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HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PARIS REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING 100 GEORGE WRIGHT HOMES MINUTES OF December 22, 2015 Present at the Meeting: Gary Savage — Chairman of the Board of Commissioners Dewayne Dangerfield — Commissioner of the Board of Commissioners Cassandra Hearn — Chairman of the Board of Commissioners Sally Ruthart — Executive Director 1. Meeting Called to order at 12:39 pm on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 by Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, Gary Savage. 2. Having three Board Members present, a quorum, Mr. Savage thanked and welcomed everyone to the meeting. 3. Citizens' Forum Opened — No comments — Citizens' Forum closed. 4. Minutes from the November 17, 2015 were approved with a motion made by Dewayne Dangerfield and seconded by Cassandra Hearn. Passed 3 -0 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: a. Minutes from the October 20, 2015 Meeting that were tabled in the November 17, 2015 Meeting were revised and passed with a motion from Dewayne Dangerfield and seconded by Cassandra Hearn. Passed 3 -0 - After a discussion about Ms. Hearn's questions regarding the attorney. Ms. Hearn asked why we needed an attorney. Ms. Ruthart explained that Ms. Cherry asked if we had contacted an attorney to have her removed from the Board. And she was told that we did not. Ms. Hearn asked if it had something to do with a revision. Ms. Ruthart told her that she contacted an attorney about a Social Media Policy. Ms. Hearn asked if we talked to the attorney to advise the Board and Ms. Ruthart said yes. Mr. Savage told Ms. Hearn that the Board in a past meeting had given Ms. Ruthart the authority to talk to an attorney regarding some issues that were cloudy to us. Mr. Savage told Ms. Hearn that Ms. Cherry also stated that he shouldn't be talking to Ms. Ruthart outside a meeting. Mr. Savage explained that any Board member can talk to Ms. Ruthart as long as it is not a quorum outside of a called meeting. Mr. Savage stated that there was a little confusion there, but that we talked to an attorney about the policy. Ms. Hearn stated that in the policy and procedure you don't need an attorney to remove a board member that the board can agree to remove a board member. Ms. Hearn said ok that she was just concerned why we needed an attorney. b. The Mold Report from Brenda Cherry was tabled until the next meeting due to Ms. Cherry's absence.