Resolution No. 2022-85 — Recodification and Amendments to GNC School Attendance Policy & PAP LCO Ojibwe School-Waadookodaading Personnel Policies and Procedures
WHEREAS, the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (hereinafter "Tribe") is a federally recognized Indian tribe organized pursuant to the provisions of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, 25 U.S.C. 5101, et. seq.; and
WHEREAS, the Tribal Governing Board serves as the governing body of Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians pursuant to Article III, § 1 of the Amended Constitution and Bylaws of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article V, Section 1(l); and (m) of the Amended Constitution and Bylaws of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, empowers the Tribal Governing Board to: "organize, charter and regulate any association or group, including a housing authority, for the purpose of providing social or economic benefits to the members of the Band or residents of the reservation" Article V, Section 1(l); and "delegate to subordinate boards, officers, committees or cooperative associations which are open to all members of the Band any of the foregoing powers, reserving the right to review any action taken by virtue of such delegated powers" Article V, Section 1(m); and
WHEREAS, On July 18, 2022, the Tribal Governing Board passed Resolution 22-68 which recodified, reorganized, and renumbering the LCO Tribal Code of Law; and
WHEREAS, two policies and resolutions were passed on September 6, 2022 approving the amended §GNC.5 School Attendance Code and §PAP.7 LCO Ojibwe School-Waadookodaading Personnel Policies and Procedures; and
WHEREAS, the policies as drafted, were not in conformity with the new Open Law format as mandated by Resolution 2022-68.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board pass this Resolution to formally update and amend §GNC.5 School Attendance Policy and §PAP.7 LCO Ojibwe School-Waadookodadding Personnel Policies and Procedures in conformity with the Open Law required formatting. These two policies are to be incorporated as drafted into the new online LCO Tribal Code through Open Law.
CERTIFICATION
I, the undersigned, as Secretary/Treasurer of the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board, hereby certify that the Tribal Governing Board is composed of seven (7) members, of whom 5 being present, constituted a quorum at a meeting thereof, duly called, convened and held on this 2ndday of September 2022, that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at said meeting by an affirmative vote 4 members, 0 against, 0 abstaining, and that said Resolution is a lawful act of the Tribe.
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Tweed Shuman, Secretary/Treasurer
Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board