July 28, 2025 - Minutes (Closed)

Place:

Anderson Room
Richmond City Hall

Present:

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

Corporate Officer – Claudia Jesson

Absent:

Councillor Carol Day

Call to Order:

Mayor Brodie called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

RES NO.

ITEM

Mayor Brodie recessed the meeting at 6:01 p.m. for the Special Closed General Purposes Committee meeting.

The meeting reconvened at 6:05 p.m. with all members of Council present.

AGENDA ADDITIONS (AND DELETIONS) AND COMMUNITY CHARTER CLOSED MEETING COMPLIANCE FOR ADDITIONAL ITEMS

 IC25/14-1

It was moved and seconded

That Gift Cards be added to the agenda as an additional item and that this item be deemed in compliance with the following closed meeting criteria specified in Section 90 of the Community Charter:

90(1)(c) -   labour relations or other employee relations.

CARRIED

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

IC25/14-2

It was moved and seconded

Council hereby declares that the meeting held on July 28, 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:

Items 1 & 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;

Item 3

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;

Item 3

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 4

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:  Clay Adams, Elizabeth Ayers, Evangel Biason, Anthony Capuccinello Iraci, Jerry Chong, Wayne Craig, Sarah Goddard, John Irving, Claudia Jesson, Serena Lusk, Greg Newman, Olivia Pow, Peter Russell, Kim Somerville and Roeland Zwaag.

MINUTES

IC25/14-3

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the:

(1)

Regular (closed) Council meeting held on July 14, 2025, and

(2)

Special (closed) Council meeting held on July 24, 2025,

be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED