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RESOLUTION ADOPTING POSITION THAT THE AGREEMENT FOR
GOVERNMENT SERVICES IS NULL AND VOID
Resolution No. l t b)
St. Croix County, Wisconsin
WHEREAS, the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors entered into the Agreement for
Government Services with the City of Hudson, the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians, the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, and the Sokaogon
Chippewa Community Mole Lake Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement provides that the City of Hudson and St. Croix County will
provide government services to a casino proposed by the Tribes to be located in the City should
the casino come into existence; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement contains a provision which states that in the event that a
determination is made by the Secretary of the Interior not to take land into trust or to approve the
Agreement, the Agreement shall be null and void and have no further force or effect; and
WHEREAS, on July 14, 1995 the Secretary rejected the application to take land into
trust; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement contains provisions that land would be taken into trust not
later than 1995; and
WHEREAS, land was not taken into trust before or during 1995; and
WHEREAS, based on the Secretary of the Interior's denial of the application to take land
into trust and/or the fact that land was not taken into trust by the end of 1995, it is the opinion of
the St. Croix County Corporation Counsel that the Agreement is null and void, unenforceable,
and has no binding legal effect on the County.
THEREFORE, be it resolved that the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors adopts the
Corporation Counsel's opinion that the Agreement for Government Services is null and void, is
unenforceable, and has no binding legal effect on St. Croix County;
FURTHER, be it resolved that a certified copy of this resolution be provided to all other
parties to the Agreement, the Hudson School District Administrator, the Secretary of the Interior
and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson, and area legislators.
Offered by the Finance Committee on August 15, 2000.
NEGATIVE AFFIRMATIVE
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STATE OF WISCONSIN
COUNTY OF ST. CROIX
R Sue E. Nelson, St Cmtx
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Sue E. Nelson, St. Croix County Clerk