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 Rob Howard
Councillor Bill McNulty
Corporate Officer – David Weber

Absent:

Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt

Councillor Sue Halsey-Brandt

Councillor Harold Steves

Call to Order:

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

RES NO.

IC08/12-1

It was moved and seconded

Council hereby declares that the meeting held at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, July 14, 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 complies with the following closed meeting criteria specified in Section 90 of the Community Charter:

Items - 1, 2, 3 and 5

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 - 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 - 6

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

Also Present:  Laurie Bachynski, Cathryn Volkering Carlile, Phyllis L. Carlyle, Jerry Chong, Jeff Day, Brian Jackson,  Robert Kates, Mike Kirk, Mike Redpath, Dave Semple, Victor Wei , and Hanieh Floujeh.

MINUTES

IC08/12-2

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the Regular (closed) Council Meeting held on June 23, 2008, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED