Tribal Council Convenes For Regular Meeting

Fire-Rescue’s Elden Harner Receives Lifesaving Award

By Chris C. Jenkins
Staff Reporter

BRIGHTON — The Tribal Council met on the Brighton Reservation for a regular session meeting on Sept 17. They passed 22 resolutions on the agenda.

In addition to the resolutions passed at the meeting, the Tribal Council presented Big Cypress Fire-Rescue logistical coordinator Elden Harner with the Billie Cypress Lifesaving Award. Harner received this award, presented to individuals who display extraordinary acts, for such acts including his rescue of trapped and stranded motorists in a canal on I-75.

The resolutions passed at the meeting included:

Resolution 23: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Tribal Resources Grant Program application for Seminole Police Department; ratification;

Resolution 24: Konami Gaming, Inc. Master Gaming Device Lease and License Agreement;

Resolution 25: Standard form agreement between owner and contractor where the basis of payment is a stipulated sum of $379,450.72 between the Seminole Tribe of Florida and Redman Builders, Inc. for the construction of the First Baptist Church Bath House located on the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation;

Resolution 26: Donation of 2006 Chevrolet school bus (Girardin 14 passenger) to Big Cypress New Testament Church;

Resolution 27: Authorization of continued funding of Tribal government operations for Tribal fiscal year 2009;

Resolution 28: Per capita distributions of tribal gaming revenues for the fiscal year of Oct. 1, 2008 through Sept. 30, 2009;

Resolution 29: Konami Gaming, Inc. Master Gaming Device License Agreement; and,

Resolution 30: Acquisition of 40+/- acres in Polk County, Fla. (S.T.O.F. Holdings, Ltd. as buyer).