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City of Maple Ridge
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
February 24, 2022
3:00 p.m.
Virtual Online Meeting including Council Chambers
1st Floor, Maple Ridge City Hall
1.0 CALL TO ORDER
2.0 APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
3.0 NOTICE OF CLOSED COUNCIL MEETING
The meeting will be closed to the public pursuant to Sections 90 (1) and 90 (2) of the
Community Charter as the subject matter being considered relates to the following:
Section 90(1)(i) the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege,
including communications necessary for that purpose
Any other matter that may be brought before the Council that meets the requirements
for a meeting closed to the public pursuant to Sections 90 (1) and 90 (2) of the
Community Charter or Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
4.0 ADJOURNMENT
APPROVED BY: PREPARED BY:
DATE: DATE: February 23, 2022
Special Council Meeting Agenda
February 22, 2022
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Community Charter Section 90 – Meetings that may or must be closed to the public
(1) A part of a council meeting may be closed to the public if the subject matter being considered relates
to or is one or more of the following:
(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;
(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;
(c) labour relations or other employee relations;
(d) the security of the property of the municipality;
(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;
(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;
(g) litigation or potential litigation affecting the municipality;
(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;
(i) the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications
necessary for that purpose;
(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;
(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;
(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];
(m) a matter that, under another enactment, is such that the public may be excluded from the
meeting;
(n) the consideration of whether a council meeting should be closed under a provision of this
subsection or subsection (2);
(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 part of a council meeting must be closed to the public if the subject matter being considered relates
to one or more of the following:
(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;
(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;
(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;
(d) a matter that, under another enactment, is such that the public must be excluded from the
meeting;
(e) a review of a proposed final performance audit report for the purpose of providing comments to
the auditor general on the proposed report under section 23 (2) of the Auditor General for Local
Government Act.