Resolution Approving a Request to Apply for Cooperative County and Ho-Chunk Nation Law Enforcement Program for Tribal Trust Lands within Sauk County

BACKGROUND: This is an annual Resolution that allows us to apply for funding for our patrolling costs of the Ho-Chunk lands. Sauk County has federally recognized Ho-Chunk Nation Trust Lands having significant Wisconsin Ho-Chunk population within the borders.  The State and County of Sauk have joint responsibility for providing law enforcement aid under Wis. Stat. § 165.90 to help defray the cost of services provided on Indian trust lands.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Sauk County Board of Supervisors, met in regular session, and directs the Sauk County Sheriff’s Department to make application to the State of Wisconsin, Department of Justice, for aid in the amount not to exceed the limit to defray costs to enforce the laws of the State of Wisconsin on Indian trust lands in the County of Sauk and to administer such grant monies under the grant guidelines.