September 21, 2020 - Minutes (Special Closed)

Place:

Council Chambers
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie
Councillor Chak Au
Councillor Carol Day (by teleconference)
Councillor Kelly Greene (by teleconference)
Councillor Alexa Loo (by teleconference)
Councillor Bill McNulty (by teleconference)
Councillor Linda McPhail (by teleconference)
Councillor Harold Steves (by teleconference)
Councillor Michael Wolfe (by teleconference)

Corporate Officer – Claudia Jesson

Call to Order:

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

Mayor Brodie recessed the meeting at 4:01 p.m. for the Open and Closed General Purposes Committee meetings.

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The meeting reconvened at 6:45 with Mayor Brodie and Councillor Chak present, and Councillors Day, Greene, Loo, McNulty, McPhail, Steves and Wolfe present by teleconference.

RES NO.

ITEM

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

SIC20/13-1

It was moved and seconded

Council hereby declares that the meeting held at 4:00 p.m. on September 21, 2020, 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;

Item 2

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

Item 2

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

CARRIED

Those Present:  Evangel Biason, Claudia Jesson, and Hanieh Berg.

Those Present by Teleconference: Cecilia Achiam, Clay Adams, Elizabeth Ayers, Brendan Burns, James Cooper, Jerry Chong, Mark Corrado, Wayne Craig, George Duncan, Joe Erceg, Grant Fengstad, Marie Fenwick, John Irving, Barry Konkin, Serena Lusk, Anthony Capuccinello Iraci, Kim Somerville, Kirk Taylor, Tim Wilkinson, Jim Wishlove, and Ivy Wong.