At the March 4th regular Tribal Council Meeting, Tribal members
questioned the reason for the Council conducting official meetings during
the day, as the inconvenient time prevents most members from attending.
Some members that are employed within the Tribe asked if the Council was
allowing employees time off to attend Council meetings as Council members
are also Tribal employees. The Council was told that by not allowing
employees time off to attend the daytime meetings that are open to all
members, they were infringing upon their constitutional right to attend
meetings and that it was a hardship for members employed elsewhere to
attend meetings during the usual daytime business hours. Vice chairman
Peter Lemieux announced that the meeting on Friday, March 6, 2009 at
10am would be changed to 4:30pm.
During the five minute session last night, a few issues were raised by
Tribal Members, Besides the meetings conducted at inconvenient times, the
provisions outlined in our constitution regarding the three day posting and
minutes recorded were also discussed.
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