Time:

4:00 p. m.

Place:

Council Chambers
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

Acting City Clerk David Weber

Call to Order:

Mayor Brodie called the meeting to order at 4:01 p.m.

RES NO.

ITEM

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

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1.

It was moved and seconded

That Council resolve into Committee of the Whole to hear delegations on agenda items (4:02 p.m.).

CARRIED

2.

Delegations from the floor on Agenda items. None.

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3.

It was moved and seconded

That Committee rise and report (4:03 p.m.).

CARRIED

GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE

4.

2003 OPERATING BUDGET REFERRALS II
(Report:  Feb. 13/03, File No.:  0970-01-2003) (REDMS No. 951055, 954809, 967739)

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It was moved and seconded

( 1 )

That the report (dated February 13^th, 2003, from the Director, Finance), regarding the 2003 Operating Budget Referrals II, be received for information.

( 2 )

That the 2003 Operating Budget Final Draft, be approved as the basis for preparing the 5 Year Financial Plan (2003 2007), with the following amendments:

( a )

that the reduced amount of $54,500 be included as an additional level for audio/video equipment maintenance;

( b )

that with respect to the Confined Space Rescue Program:

(i)

the designation of $60,000 in the capital budget, with funding to be provided from the 2002 surplus; and

(ii)

the inclusion of $6,000 in the operating budget as an additional level;

( c )

that the new position of Crime Analyst be approved, with funding to be provided from the anticipated $700,000 surplus which is included in the existing 2003 RCMP budget allocation, and that the RCMP be authorized to fill the position;

( d )

that the Volunteer Management Coordination Emergency Program position be included in the additional levels for 2003;

( e )

that the operational efficiencies identified by staff, totalling $200,000, be incorporated into the budget to reduce the overall tax increase;

( f )

that $200,000 be taken from the 2003 Casino revenue account to reduce the tax increase, and allocated to the Minor Capital Construction Program; and

( g )

that the $500,000 of remaining casino revenue be reallocated to the Council Provision Account.

( 3 )

That staff continue negotiations with Richmond Health Services regarding the provision of noise bylaw enforcement through that agency.

( 4 )

That the RCMP request to fund 6 additional officers from the anticipated 2003 surplus not be authorized until a full report on the Police Services 5 Year Plan has been considered by the Community Safety Committee, and subsequently approved by Council.

The question on Resolution No. SP03/2-3 was not called, as the following amendments were introduced:

It was moved and seconded

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That Part (2) of Resolution No. SP03/2-3 be amended by deleting (i) Part (2)(d) in its entirety, and (ii) the $79,000 included in the additional level budget to fund this position.

CARRIED

OPPOSED:  Cllr. Barnes
E. Halsey-Brandt

It was moved and seconded

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That staff report to the April meeting of the Community Safety Committee on the volunteer coordinator position and the function of that position, (including a job description), and examine within that report, those volunteer coordinator positions which are already in existence.

CARRIED

It was moved and seconded

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That Part (2) of Resolution No. SP03/2-3 be amended by increasing the $500,000 Council Provision account by $209,000 through the transfer of surplus funds to this account.

CARRIED

It was moved and seconded

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That Part (2) of Resolution No. SP03/2-3 be amended by dedicating the funds in the statutory reserve fund for the establishment of all-weather and artificial turf fields to those priorities.

CARRIED

It was moved and seconded

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That Part (2) of Resolution No. SP03/2-3 be amended with respect to Rankings 7, 8 and 9 shown in the Additional Levels adopted at the General Purposes Committee meeting on February 19^th, 2003, in that the people hired to fill these positions would be hired on a temporary full-time basis.

DEFEATED

OPPOSED:  Cllr. Barnes
Dang
E. Halsey-Brandt
S. Halsey-Brandt
Steves

It was moved and seconded

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That Part (2)(a) of Resolution No. SP03/2-3 be amended by deleting the figure of $54,500 and substituting $62,000.

DEFEATED

OPPOSED:  Mayor Brodie
Cllr. Dang
Kumagai
McNulty
Steves

The question on Resolution No. SP03/2-3, as amended by Resolution Nos. SP03/2-4, SP03/2-6, and SP03-7 was not called, as the request was made that the resolutions be dealt with separately.

The question on Part (1) of Resolution No. SP03/2-3 was called, and it was CARRIED.

The question on Part (2) of Resolution No. SP03/2-3, as amended by Resolution Nos. SP03/2-4, SP03/2-6, and SP03-7 was called, and it was CARRIED.

The question on Parts (3) and (4) of Resolution No. SP03/2-3 was called, and it was CARRIED.

ADJOURNMENT

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It was moved and seconded

That the meeting adjourn (4:53 p.m.).

CARRIED

Certified a true and correct copy of the Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Council of the City of Richmond held on Monday, March 3^rd, 2003.

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Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie

Acting City Clerk (David Weber)