Date:

Monday, October 5, 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 Sue Halsey-Brandt

Councillor Ken Johnston

Councillor Harold Steves

Absent:

Councillor Bill McNulty

Call to Order:

The Chair called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

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

Council hereby declares that the meeting held on Monday, October 5, 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:

Item 1

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 2

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

CARRIED

Those Present:  Cathryn Volkering Carlile, Phyllis Carlyle, Celeste Curran, Jeff Day, George Duncan, Joe Erceg, Robert Gonzalez, Robert Kates, Mike Kirk, Andrew Nazareth, Mike Redpath, Dave Semple, Gary Young, David Weber, and Hanieh Floujeh.

MINUTES

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the closed meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on Tuesday, September 8, 2009, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED