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Regular Council Meeting September 22, 2014 Page 2 mayor, insider information, and money given without a contract. He said they needed to shut down the PEDC. Robert Moseley, 3915 Shannon — he said the Defenbaugh report reflected every indication of fraud, waste and abuse and that subpoenas needed to be issued and a grand jury convened. Louise Moseley, 3915 Shannon — she said she was impressed with the very educated PEDC Board Members and referenced Steve Grubbs as the CFO for the hospital and John Brockman as a loan officer for a bank. She said if they ran business like they did the PEDC, they businesses would be bankrupt. Mayor Frierson said the public forum was not for the purpose of attacking individuals. Mrs. Moseley said subpoena power was needed to get to the bottom of this. Brenda Cherry, 1442 Fitzhugh — she said some of the police officers had a disrespect for people of color and wished that the city officials cared as much about people and feelings as they did about power and money. Consent Agenda Mayor Frierson inquired of Council Members if they wished to pull any items from the Consent Agenda for discussion. Council Member Hashmi inquired about the Profit and Loss Statement for the Chamber and why there were several months in the negative. Steven Gerald explained that the budget was divided out by month and there were negative months when they had not received the hotel /motel tax. Chamber Director Melissa Cook said the year -end budget was balanced. A Motion to approve the Consent Agenda was made by Council Member Pickle and seconded by Council Member Lancaster. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. Approve the minutes from the City Council meeting on September 8, 2014. 6. Receive reports and/or minutes from the following boards, commissions, and committees: a. Historic Preservation Commission (8 -12 -2014) b. Paris Economic Development Corporation (8 -12 -2014 & 8 -21 -2014) 7. Receive August monthly financial report. 8. Receive August drainage ditch maintenance report. 9. Approve amendments to the Visitors & Convention Council's budget for fiscal year 2013 -2014. 10. Approve the Visitors & Convention Council budget for fiscal year 2014 -2015.