A three-page proposed policy for entertaining 2% grant applications to the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, was discussed this week by the county board.
Commissioners listened while county administrator Jim Dyer reviewed the document that would formalize a review process for the grant applications available as a result of a court decree.
The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (GTB), together with five additional Native American tribes, signed a Consent Judgment in the case of, Tribes v. Engler, Case Number 1:90-CV-611, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. This judgment provides for payment of 2% of the net win “from all class III electronic games of chance. . . to any local units of state government in the immediate vicinity of each tribal casino. . .”
