Time:

4:00 p.m.

Place:

Anderson Room

Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie

Councillor Linda Barnes

Councillor Derek Dang

Councillor Sue Halsey-Brandt

Councillor Ken Johnston

Councillor Bill McNulty

Councillor Harold Steves

Corporate Officer – David Weber

Absent:

Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt

Councillor Greg Halsey-Brandt

Call to Order:

Mayor Brodie called the meeting to order in open session at 4:01 p.m.

RES NO.

AGENDA ADDITIONS (AND DELETIONS); CLOSURE OF THE COUNCIL MEETING TO THE PUBLIC AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMMUNITY CHARTER CLOSED MEETING CRITERIA

IC09/2-1

It was moved and seconded

(1)

That the Tourism Agreement, be added to the agenda as Item 5; and

(2)

Council hereby declares that the meeting held at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, January 26, 2009, 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, & 3

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;

Item 4

90(1)(b)

personal information about an identifiable individual who is being considered for a municipal award or honour, or who has offered to provide a gift to the municipality on condition of anonymity; and

Item 5

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:  Cathryn Carlile, Phyllis Carlyle, Wayne Craig, Joe Erceg, Robert Gonzalez, Mike Kirk, Neonila Lilova, Mike Pellant, Anne Phelps, Andrew Nazareth, Dave Semple, Kate Sparrow, Ted Townsend, David Weber, Victor Wei, , and Shanan Dhaliwal.

IC09/2-2

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the Regular (closed) Council Meeting held on Monday, January 12, 2009, and the Special (closed) Council Meeting held on Monday, January 19, 2009, each be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED