Date:

Monday, July 20, 2009

Place:

Anderson Room
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm Brodie, Chair

Councillor Linda Barnes

Councillor Derek Dang

Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt

Councillor Greg Halsey-Brandt

Councillor Ken Johnston

Councillor Bill McNulty

Councillor Harold Steves

Absent:

Councillor Sue Halsey-Brandt

Call to Order:

The Chair called the meeting to order at 5:06 p.m.

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 Monday, July 20, 2009, 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:

Items 1,2,3,4,5

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; and

Item 6

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

CARRIED

Those Present:  Mary Brunet, Cathryn Carlile, Phyllis Carlyle, Jerry Chong, Jeff Day, George Duncan, Joe Erceg, Robert Gonzalez, John Irving, Gail Johnson, Robert Kates, Mike Kirk, Serena Lusk, Renny Nessett, Amarjeet Rattan, Mike Redpath, Greg Scott, Dave Semple, and Shanan Dhaliwal.

There was agreement to vary the agenda to consider Agenda Item No. 4 prior to Item No. 3.

MINUTES

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the closed meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on Monday, July 6, 2009, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED