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Regular Council Meeting July 28, 2014 Page 6 wanted to make sure it was done the correct way. Council Member Plata confirmed with Mr. Grubbs that he needed to go through the report to make sure there were not any social security numbers. Mr. Grubbs said their legal counsel told them they need to make sure all the sensitive information is protected according to State Law. Council Member Lancaster asked for the name of the attorney. Mr. Grubbs said his name was Jeff Moore. Mayor Frierson said it was his understanding from this conversation that Mr. Grubbs was suggesting that the Board and Council have time to digest the report and then schedule a joint meeting with PEDC, the City Council and Mr. Defenbaugh. Mr. Grubbs answered in the affirmative. Council Member Lancaster said she would like to see that happen quickly, not a month. Council Member Hashmi inquired of Mr. Grubbs how the attorney was selected. Mr. Grubbs said PEDC talked about it at their last meeting. Council Member Hashmi inquired if the item was on the Board's agenda and if they voted on this attorney. Mr. Grubbs said it was on their agenda, but the vote was to use an external attorney and they asked him to do the research. Council Member Hashmi confirmed with Mr. Grubbs that the Board gave him the power to hire an attorney. Council Member Hashmi inquired if that action was in the minutes. Ms. Barrentine said they had not seen the minutes yet. Council Member Grossnickle asked if the box contained all printed pages or if there was electronic storage media. Mr. Grubbs stated there was one hard copy bound version of the reports and one set of CD's. Council discussed redaction of the CD's; because of things like social security numbers and whether or not CD's could be redacted. Council Member Hashmi said he would rather have a paper copy. Council Member Lancaster said the Council would certainly adhere to confidentiality and suspected PEDC would also and questioned why anything would need to be redacted before that meeting. Mr. Grubbs said he thought they were talking about two different things, as redaction was something you do when you produce something for the public. Mr. Grubbs said Council was going to have full access to these documents today going forward. He said when referring to redaction he was talking about credit card numbers, social security numbers and anything that would be considered protected information for an individual. Council Member Pickle said Council should just get copies of the hard copies. Council Member Lancaster asked why CD's would not just be handed out. Council Member Pickle said because the CD's could not be redacted. Council Member Lancaster said she was talking about for the meeting of the Council, PEDC and Mr. Defenbaugh. Mr. Grubbs said it was going to be up to the preference of the Board Member of the Council Member as to what method they wanted to receive the information. Council Member Hashmi asked Mayor Frierson whether or not the Council was going to get a copy of the report today. Mayor Frierson he thought the Council should receive the presentation, digest it, organize it and write down questions then meet with PEDC and Defenbaugh. He said they needed to move forward. Council Member Hashmi asked what were the other choices and Mayor Frierson said he was open for other suggestions. Council Member Hashmi said the whole community had been waiting for it over and over and he thought whatever they could do to speed the process up would be a better choice. He also said if they wanted to discuss the report with Defenbaugh that was fine but he did not want to continue and drag it out to several council meetings. Mayor Frierson said he did not think anyone wanted to drag it out. Council Member Hashmi suggested that the report be printed today and go through it with Mr. Defenbaugh within a week. Mayor Frierson said that sounded reasonable, as did Mr. Grubbs. Council Member Hashmi said he thought everyone should get a copy of the report today. Mr. Grubbs said he would get with his Board and determine who was available for a special meeting. Council Member Hashmi