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 Sue Halsey-Brandt

Councillor Rob Howard

Councillor Bill McNulty

Councillor Harold Steves

Corporate Officer – David Weber

Absent:

Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt

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

IC08/16-1

It was moved and seconded

Council hereby declares that the meeting held at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 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)(i) -     the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose; and

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.

Those Present:  Cathryn Carlile, Phyllis Carlyle, Jerry Chong, George Duncan, Joe Erceg, Robert Gonzalez, Serena Lusk, Kate Sparrow, Dave Semple, David Weber, and Shanan Dhaliwal.

MINUTES

IC08/16-2

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the Regular (closed) Council Meeting held on Monday, September 22, 2008, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED