June 19, 2006 Minutes (closed)


City of Richmond Closed Meeting Minutes

General Purposes Committee

Closed

 

Date:

Monday, June 19th, 2006

Place:

Anderson Room

Richmond City Hall

Present:

Councillor Linda Barnes, Chair

Mayor Malcolm Brodie  (6:22 p.m.)

Councillor Cynthia Chen  (6:10 p.m.)

Councillor Derek Dang
Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt 

Councillor Sue Halsey-Brandt 

Councillor Rob Howard

Councillor Bill McNulty

Councillor Harold Steves

 

Call to Order:

The Chair called the open meeting to order at 6:09 p.m.

 


 

 

 

Discussion ensued among Committee members on the rationale for dealing with the matter of the proposed Trade & Exhibition Centre at a closed meeting of Council.

 

 

(Mayor Brodie entered the meeting – 6:22 p.m.)

 

 

As a result of the discussion, the following resolution was adopted:

 

 

It was moved and seconded

 

 

That the report (dated June 19th, 2006, from the Manager, Economic Development), regarding an Update on the Trade and Exhibition Centre, be referred to the open General Purposes Committee meeting.

 

 

CARRIED

 

 

 

OPPOSED:  Cllr. Howard

 

 

 

The closed meeting of the General Purposes Committee was then recessed so that Committee could reconvene into open session to consider the Trade & Exhibition Centre matter.

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The closed meeting of the General Purposes Committee reconvened at 6:38 p.m., with all members of Council present.

 

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

 

 

 

Committee hereby declares that the meeting held on Wednesday, June 21st, 2006, 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)(c) -    labour relations or other employee relations; and

 

 

 

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

 

 

CARRIED

 

 

Those Present:  George Duncan, Andrew Nazareth, Joe Erceg, Cathy Volkering Carlile, Mike Kirk, Phyllis Carlyle, Signi Solmundson, Lee Malleau, and Fran J. Ashton.

 

 

 

MINUTES

 

 

 

It was moved and seconded

 

 

That the minutes of the closed meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on Monday, June 5th, 2006, be adopted as circulated.

 

 

CARRIED

 

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