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Some Legislators considered this bill a dangerous precedent by giving • special treatment to one company. The State will be hard pressed to say"no" to the next business that asks for similar treatment. As usual, it is expected that TIF will face another tough test during the next Legislative Session. 10. City Attorney's Opinion, RE: Conflict of Interest Included in the agenda packet is Peter Beck's opinion regarding the conflict of interest issue raised at the May EDA meeting. My summary is broken down into three categories: a.) Prospect Status Report; b.) State Conflict of Interest Statutes; and c.) City Conflict of Interest Ordinance. Prospect Status Report - City Attorney Beck recommends that the EDA discontinue the practice of preparing "confidential" Prospect Status Reports to the EDA Commissioners, and that only information which is public data be provided to the Commissioners. This recommendation will help ensure that the EDA is in compliance with the requirements of the Open Meeting Law. The rationale here is that in any meeting that is open to the public, at least one copy of any • printed materials relating to the agenda items of the meeting which are prepared or distributed by, or at the direction of the governing body or its employees and which are: • distributed at the meeting to all members of the governing body; • distributed before the meeting to all members; • available in the meeting room to all members; shall be available in the meeting room for inspection by the public. This means that if the "confidential" Report is discussed at any time during an EDA meeting, it must be available in the meeting room for inspection by the public. Options available to the EDA regarding the Prospect Status Report include: • Continue with past practice by including the "Prospect Status Report" as a regular agenda item; this means the • Report is not stamped "confidential" and that a copy of the Report is included in the extra agenda packet.