Tribal Council plans 'slap on the wrist' for Godwin, administrators

PEMBROKE — Lumbee Tribal Council members are preparing to vote Thursday on a resolution reprimanding tribal administrators, including Chairman Harvey Godwin Jr., for using budgeted money for purposes not approved by the council.

Godwin, Tribal Administrator Freda Porter, and Finance Director Sharon Bell are accused of using housing money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to pay for cleaning up the Lumbee Cultural Center after Hurricane Matthew ravaged the county in Oct. 8 and with flooding that followed. The cleanup cost about $84,000, an expense administrators planned to seek reimbursement for from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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