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Regular Council Meeting October 13, 2014 Page 3 A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Hashmi and seconded by Council Member Plata. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 10. Receive update on response from Texas Attorney General's office regarding PEDC investigation. Mayor Frierson said he asked that this item be placed on the agenda in follow -up to the public commentary and discussion. He also said they owed it to the citizens to make sure the exact response from the Texas Attorney General's Office was conveyed to the public. Mr. Godwin said he did not have anything new since he sent an e -mail to the Council last week. He said on the Thursday following the last Council meeting he sent the information to the Texas Attorney General's office and that the certified mail receipt was signed by that office on Monday, September 29th. Mr. Godwin reported that on the morning of the 3e he and Captain Gregory traded phone calls and that he received an e -mail from Captain Gregory, which he displayed on the screen. Mayor Frierson said he wanted to make sure the City Manager relayed the exact response to the public. Council Member Hashmi asked if this was for discussion and action. Mayor Frierson said this was not an action item, but just to receive an update. 11. Return of oversight of the PEDC to the City Council, history of loss of over - sight, Possible directions to return such oversight. Discuss and possibly act. Council Member Lancaster said she was interested in how oversight was lost on PEDC and had done much research on it. She said she agreed with Council Member Pickle, in that they needed to have as much oversight as possible over the PEDC and get back on track. Council Member Lancaster said she did find that Mr. Gilbert hired attorney Jeff Moore to give him talking points to the City Council to reduce the oversight. She also said the attorney's bill was $409.00, which was received September 10, 2012. She said Mr. Anderson could clarify there was some change in PEDC's bookkeeping. Mr. Anderson said PEDC made some changes to their account names and how they tracked expenses. Mr. Anderson also said it was his understanding that new accounts were added to match consultant Richard Seline's recommendations. Mr. Anderson said these changes made it difficult to tell exactly what fell under line items, because they were so broad or generic. He also said PEDC could put a lot of different types of things in those line items. Council Member Lancaster confirmed with Mr. Anderson that details were not as clear. Mr. Anderson said it was difficult to tell what was spent for different things. Council Member Lancaster confirmed more items were lumped together. Mr. Anderson stated PEDC had previously used the same basic accounts that the City used. Council Member Lancaster said that was what she had seen too. Council Member Lancaster said Mr. Moore's talking points were concerns that might impact the ability of the EDC if City Council was required to approve all projects. She also said Mr. Moore said taking all projects to City Council exposed projects to political barriers. Council Member Lancaster said one of Mr. Moore's talking points was the City Council typically does not have time nor takes the time to deliberate on economic development project details and that is why they had EDC's. Council Member Lancaster said the lack of oversight is what led to