January 26, 2026 - Minutes (Closed)

Place:

Anderson Room
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie
Councillor Carol Day
Councillor Kash Heed
Councillor Andy Hobbs
Councillor Alexa Loo
Councillor Bill McNulty
Councillor Michael Wolfe

Corporate Officer – Claudia Jesson

Absent:

Councillor Chak Au

Councillor Laura Gillanders

Call to Order:

Mayor Brodie called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.

RES NO.

ITEM

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

IC26/2-1

It was moved and seconded

Council hereby declares that the meeting held on January 26, 2026, 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; and

90(1)(i)   the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose;

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; and

Item 3

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.

CARRIED

Those Present:  Elizabeth Ayers, Brendan Burns, Anthony Capuccinello Iraci, Jerry Chong, Mark Corrado, Jennie Hayes, Claudia Jesson, Serena Lusk, Dammy Ogunseitan, Chad Paulin, Joshua Reis, Jill Shirey, Kim Somerville, Shannon Unrau, and Roeland Zwaag.

MINUTES

IC26/2-2

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the Regular (closed) Council meeting held on January 12, 2026 be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED