Time:

4:00 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

Corporate Officer – David Weber

Absent:

Councillor Harold Steves

Call to Order:

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

RES NO.

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

IC08/9-1

It was moved and seconded

Council hereby declares that the meeting held at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, May 26^th, 2008, 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:

Items 1, 2 and 4

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; and

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.

CARRIED

Those Present:  George Duncan, Mike Kirk, Joe Erceg, Jeff Day (4:01 p.m.), Robert Gonzalez, Dave Semple, Eric Stepura, Greg Scott, Kate Sparrow (4:03 p.m.), David Weber and Fran J. Ashton.

MINUTES

IC08/9-2

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the Regular (closed) Council Meeting held on Monday, May 12^th, 2008, and the minutes of the Special (closed) Council Meeting held on Tuesday, May 20^th, 2008, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED