Time:

5:00 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

Councillor Harold Steves

Corporate Officer – David Weber

Call to Order:

Mayor Brodie called the meeting to order in open session at 5:00 p.m.

RES NO.

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

IC08/19-1

It was moved and seconded

Council hereby declares that the meeting held at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 24, 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:

Item 1

90(2)(b) -   the consideration of information received and held in confidence relating to negotiations between the municipality and a provincial government or the federal government, or both, or between a provincial government or the federal government or both and a third party;

Items 2 & 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;

Item 3

90(1)(m) -  a matter that, under another enactment, is such that the public may be excluded from the meeting;

Item 4

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

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 5

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

Items 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 15, & 16

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.

CARRIED

Those Present:  Doug Anderson, Laurie Bachynski, Greg Buss, Cathy Carlile, Phyllis Carlyle, Terry Crowe, Celeste Curran, George Duncan, Joe Erceg, Shawn Issel, Robert Gonzalez, Mike Kirk, Wayne Mercer, Andrew Nazareth, Ann Phelps, Greg Scott, Dave Semple, Kate Sparrow, Anne Stevens, David Weber, Victor Wei, and Shanan Dhaliwal.

IC08/19-2

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the Regular (closed) Council Meeting held on Monday, November 10, 2008, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED