Neal-yes, Scott-yes (passed by quorum; 3 absent)
August minutes read
Tabled
Waccamaw Day Resolution (J-HH-07-10-2009-001) received its third reading
Dalton motioned; Homer seconded
Homer-yes, Neal-yes, Dalton-yes, Scott-yes (passed by quorum; 3 absent)
Building & Grounds Exception to the Program Committee Resolution: Amendment SB-09-12-2008-001
Neal motioned; Dalton seconded
Homer-yes, Neal-yes, Dalton-yes, Scott-yes (passed by quorum; 3 absent)
Financial Reports
Jerry: $180 total donations
Committee Reports
Grants: Michelle
No word from the Recovery Act Grant; following up this week
Building & Grounds: Neal
Mower needs repaired
Longhouse- Neal and Ronnie to get together this week
Tipis- hope to be moved this week
Elder Jerry Smith asked cost of canvassing 2 tipis; Craig said approximately $200
Homer suggests putting our logo on the tipis
PauWau: Linda
Asks Council to accept Committee judgment on book if pressed for time
Paul cannot cook this year
10 Vendor applications back; 0 food vendor applications
Price on T-shirts- $4.30 each- one color
Need new articles for the program book
Next Meeting: September 15 at Shoney’s at 6pm to finalize book
Reaffirm Online Votes
Grounds treated for fleas- yes
Jerry & Becky have feathers for those who need them for art work and projects
2nd Chief Susan Hatcher
Census 2010 coming up
Keep checking census site for jobs
Rev. Elwood Ammons gave the closing prayer.
Dalton motioned and Homer seconded for the meeting to end.
Meeting adjourned at 8:18pm
Respectfully submitted by Michelle Hatcher on 9/06/2009 at 11:15am