Time:

6:30 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 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

IC07/1-1

It was moved and seconded

Council hereby declares that the meeting held at 6:30 p. m. on Monday, January 8^th, 2007, 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)(g) –   litigation or potential litigation affecting the municipality;

Item 2

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;

Item 3

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

Item 4

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.

CARRIED

Those Present:  George Duncan (6:34 p.m.), Jeff Day, Cathy Volkering Carlile, Andrew Nazareth, Phyllis Carlyle (6:33 p.m.), Colleen Burke, Amarjeet Rattan, Jean Lamontagne, Glenn McLaughlin, Terry Crowe, David Weber, and Fran J. Ashton.

MINUTES

IC07/1-2

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the Regular (closed) Council Meeting held on Monday, December 11^th, 2006, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED