ton agreed that employees should ….

ton agreed that employees should be held accountable for their actions. He added that the tribal board members should also be responsible for their actions.

Lewis Matthews, chief of police for the Fort Peck tribes, also provided a report at the meeting. “I do agree with accountability. We have to make our communities safer,” Matthews said.

Matthews added that between June 11-17, the Fort Peck Tribes Department of Law and Justice had 340 calls and made 15 arrests.

He noted that the department is currently working well with the Roosevelt County Sheriffs Office. “It’s been going pretty smoothly,” he said.

Also during the meeting, Hamilton announced that he and a few other TBID members are in the process of adding a bowling alley to be located across the street from Silver Wolf Casino.

“That’s great,” WPCO chair Holly Hamilton said. “At least, it’s something else to be doing.”

WPCO approved providing $500 for Shakespeare in the Park, $1,200 for the Skillz and Drillz basketball tournament and camp and $500 to help Wolf Point student Jaycen Williams attend the John Hopkins University’s leadership program.

During the Fort Peck Housing Authority report, Nadine Adams said two interviews have been scheduled for the executive director’s position.

Jacob Lien and Sierra Hamilton were recipients of WPCO’s $2,500 scholarships this year.