Time:

6:30 p.m.

Place:

Anderson Room
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie
Councillor Linda Barnes
Councillor Cynthia Chen
Councillor Derek Dang
Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt
Councillor Sue Halsey-Brandt
Councillor Rob Howard
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 6:30 p.m.

RES NO.

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

IC06/3-1

It was moved and seconded

Council hereby declares that the meeting held at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, February 13^th, 2006, 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)(j) -     information that is prohibited, or information that if it were presented in a document would be prohibited, from disclosure under section 21 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act; and

90(2)(b) -    the consideration of information received and held in confidence relating to negotiations between the municipality and a provincial government or the federal government, or both, or between a provincial government or the federal government or both and a third party; and

Items  2 and 3

90(1)(a) - personal information about an identifiable individual who holds or is being considered for a position as an officer, employee or agent of the municipality or another position appointed by the municipality.

CARRIED

Those Present:  George Duncan (6:31 p.m.), Mike Kirk, Joe Erceg (6:31 p.m.), Andrew Nazareth (6:33 p.m.), Jim Hancock, Robert Gonzalez, Kate Sparrow, David Weber and Fran J. Ashton.

MINUTES

IC06/3-2

It was moved and seconded

That:

(1)

the minutes of the Regular (closed) Council Meeting held on Tuesday, January 24th, 2006; and

(2)

the minutes of the Special (closed) Council Meeting held on Wednesday, February 8^th, 2006,

each be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED