March 10, 2025 - Minutes (Closed)

Place:

Anderson Room
Richmond City Hall

Present:

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

Corporate Officer – Claudia Jesson

Call to Order:

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

RES NO.

ITEM

IC25/5-1

It was moved and seconded

That Kim Somerville be permitted to join the meeting electronically.

CARRIED

AGENDA ADDITION

IC25/5-2

It was moved and seconded

That “Briefing on Eco Waste” be added to the agenda as Item No. 3.

CARRIED

Kim Somerville entered the meeting (6:31 p.m.) via teleconference.

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

IC25/5-3

It was moved and seconded

Council hereby declares that the meeting held on March 10, 2025, 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 3

90(1)(g) -   litigation or potential litigation affecting the municipality.

CARRIED

Those Present:  Clay Adams, Lorraine Anderson, Elizabeth Ayers, Evangel Biason, Lance Bredeson, Anthony Capuccinello Iraci, Mike Ching, Jerry Chong, Wayne Craig, Chris Duggan, Todd Gross, John Irving, Claudia Jesson, Serena Lusk, Keith Miller, Martin Younis and Roeland Zwaag.

MINUTES

IC25/5-4

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the Regular (closed) Council meeting held on February 24, 2025, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED