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Regular Council Meeting June 23, 2014 Page 11 wanted a written report. Council Member Hashmi reiterated what he described was a violation of the open meetings act and that he was willing to forget it as long as it does not happen again and if the Council will demand submission of a written report. Council Member Lancaster said they had a difference of opinion, but there was a solution and that was to ask for a completed report to be delivered to the PEDC, to the Council and to the public. Council Member Pickle inquired as to a timeframe. Mayor Frierson asked if Council wanted to put a time line on this. Council Members Hashmi and Pickle both agreed they should have already received the report. Council Member Lancaster inquired of the mayor what a reasonable timeframe was and said he was more aware of the volume. Mayor Frierson said he had not seen the report and had no idea about the volume. Council Member Lancaster said the city attorney knew about the volume. City Attorney Kent McIlyar said he would like to address the open meetings question. Mr. McIlyar said a Council Member placing a phone call to a third party related to city business did not constitute a public meeting, that there was no quorum, and that a posting was not required under the Texas Open Meetings Act. Mr. McIlyar told the Council that part of being a Council Member was being called by constituents and people doing business with Paris. He stated if you can't find out what is going on with an investigation there was nothing wrong with the mayor calling that investigator and inquiring as to why there has been no written report in two or three months and about the status of the investigation. Mr. McIlyar said this was not a violation of the Texas Open Meetings Act. Council Member Hashmi said he wanted to read the section from the Texas Open Meetings Handbook 2014. Mayor Frierson said there was a Motion on the floor. Council Member Hashmi said he wanted to read the section and wanted to know why the city attorney was allowed to speak when there was a Motion on the floor, but that he could not speak. Mayor Frierson said Council Member Hashmi had spoken and he was giving the city attorney a chance to respond. Mayor Frierson inquired of Council Member Lancaster a date in mind in mid -July. Council Member Lancaster said she was inquiring of Mr. McIlyar about the volume and asked him what he thought it would take to pull this together into a final report. Mr. McIlyar said from what he had seen, it was quite voluminous. Council Member Lancaster asked if he thought it would take a month. Mr. McIlyar said he could not speak for Mr. Defenbaugh, as he did not know how long it would take him. He said he thought there were categories of reports and sub- categories. Mr. McIlyar also said Mr. Defenbaugh had generated draft preliminary reports. He said Council Member Lancaster would have to correspond with Mr. Defenbaugh to find out how long it would take him. Council Member Lancaster said she was going to give him two months and that was way longer than she wanted. Council Member Pickle asked for a date. Mayor Frierson said the second council meeting in July was July 28. Council Member Lancaster said as best as Mr. Defenbaugh could summarize what he had produced. Mayor Frierson agreed with Council Member Lancaster.