Date:

Monday, March 5, 2012

Place:

Anderson Room
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm Brodie, Chair

Councillor Chak Au

Councillor Linda Barnes

Councillor Derek Dang

Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt

Councillor Ken Johnston

Councillor Bill McNulty

Councillor Linda McPhail

Absent:

Councillor Harold Steves

Call to Order:

The Chair called the meeting to order at 4:38 p.m.

AGENDA ADDITIONS AND COMMUNITY CHARTER CLOSED MEETING COMPLIANCE FOR ADDITIONAL ITEMS

(1)

That the Sister City Program, be added to the agenda as Item 2; and

(2)

Council hereby declares that the meeting held on Monday, March 5, 2012 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)(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; and

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 the view of the council, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality if they were held in public.

CARRIED

Those Present:  Cathryn Volkering Carlile, Phyllis Carlyle, Jeff Day, George Duncan, Joe Erceg, Robert Gonzalez, Vern Jacques, Andrew Nazareth, Mike Redpath, Eric Stepura, Richard Toda, David Weber, and Shanan Dhaliwal.

MINUTES

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the closed meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on Monday, January 16, 2012, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED