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

City Clerk – J. Richard McKenna

Call to Order:

Mayor Brodie called the meeting to order in open session at 4:00 p.m.

RES NO.

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

IC04/19-1

It was moved and seconded

(1)

That the legal opinion from staff regarding the options for the SPCA Contract, be added to the agenda as Item 3; and

( 2)

Council hereby declares that the meeting held at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, October 25^th, 2004  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)(k) - negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of a municipal service that are at their preliminary stages and that, in view of the council, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality if they were held in public;

Item 2

90(1)(b) - personal information about an identifiable individual who is being considered for a municipal award or honour, or who has offered to provide a gift to the municipality on condition of anonymity; and

Item 3

90(1)(i) - the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose.

CARRIED

Those Present:  George Duncan, Cathy Volkering Carlile, Joe Erceg, Jeff Day, Phyllis Carlyle, Lani Schultz, Ken Sorenson, Andrew Nazareth, and Fran J. Ashton.

MINUTES

IC04/19-2

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the Regular (closed) Council Meeting held on Tuesday, October 12^th, 2004, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED