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Sackett have both expressed the belief that I violated the Open Government Resolution, I consider this to be a very serious charge. I do not believe that a charge such as this should be left unresolved, as apparently a majority of the Council did at the last meeting. Section 2.8 of the Louisville Municipal Code allows any Councilmember to request an opinion from the City Prosecuting Attorney, who by Ordinance has the authority to rule on the issue. On November 19th I met with the Prosecuting Attorney and formally requested an opinion as to whether I or Councilmember Hornbostel had violated the Open Government Resolution or the Ethics Ordinance. As Councilmember Hornbostel was also involved in the charge by Councilmember Carnival, I asked her to also attend. Prior to Councilmember Hornbostel arriving at the meeting, I requested an opinion as to whether this meeting would be considered to be under the attorney client provision of the Ethics Ordinance, thus allowing two Councilmembers and a City Officer to meet, without the meeting being announced or public. The Prosecuting Attorney advised that this meeting would be in compliance with that section of the Ordinance. Councilmember Hornbostel and I turned over to the Prosecuting Attorney a transcript of our statements, a copy of the Open Government Resolution and responded to his questions. A full opinion by the Prosecuting Attorney will be issued late this week or next and forwarded to all Council members by staff. The Prosecuting Attorney did however state a preliminary opinion that neither the attendance of the MTDC meeting or our statements were in violation of the resolution. Upon receipt of the final opinion from the Prosecuting Attorney, and if that opinion agrees with his preliminary finding, I feel that Councilmember Carnival should apologize to the people of Louisville, for making a false and malicious statement concerning the honor of two fellow Councilmembers. OTHER REGULAR BUSINESS ITEMS ARISING AFTER PREPARATION OF AGENDA CABLE TV QUESTIONAIRE Brand: A draft of the questionaire that will be going out is in your packet. You had asked that some amendments to the questionaire be made. Sackett: If the items are numbered in the order of importance you can't weigh the importance. So you might say number one to ten. I don't see if this will give a clear view on whether we need a radical change or not. 6