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Regular Council Meeting July 28, 2014 Page 3 11. Approve RESOLUTION NO. 2014 -026: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE ABANDONMENT A 2,081 SQUARE FOOT PARCEL OF PUBLIC RIGHT -OF -WAY LOCATED BETWEEN LOTS 12A AND 13, BLOCK 74, CITY OF PARIS, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 12. Approve a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Paris and First United Methodist Church for a spray park. Regular Agenda 13. City Attorney to provide Council with duties and responsibilities, in regard to Council Members. Discussion/and or action. Mayor Frierson stated that Council Member Lancaster requested this item and inquired if it was satisfactory with her for Mr. McIlyar to read his job description, which included roles and responsibilities of the city attorney. Council Member Lancaster said that was fine as long as she was allowed to speak. Mr. McIlyar said he was not sure what Council Member Lancaster wanted on this item, so he brought the official city job description for city attorney as maintained in the HR department and read the job description. Council Member Lancaster said she had an occasion to inquire the city attorney several items relating to the Defenbaugh investigation, but never came to a satisfactory answer to her. Mayor Frierson reminded Council Member Lancaster the agenda item was to discuss the roles and responsibilities of the city attorney. She said she was going to discuss where he went wrong and Mayor Frierson reiterated this item was not about Kent. Council Member Lancaster said she was not going to be gagged, this was her agenda item and it was placed on the agenda to tell the city attorney that he did not represent her and that is why she asked for a definition of his responsibilities. Mayor Frierson reminded Council Member Lancaster this was not on the agenda. Council Member Lancaster said she was not going to be shut up. Council Member Lancaster said the city attorney told her that everything had to be the whole council and not an individual support. She said she never understood his duties to be that. Mr. McIlyar said he had written a legal memorandum to the entire City Council on that point and that she was going to have a chance to bring that up under item 20 on the agenda. She said she was sorely disappointed in him. Mr. McIlyar said he was sorry, but they had a difference of opinion and they could discuss that later if she would like to discuss it. Council Member Lancaster said she was not going to be shut up and she would put it in the paper if she had to. She said she was not represented and she thought the people were not represented and that was contrary to what he should be doing for the Council and the citizens of Paris. Council Member Lancaster said as a council member she was denied access to the Defenbaugh reports. She said the League said that a council member could not be denied that information. Mr. McIlyar asked exactly what she was denied. She said she was denied the preliminary reports. He inquired if she was referring to the draft report prepared by Defenbaugh. Council Member Lancaster said she was referring to the preliminary reports. Mr. McIlyar further inquired if she was referring to the Defenbaugh report