December 14, 2020 - Minutes (Closed)

Date:

Monday, December 14, 2020

Place:

Council Chambers
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie, Chair
Councillor Chak Au (by teleconference)
Councillor Carol Day (by teleconference)
Councillor Alexa Loo (by teleconference)
Councillor Bill McNulty (by teleconference)
Councillor Linda McPhail (by teleconference)
Councillor Harold Steves (by teleconference)
Councillor Michael Wolfe (by teleconference)

Call to Order:

The Chair called the meeting to order at 5:13 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 December 14, 2020, 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 and 2

90(1)(a) - personal information about an identifiable individual who holds or is being considered for a position as an officer, employee or agent of the municipality or another position appointed by the municipality;

Items 3, 4, and 5

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;

Item 6

90(2)(b) -   the consideration of information received and held in confidence relating to negotiations between the municipality and a provincial government or the federal government, or both, or between a provincial government or the federal government or both and a third party; and

Item 7

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.

CARRIED

Those Present:  Evangel Biason, Claudia Jesson, and Hanieh Berg.

Those Present by Teleconference:  David Aarons Cecilia Achiam, Clay Adams, Michael Allen, Elizabeth Ayers, Brendan Burns, Jerry Chong, Wayne Craig, George Duncan, Joe Erceg, Grant Fengstad, Debbie Hertha, Sonali Hingorani, John Irving, Serena Lusk, Anthony Capuccinello Iraci, Dorothy Jo, Khalil Rehmat, Kim Somerville, Cody Spencer, and John Woolgar.

MINUTES

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the closed meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on November 30, 2020, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED