THREE AFFILIATED TRIBES

TRIBAL BUSINESS COUNCIL

SPECIAL MEETING

09-39-VJB

August 18, 2009, 11:00 A.M.

I.                   CALL TO ORDER:

The meeting was called to order at 1147 A.M.

II.                PRAYER:

               Chairman Marcus D. Levings.

III.             ROLL CALL:

     Councilman Frank Whitecalfe, Councilman Scott Eagle, and    

     Councilman Barry Benson are on conference call.  Chairman

     Marcus Levings and Councilwoman Brugh are present.  A

     quorum is established.  For the record, Councilman Arnold   

     Strahs and Councilman Mervin Packineau are not present.

               Councilman Barry Benson arrived at 11:51 A.M.

IV.             APPROVAL OF AGENDA:

               Councilman Whitecalfe moved to approve of the agenda, second by Councilwoman Brugh.

Discussion:               Thursday will be a Special TBC. The FBHA Special TBC set for August 19 rescheduled to Thursday, August 27^th.

               VOTE:                        5 Ayes 0 Nays Motion carried.

V.                Resolution 09-128-VJB: Meaning of Article IX, Section 2 of Tribal Constitution

     Councilman Eagle moved to approve of a resolution entitled,   

     “Meaning of Article IX, Section 2 of Tribal Constitution.”  The     

     motion is second by Councilman Whitecalfe.

     Discussion:               Chairman Levings, Damon Williams, TAT 

     Legal, and Michael Roy, Hobbs, Straus, Dean, & Walker have    

     been working on this for the past seven days and the last pieces

     of the puzzle have came in yesterday.  The secretary of Interior

     got a letter to them through BIA, Howard Beamer.  The last  

     issue was fee land IMDA’s and we had that from our previous  

     approval of Black Rock.  We got that into the record and this

     resolution is the final document through Hobbs, Walker to the

     Chippewa Valley Bank.  They are represented by Vagre &

     Benson out of Minneapolis.  In a few days the Chairman and

     Treasurer will have to travel there to sign the closing 

     documents.                

     VOTE:                        5 Ayes 0 Nays Motion carried.

VI.             Correction to Water/Sewer Application

               This was not addressed.

VII.          ADJOURNMENT:

     Councilman Whitecalfe moved to adjourn the meeting, second

     by Councilwoman Brugh.

      The meeting adjourned at 11:58 A.M.

CERTIFICATION

I, the undersigned, as Secretary of the Tribal Business Council  of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, hereby certify that the Tribal Business Council is composed of  seven (7) members of whom  (5) constitute a quorum _____were present at the Meeting thereof duly called, notice, convened and held on the _____day of _______________, 2009; that the foregoing Minutes were amended and duly adopted at such meeting by the affirmative vote of _____ members; _____members opposed; _____members abstained; _____Members not voting.

Chairman ( ) Voting     ( ) Not Voting

Dated this _____day of _______________, 2009.

ATTEST:

______________________________                    ______________________________

Tribal Secretary, V. Judy Brugh                                                  Tribal Chairman, Marcus D. Levings

Tribal Business Council,                                                              Tribal Business Council,                           

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