CASS LAKE 鈥� The Cass County Board and the Leech Lake Tribal Council each voted unanimously during a joint meeting Monday, Dec. 2, to support three items before them for consideration.
They met for the joint meeting at Leech Lake鈥檚 new Cedar Lakes Event Center in Cass Lake.
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The board and council voted to extend their Memorandum of Understanding to continue working together on issues of mutual concern through Dec. 31, 2024.
Since signing the original memorandum, the Bush Foundation awarded the county $5,000 and the band $5,000 for that initiative to cooperate. Monday, the council and board each voted unanimously to spend the $10,000 grant money to buy furniture for the band鈥檚 new homeless shelter for juveniles at Cass Lake.
They also voted unanimously to extend their agreement to jointly operate the Wellness Court, which gives chronic offenders who鈥檝e driven under the influence an alternate option to regular court. Participants complete an intensive program to break their addiction cycle.
Some department heads from the county and band gave updated reports during the joint meeting.
Administrator Joshua Stevenson said following Monday鈥檚 meeting he expects the county and band to review whether to update the joint law enforcement agreement and the joint solid waste management plan before the county and band meeting jointly in 2020.
