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Discuss and possibly take action on City Attorney services. Ray Banks asked Sue Lancaster if there was any reason the PEDC could not use the City Attorney. Edwin Pickle, City Council, stated that City Attorney Kent McIlyar sent an email to the City Council asking if there were any objections to him attending the PEDC meeting or representing the PEDC in legal matters. Mr. Pickle stated that he had a problem with the City Attorney appearing at the meeting. Richard Manning stated that the PEDC Bylaws say that we use the City Attorney. Mr. Pickle stated that the City Council does not want the City Attorney or anyone from his office representing the PEDC. Don Wilson asked: "Why do we need to hire another attorney ?" We have Moore Law Firm as our attorney. We need an attorney at the PEDC meetings to keep us from wavering from the straight and narrow; said Mr. Banks. Edwin Pickle informed everyone that the City Council voted last year that they did not want any of the City Attorneys to be involved with PEDC. Ray Banks commented that the issue needs to be placed on the City Council Future Agenda. Ray Banks said the City Council and the PEDC cannot gain the public's trust by arguing amongst themselves. Mr. Pickle said there is an item on the City Council agenda for July 27, 2015, to address this issue. Sue Lancaster said she was at the meeting that the City Council voted that City Attorneys were not to be involved with the PEDC. It was because Mr. Defenbaugh had been in communication with Sue Lancaster. Don Wilson spoke of a contract that Mr. McIlyar had breached his professional responsibility by not reporting back on a contract that was signed placing the City and the PEDC board at risk, and wants this resolved before he is utilized as PEDC attorney. Mayor Hashmi spoke saying the item is on the City Council agenda. Approval of Minutes from the June 9, 2015 regular meeting and June 29, 2015 Special Called Meeting John Brockman made a motion to accept the Minutes, with corrections, for June 9, 2015 and June 29, 2015; seconded by Ray Banks. Motion Carried 4 -0. Approval of May 2015 and June 2015 fmancials Richard Manning asked for approval of the financials for May 2015 and June 2015. Don Wilson commented on a (- 15,000.00) expense item in the May 2015 financials. He stated that this was due to a cancelled check to HWH /Rogers -Wade for an incentive agreement from last August or September. Gene Anderson said that the check was held and then cancelled, since the audit from last year is closed the amount was reinstated to May 2015 financials. Another item in the May financials was the Personnel expense for the month. It looks higher than usual since the month of May has five weeks, so there was an extra pay period. This five week month happens in May and October in 2015. The insurance shows for the month of May because it could not be