Becky Walker memorial garden passed by Tribal Council
Tribal Council passed an amended resolution that will add a memorial garden for Becky Walker and others at the future pavilion location near Kituwah.
Tribal Council passed an amended resolution that will add a memorial garden for Becky Walker and others at the future pavilion location near Kituwah. (One Feather file photo)
Resolution No. 452 (2021) was submitted by several members of the community in honor of Walker, who passed away in July 2020 at the age of 47.
The original concept was to place a memorial garden just after the railroad tracks as you enter into the area around Kituwah. The plot they picked was a 16 by 16-foot parcel in between the railroad and the covered structure, well away from the mound.
Tribal Council considers new police camera systems
Tribal Council hosted a meeting off-air on the afternoon of Tuesday, March 30 with Getac, a company that specializes in camera systems for police departments.
The two men offering the presentation to Council were Getac video sales director Scott Worley and GovDirect account manager Brian Robbins. They have had consistent communication with the Cherokee Indian Police Department (CIPD) to outfit the entire department with cameras. This would include body cameras for 90 officers, each vehicle being equipped with dash and backseat cameras, and multiple cameras for the CIPD building. This purchase would also include cloud storage and online services for using the data. The estimated price with all the assets sits at $1.3 million.