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Regular Council Meeting July 28, 2014 Page 5 was his interpretation and that was fine. He said he would be glad to go into executive session and then come out and discuss it, because he had things to say. Mayor Frierson said if you have questions about the responsibilities of a city attorney for Paris [inaudible — City Council talking over each other]. Council Member Hashmi told Mayor Frierson he was wrong, but since he was running the meeting he would go along with what he said. Mayor Frierson told him he would appreciate it if he did not try to insult him. Council Member Hashmi told Mayor Frierson he was asking for it. Council Member Grossnickle said he thought the City Council deserved respect from the people in the audience, while Council Member Hashmi was making fun of their current mayor and in his opinion, he was being very disrespectful. 14. Receive and possibly take action on the report from Paris Economic Development Corporation on the forensic investigation. PEDC Steve Grubbs publicly thanked Mr. Defenbaugh for meeting their deadline of July 28 on submitting the report. Mr. Grubbs told the Council that two copies of the report were delivered to PEDC last Friday and one was marked PEDC and the other one was marked City Council. Mr. Grubbs stated as elected officials, they had the responsibility to adhere to state laws while also acting judiciously to protect sensitive information. He said legal counsel had advised the PEDC make sure they protect the confidential information contained within, that they be sensitive to the fact that there may be information contained within these documents that is protected under state law, not to mention information that would be of a private nature that could be used for things like crime theft or ID theft, things like that, things like social security numbers were contained within. He said as he turned over this information to the Council, he asked they seek the opinion of legal counsel with respect as to how they release it. Mr. Grubbs said PEDC would like the City Council to consider a joint meeting with the PEDC Board and Mr. Defenbaugh to go over and review this information. He said there were going to be a lot of questions and he had less than 72 hours to review a box full of information. Mr. Grubbs further said the PEDC Board and staff were very anxious to close this investigation, to move on, to get back to the business of what they were charged to do, and that was to represent the City in growing and fostering the development of industry. Council Member Hashmi told Mr. Grubbs he was a bit disturbed when he read a comment by Mr. Grubbs about wanting to correct the report and redact the report before releasing it when he did not even know what the contents were. Council Member Hashmi also said the Attorney General's Office said that the governmental body must get permission from the AG's Office if there was any redact to be done, and that only redact that was allowed and excepted were social security numbers, home addresses, phone numbers, and things of that nature, including personal and medical records. He asked Mr. Grubbs to clarify what he meant by the word correct. Mr. Grubbs said his intention was to make sure they follow the due process before it is released and that does usually meaning asking for an AG Opinion. Council Member Hashmi asked Mr. Grubbs why they would need to seek an AG Opinion. Mr. Grubbs said for information that needs to be redacted. Council Member Lancaster said she understood that Mr. Defenbaugh was going to be at this meeting to present the report. She said there were a lot of feelings that it was being withheld from the public and she wanted to make sure that he followed the motion that she made and was voted on by the Council and that was the report be provided to the PEDC, the Council, and the public. Mr. Grubbs agreed that the information needed to be in the hands of the public, but that he