Time:

4:00 p.m.

Place:

Anderson Room
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie
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

Absent:

Councillor Linda Barnes

Call to Order:

Mayor Brodie called the closed 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

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It was moved and seconded

(1)

That the matter of Negotiations on Funding for the Oval Paddling Centre, be added to the agenda as Item 7; and

(2)

Council hereby declares that the meeting held at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 10^th, 2006 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)(e) - the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality;

Item 2

90(1)(g) - litigation or potential litigation affecting the municipality;

Item 3

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 4

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;

Item 5

90(1)(n) - the consideration of whether a council meeting should be closed under a provision of this subsection or subsection (2);

Item 6

90(1)(e) - the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality; and

Item 7

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.

CARRIED

Those Present:  George Duncan (4:05 p.m.), Joe Erceg, Andrew Nazareth, Jeff Day, Mike Kirk, Phyllis Carlyle, Greg Scott, Gerry De Cicco, Dave Semple, Jane Fernyhough, David Weber, Jean Lamontagne, Tom Andersson, Gary Young, David Naysmith, Bryan Klassen, and Fran J. Ashton.

MINUTES

IC06/15-2

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the Regular (closed) Council Meeting held on Monday, September 25^th, 2006, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED