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PEDC Board Meeting Minutes January 12, 2010 Interview Committee. Ex-officio members provide a great wealth of knowledge to the PEDC Board. He recommended establishing a personnel review committee to recommend action pertaining to personnel matters. Mr. Smith stated that the proposed By-Laws could be adopted/approved and at a later date appoint an ad hoc committee, if needed. The executive session attendees, on personnel matters, depends on the employee's desires on the subject matter. Kenny Dority stated that he still objected to the language in the referenced section, but delaying adoption of the By-Laws isn't productive and the board needs to move on. Judge Superville stated that he strongly objected to the By-Laws as they are proposed to be adopted. Judge Superville still sees no problem with Ex-officio members being present in executive sessions, need to maintain the status quo. He feels that making Ex-officio members subject to arbitrary exclusion from certain executive session items isn't working toward good working relationships in the community. Chad Brown asked Judge Superville if he would accept the wording if it stated "...These representatives are encouraged to attend all PEDC meetings but shall have no power to vote on matters before the Board and Ex-0fficio Members may be excluded from certain executive sessions concerningpersonnel matters upon a majority vote of the voting members of the Board..." Judge Superville stated he wanted the minutes to reflect his objection to adopting the proposed changes to the By-Laws and that an Ex-Officio Member is either a Board Member or not. Either on the "team" or not. He doesn't see a problem with the way the By-Laws were, but sees the changed version creating more problems in the future. Kent McIlyar stated that the authority of the Ex- Officio Member to be non-voting was from inception of the Board. He added that the Open Meetings Act - Executive Session allows public entities to meet in private under certain conditions. Chad Brown made a motion to change the wording in Section 6.06 Ex-Officio "Members" as follows: "..These representatives are encouraged to attend all PEDC meetings but shall have no power to vote on matters before the Board and Ex-Officio Members may be excluded from certain executive sessions concerning personnel matters upon a majority vote of the voting members of the Board...", Rick Poston seconded the motion. The motion carried with a vote of 4 to 1 with Pike Burkhart opposing. Dan Smith made a motion to change the last sentence of the same section to read: "...Their attendance shall be for the purpose of insuring that information about the meetings °^^r^mie a°v°'o„m°„' rr^j°^+° is accurately communicated to the organizations they represent.", seconded by Chad Brown. Motion carried. Rick Poston made the motion to approve the By-Laws as amended, seconded by John Wright. The motion carried with a vote of 4 to 1 with Pike Burkhart opposing. The board convened into executive session at 4:40 p.m. pursuant to Section 551.087 of the Texas Government Code to discuss and deliberate on the following: A. Section 551.087 - Economic Development Negotiations Executive session ended at 5:05 p.m. There was no action taken as a result of executive session. 2 ~r~13 0 0