Time:

6:30 p.m.

Place:

Anderson Room

Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie

Councillor Linda Barnes

Councillor Derek Dang

Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt

Councillor Greg Halsey-Brandt

Councillor Sue Halsey-Brandt

Councillor Ken Johnston

Councillor Bill McNulty

Councillor Harold Steves

Corporate Officer – David Weber

Call to Order:

Mayor Brodie called the meeting to order in open session at 6:34 p.m.

RES NO.

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

IC09/1-1

It was moved and seconded

Council hereby declares that the meeting held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, January 12, 2009, 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)(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: Cathryn Carlile, Phyllis Carlyle, George Duncan, Robert Gonzalez, Brian Jackson, Robert Kates, Doug Long, Andrew Nazareth, David Weber and Shanan Dhaliwal.

IC09/1-2

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the Regular (closed) Council Meeting held on Monday, December 8, 2008, and the Special (closed) Council Meeting held on Monday, December 15, 2008, each be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED