The Seneca County Board of Supervisors will receive public comment on the proposed settlement of the Cayuga Indian Nation of New York's land claim and land trust applications during the first part of its 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, meeting.

The meeting will be held in the board's chambers in the Seneca County Office building at 1 DiPronio Drive, Waterloo.

Residents interested in speaking must come 15 minutes early and fill out a form. Speakers will be allowed to speak for three minutes.

Cayuga County will hold a special work session on the proposed settlement June 13 at the Pavilion at Emerson Park. The proposed agreement will be outlined from 6 to 6:30 p.m.

Board members in taxing jurisdictions will be able to ask questions from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

The general public will be able to make comments from 7:40 to 9:10 p.m.

Written comment is also being sought by both counties.

Both counties anticipate voting on the proposal at their June 26 meetings.

Both counties must approve the proposal for it to move ahead for state and federal approval.

The agreement would garner Cayuga and Seneca counties $15 million per year.

The Cayugas would be allowed to build a casino in a New York state community and cap its tax-exempts land holdings at 10,000 acres.