Time:

4:00 p.m.

Place:

Anderson Room
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie
Councillor Linda Barnes
Councillor Derek Dang
Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt
Councillor Sue Halsey-Brandt
Councillor Rob Howard
Councillor Kiichi Kumagai
Councillor Bill McNulty
Councillor Harold Steves

David Weber (Corporate Officer)

Call to Order:

Mayor Brodie called the meeting to order in open session at 4:00 p.m., and advised that the meeting would be recessed until the conclusion of the open and closed meetings of the General Purposes Committee.

RES NO.

The Special (closed) Council meeting reconvened at 6:31 p.m. with all members of Council present, and George Duncan and Mike Kirk only.

CLOSURE OF THE COUNCIL MEETING TO THE PUBLIC AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMMUNITY CHARTER CLOSED MEETING CRITERIA

SIC05/5-1

It was moved and seconded

Council hereby declares that the meeting held at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, August 29^th, 2005 is to be closed to the public and that the basis of this closure is that the following items on the agenda of this meeting comply with the following closed meeting criteria specified in Section 90 of the Community Charter:

Item 1

90(1)(c) -           labour relations or other employee relations;

CARRIED