December 14, 2015 - Minutes (Closed)

Place:

Anderson Room
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie
Councillor Chak Au
Councillor Derek Dang
Councillor Carol Day
Councillor Alexa Loo
Councillor Bill McNulty
Councillor Linda McPhail
Councillor Harold Steves

Corporate Officer – David Weber

Absent:

Councillor Ken Johnston

Call to Order:

Mayor Brodie called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.

The meeting was recessed at 4:01 p.m.

The meeting reconvened at 5:15 p.m. following the Open and Closed Finance Committee and the Closed General Purposes Committee meetings with all members of Council present with the exception of Councillor Johnston.

AGENDA ADDITIONS (AND DELETIONS) AND COMMUNITY CHARTER CLOSED MEETING COMPLIANCE FOR ADDITIONAL ITEMS

It was moved and seconded

That a matter regarding legal advice be added to the agenda as an additional item and that this item be deemed in compliance with the following closed meeting criteria specified in Section 90 of the Community Charter:

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

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

IC15/19-1

It was moved and seconded

Council hereby declares that the meeting held on December 14, 2015, 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, 2, 3, 4 & 5

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;

Items 6 & 8

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 6

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;

Item 7

90(1)(c) -   labour relations or other employee relations;

Item 8

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; and

Item 9

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.

CARRIED

Those Present:  Cathryn Volkering Carlile, Phyllis Carlyle, George Duncan, Joe Erceg, Robert Gonzalez, Andrew Nazareth, David Weber, and Heather Howey.

MINUTES

IC15/19-2

It was moved and seconded

That:

(1)

the minutes of the Regular (closed) Council meeting held on November 23, 2015; and

(2)

the minutes of the Special (closed) Council meeting held on November 25, 2015;

be adopted as circulated.