Utility Commission Meeting
Agenda

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Meeting held electronically and in Committee Room 2
City Hall

We recognize and respect that New Westminster is on the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Halkomelem speaking peoples. We acknowledge that colonialism has made invisible their histories and connections to the land. As a City, we are learning and building relationships with the people whose lands we are on.


The Chair will open the meeting and provide a land acknowledgement.

Additions or deletion of items.

Staff and guest reports and presentations for information, discussion, and/or action

Regular and ongoing reports from staff or members for information and discussion.

Recommendation


THAT the Utility Commission will now go into a meeting which is closed to the public in accordance with Section 90 of the Community Charter, on the bases that the subject matter for all agenda items relate to matters listed under sections:


(1)(a) personal information about and 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;


(1)(b) personal information about an identifiable individual who is being considered for a municipal award or honour, or who has offered to provide a gift to the municipality on condition of anonymity;


(1)(c) labour relations or other employee relations;


(1)(d) the security of the property of the municipality;


(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;


(1)(f) law enforcement, if the council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the conduct of an investigation under or enforcement of an enactment;


(1)(g) litigation or potential litigation affecting the municipality;


(1)(h) an administrative tribunal hearing or potential administrative tribunal hearing affecting the municipality, other than a hearing to be conducted by the council or a delegate of council;


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


(1)(j) information that is prohibited, or information that if it were presented in a document would be prohibited, from disclosure under section 21 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act;


(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;


(1)(l) discussions with municipal officers and employees respecting municipal objectives, measures, and progress reports for the purposes of preparing an annual report under section 98 [annual municipal report];


(1)(m) a matter that, under another enactment, is such that the public may be excluded from the meeting;


(1)(n) the consideration of whether a council meeting should be closed under a provision of this subsection or subsection (2);


(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.


(2)(a) a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, if the council is designated as head of the local public body for the purposes of that Act in relation to the matter;


(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;


(2)(c) a matter that is being investigated under the Ombudsperson Act of which the municipality has been notified under section 14 [Ombudsperson to notify authority] of that Act.

Remaining scheduled meetings for 2022, which take place at 2:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted:

  • March 29
  • May 17
  • June 28
  • September 20
  • October 18
  • November 22

 

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