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Please see the amended 2024 board meeting calendar. An additional Dec. 17, 2024, meeting was added.

Board Calendar 2024

Festival of Trees Auction

6th annual Festival of Trees Dec. 6‑14

Auction Tree! Theme: Nativi Tree. Sponsored by Sault Tribe Unit 4, located at Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital Atrium. Value: $1,200. See details on attached flyer. 

Bid Online: SCMH.ORG/AUCTION

Flyer

The Sault Tribe Board of Directors’ Workshop Agenda for Dec. 6, 2024, is the following:

10 a.m., Proposed Constitutional Reform

 

To attend the scheduled workshop, except for closed session or items, go to https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84149623333. Those who have already registered to Zoom Board of Directors meetings need not register for workshops.

 

Agenda

Constitution Amendment Documents

The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Board of Directors will hold a regular meeting beginning 5 p.m. on Nov. 19 at Sault Kewadin Casino, in person or via Zoom, https://zoom.us/j/83640619761

 

“Membership Participation” will be held at 5 p.m. in person or by virtual attendance. The link is available at the Sault Tribe website saulttribe.com under membership assistance for the meeting link and Membership Form that must be completed. The deadline to submit a form is 1 p.m. on meeting day. The link is https://zoom.us/j/83640619761. Those who have already registered for Zoom meetings need not register again unless they have a matter for the board.

 

To attend the scheduled workshop, except for closed session or items, go to https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84149623333. Those who have already registered to Zoom Board of Directors meetings need not register for workshops.

 

On the agenda under Resolutions is: Sanitation – BE 23 M98 FY 25 Budget Mod, Mental Health Counseling Establish FY24 Budget, Sault Tribe Opioid Response Grant Establish FY25 Budget, Family Spirit Grant – Establish FY25 Budget, Perinatal Opioid Use Establish FY25 Budget, Road to Wellness Grant Establish FY25 Budget, Health – Human Resources Establish FY25 Budget, BIA 2025-2028 Tribal Transportation Program TIP, Mackinac County Cooperative Agreement, US DOT FHA National Scenic Byways Program, US DOT FHA Tribal Transportation Program Safety Funds, Trust Land Lease Cancellation – Dill, Trust Land Lease – Pitawanakwat, Trust Land Lease – Bosley, Contract Approval Appendio Inc. DBA CIP Reporting, Approving Contract Khoury Johnson Leavitt, Approving Contract Michelle Castagne, Approving Contract Sonosky  Chambers et al, Tribal Liquor License – Midjim Sault, Tribal Liquor License – Midjim St. Ignace, Tribal Liquor License – Kewadin Casinos Sault, Tribal Liquor License – Kewadin Christmas, Tribal Liquor License – Kewadin Manistique, Tribal Liquor License – Kewadin Hessel, Tribal Liquor License – Kewadin Shores, Tribal Liquor License – White Pine Lodge Christmas, Tribal Liquor License – Tanglewood Marsh Golf Course, Tribal Liquor License – Bear on the Mountain Golf Course, Sault Tribe Compensation Study Project #24-028, Sault Tribe EDC/Enterprise Compensation Study, Kewadin Casinos Compensation Study, Interagency Agreement – Natural Resources Facility, Interagency Agreement – Unit 1 – Housing, Interagency Agreement – Unit 1 – ARPA Trailers/Construction, Interagency Agreement – Unit 1 – Elder Facility Enhancements, Interagency Agreement – Unit 1 – Cemetery Enhancements, Interagency Agreement –, Unit 2 Hessel Community Center, Interagency Agreement – Unit 5 Marquette Community Center, Amend Interagency Agreement – Utility Authority, Amend, Interagency Agreement – Unit 3 – Housing, Amend Interagency Agreement – Unit 5 – Housing, Amend Res. 2023-103, 2022-142, 2022-143, Amend Unspent ARPA Funds from Res. 2024-46, 2021-167, Unallocate Unspent/Reappropriate ARPA Funds Res. 2022-188, Amend/Reappropriate ARPA Funds from Res. 2023-250, Amend Resolution 2024-255, LATCF Fund Appropriation Sault Tribe EDC, Allocate LUME Lease Revenue / Rescind Res. 2018-97, Approving Amendment – Verizon Wireless Land Lease, Authorize Gitchi to Open Additional Bank Account CSB, Indian Energy Unanimous Consent Interconnection Rights Sale, Limited Delegation of Authority to the Chairperson, and Amending Resolution 2024-45, Establish Key Employee Review, Requesting Technical Review from BIA for Constitution Amendments

 

Under New Business the board will consider Disenrollments, 2024 Board Calendar Amendment, 2025 Board of Directors Calendar, Key Employee and Board Concerns.

Resolutions

The Sault Tribe Board of Directors will be scheduling a series of open workshops to begin the review process of the proposed constitutional amendments brought forward at the Oct. 1, 2024, meeting. The documents as presented that day are available on the tribe’s website for member review. The first workshop session for this purpose has been scheduled for Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, beginning at 4 p.m. in the Whitefish Point Room at the Sault Casino. Members may attend in person or via Zoom; please use the regular board of directors workshop Zoom link available on the website. If you have not submitted a form to attend board workshops and meetings via Zoom, please be sure to complete and submit that form.

Constitutional Amendment Workshop Documents 

The Sault Tribe Board of Directors’ Dec. 2, 2024, workshop is a CLOSED SESSION. The agenda is the following: 10 a.m., FY 25 Casino and EDC Proposed Budget Reviews; 1 p.m., EDC Updates, and Enterprise Authority Code DRAFT Review.

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