Date:

Monday, April 18, 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 Ken Johnston

Councillor Bill McNulty

Councillor Harold Steves

Call to Order:

The Chair called the meeting to order at 4:36 p.m.

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

(1)

That newspaper distribution be added to the agenda as Item 3; and

(2)

Committee hereby declares that the meeting held on Monday, April 18, 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:

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;

Item 2

90(1)(c) -      labour relations or other employee relations; and

Item 3

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

Those Present:  Cecilia Achiam, Phyllis Carlyle, Jeff Day, George Duncan, Joe Erceg, Robert Gonzalez, Mike Kirk, Andrew Nazareth, Mike Pellant, 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, April 4, 2011, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED