November 6, 2023 - Minutes (Closed)

Date:

Monday, November 6, 2023

Place:

Council Chambers
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie, Chair
Councillor Chak Au
Councillor Carol Day
Councillor Laura Gillanders
Councillor Kash Heed
Councillor Andy Hobbs
Councillor Alexa Loo
Councillor Bill McNulty
Councillor Michael Wolfe

Call to Order:

The Chair called the meeting to order at 6:41 p.m.

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

It was moved and seconded

Committee hereby declares that the meeting held on November 6, 2023, 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)(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 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; and

Item 2

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.

CARRIED

Those Present:  Cecilia Achiam, Michael Allen, Lorraine Anderson, Elizabeth Ayers, Evangel Biason, Lance Bredeson, Brendan Burns, Jerry Chong, Wayne Craig, Chris Duggan, Joe Erceg, Grant Fengstad, Gerina Heathe, John Hopkins, John Irving, Claudia Jesson, Serena Lusk, Greg Newman, Alen Postolka, Peter Russell, Kim Somerville, Kirk Taylor and Shannon Unrau.

MINUTES

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the closed meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on October 16, 2023, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED