December 18, 2023 - Minutes (Closed)

Date:

Monday, December 18, 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  4:08 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 December 18, 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)(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;

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;

Items 3 and 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 the view of the council, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality if they were held in public; and

Items 3 and 4

90(1)(o) -   the consideration of whether the authority under section 91 [other persons attending closed meetings] should be exercised in relation to a council meeting.

CARRIED

Those Present:  Cecilia Achiam, Clay Adams, Evangel Biason, Brendan Burns, Alisa Carey, Mark Corrado, Jerry Chong, James Cooper, Chris Duggan, Joe Erceg, Raman Grewal, John Irving, Claudia Jesson, Serena Lusk, Keith Miller, Greg Newman, Mike Romas, Kim Somerville, Shannon Unrau, and Jim Wishlove.

Those Present by Teleconference: Jennie Hayes.

MINUTES

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the closed meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on December 4, 2023, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED