Date:

Monday, April 7, 2008

Place:

Anderson Room

Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm Brodie, Chair

Councillor Linda Barnes 

Councillor Cynthia Chen

Councillor Derek Dang
Councillor Sue Halsey-Brandt 

Councillor Rob Howard

Councillor Bill McNulty

Councillor Harold Steves

Absent:

Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt 

Call to Order:

The Chair called the open meeting to order at 5:50 p.m.

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

It was moved and seconded

(1)

That O Zone Site Negotiations, be added to the agenda as Item 2; and

(2)

Council hereby declares that the meeting held on Monday, April 7, 2008 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)(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.

Item 2

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

It was moved and seconded

That Sandra Carter from the law firm of Bull, Housser, Tupper be invited to attend the meeting.

CARRIED

Those Present:  Sandra Carter, George Duncan, Mike Kirk.

MINUTES

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the closed meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on Monday, March 17, 2008, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED