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

Director, City Clerk’s Office – David Weber

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

IC05/9-1

It was moved and seconded

(1)

That personnel and staff issues be added to the agenda as Item 3; and

(2)

Council hereby declares that the meeting held at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, May 9^th, 2005  is to be closed to the public and that the basis of this closure is that the following item on the agenda of this meeting complies with the following closed meeting criteria specified in Section 90 of the Community Charter:

Item 1

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

Item 2

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; and

Item 3

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

CARRIED

Those Present:  George Duncan (4:07 p.m.), Joe Erceg (4:04 p.m.), Jeff Day, Cathy Volkering Carlile (4:02 p.m.), Mike Kirk (4:04 p.m.), Rod Kray (4:05 p.m.), David Weber, Andrew Nazareth, Victor Wei, and Fran J. Ashton.

MINUTES

IC05/9-2

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the Regular (closed) Council Meeting held on Monday, April 25^th, 2005, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED