Date:

Monday, February 21, 2011

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 Bill McNulty

Councillor Harold Steves

Absent:

Councillor Ken Johnston

Call to Order:

The Chair called the meeting to order at 6:25 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, February 21, 2011, 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

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;

Item 3

90(1)(b) -   personal information about an identifiable individual who is being considered for a municipal award or honour, or who has offered to provide a gift to the municipality on condition of anonymity;

Item 4

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 5

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

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

Those Present:  Vern Jacques, Robert Kates, Terry Crowe, Brian Jackson,  Glenn McLaughlin, Mike Redpath, Phyllis Carlyle, Jeff Day, George Duncan, Joe Erceg, Robert Gonzalez, Mike Kirk, Andrew Nazareth, Dave Semple, 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 Monday, February 7, 2011, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED