St. Charles County Councilman Paul Wynn, who last December began a job in Iraq with an American military contractor, is back in town for a three-week vacation and attended his first council meeting of the year Monday night.

Wynn, R-0′Fallon, said he also plans to be at the council’s next session July 13 before heading back to Iraq. He works there for DynCorp International as an adviser to Iraqi officials on distributing supplies to the Iraqi military.

He said he still expects now he’ll be there through the end of the year “unless something else comes up job-wise” or if DynCorp cuts back for some reason.

Although Monday was Wynn’s first “in person” participation in a council meeting this year, he’s used the Internet and cell phones to take part from afar in various other council sessions and to keep in touch with issues and constituent inquiries. However, state law bars him from voting by phone in most cases.

Wynn was first elected in April 2007 to fill a vacancy, then re-elected to a full term last November. About two weeks later, he says, DynCorp contacted him about the job in Iraq. Wynn is an Army veteran of both the Iraq and Persian Gulf wars.