Resolution No. 2024-48 — Repeal of the Tribal Governing Board Code of Conduct MCC.1
WHEREAS, the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians is a federally recognized Indian tribe ("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 III, §6 of the Amended Constitution and Bylaws of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, the Tribal Governing Board is empowered to "determine its own procedures;" and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article V, § (1)(n) of the Amended Constitution and Bylaws of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, empowers the Tribal Governing Board to "regulate, by enactment of ordinances, the conduct of business within the territory of the band;" and
WHEREAS, the Tribal Governing Board has determined that the Code of Conduct unnecessarily limits the conduct of the Tribal Governing Board and its members; and
WHEREAS, the establishment of the Code of Conduct interferes with the duties and powers of the Tribal Governing Board; and
WHEREAS, the Tribal Governing Board has determined that it is in the best interest of the Tribe to repeal the Code of Conduct, MCC.1 as codified.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Tribal Governing Board hereby repeals the Code of Conduct MCC.1 in its entirety, as codified and established by Resolution 17-87.
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 7 being present, constituted a quorum at a meeting thereof, duly called, convened, and held on this 15th day of April, 2024, that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at said meeting by an affirmative vote of 5 members, 0 against, 1 abstaining, and that said Resolution is a lawful act of the Tribe.
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William Trepanier, Secretary/Treasurer
Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board