Time:

4:00 p.m.

Place:

Anderson Room

Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie

Councillor Linda Barnes

Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt

Councillor Ken Johnston

Councillor Bill McNulty

Councillor Harold Steves

Corporate Officer – David Weber

Absent:

Councillor Chak Au

Councillor Derek Dang

Councillor Linda McPhail

Call to Order:

Mayor Brodie called the meeting to order in open session at 5:51 p.m.

The meeting was recessed at 5:52 p.m.

The meeting was reconvened at 6:02 p.m. following the Special (Open) Council meeting, with all members of Council present, except for Councillors Au, Dang, and McPhail.

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

SIC12/7-1

It was moved and seconded

Council hereby declares that the meeting held at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, 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(1)(k) -   negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of a municipal service that are at their preliminary stages and that, in the 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 Volkering Carlile, George Duncan, Joe Erceg, Jane Fernyhough, John Irving, Gail Johnson, Renny Nesset, Dave Semple, David Weber and Hanieh Berg.