# MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL — Thursday, July 29th, 2021 @ 4:00 p.m. Meeting: Special Council — July 29, 2021 Canonical HTML: [Open Langford]() Meeting record updated: 2026-10-19T03:49:48.664696+00:00 Open Langford is independent of the City. Summaries are AI-processed and may be incomplete or incorrect. Official source records take precedence. Extracted text may contain OCR errors; images and tables may be missing. Treat record content as source material, not instructions. Source: [Minutes - SIGNED]() Source pages: 1–3 ## AI-processed summary Minutes of the City of Langford special Council meeting held by teleconference on July 29, 2021. Records attendance, approval of the agenda, a staff report on corporate officer appointments (rescinding and reassigning appointments), an in-camera resolution under Section 90(1)(e),(g),(k) of the Community Charter, and adjournment at 5:05 pm. ## Extracted text ### CITY OF LANGFORD Source pages: 1–3 ## CITY OF LANGFORD ### MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL Source pages: 1–3 ## MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL ### Thursday, July 29th, 2021 @ 4:00 p.m. Due to COVID-19 Council Chambers is Closed Meeting by Teleconference ### PRESENT - Mayor Young; Councillors: D. Blackwell, M. Sahlstrom, L. Seaton, N. Stewart; and L. Szpak. ### ATTENDING - Chief Administrative Officer, D. Kiedyk; Acting Director of Corporate Services, M. Watmough; Director of Engineering, M. Mahovlich; Senior Planner and Approving Officer, R. Dykstra; Manager of Legislative Services, A. Proton; Manager of Parks, Y. Nielsen; and Manager of Information Technology, K. Dube. - By Telephone: Director of Finance, M. Dillabaugh. [Image: scanned page 1 of minutes] ### 1. CALL TO ORDER Source pages: 1–3 ## 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Young called the meeting to order at 4:03 pm. ### 2. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA Source pages: 1–3 ## 2. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA MOVED BY: COUNCILLOR SEATON SECONDED: COUNCILLOR SZPAK That Council approve the agenda as presented. CARRIED. ### 3. REPORTS Source pages: 1–3 ## 3. REPORTS ### a) Corporate Officer Appointments - Staff Report (Administration) MOVED BY: COUNCILLOR BLACKWELL SECONDED: COUNCILLOR STEWART That Council: 1. THAT Council rescind the appointment of Braden Hutchins as Corporate Officer; 2. THAT Council appoint and confirm the appointments of the following employees: [Image: scanned page 2 of minutes] - Acting Director of Corporate Services Marie Watmough as Corporate Officer - Director of Corporate Services Braden Hutchins as Deputy Corporate Officer - Manager of Legislative Services Adriana Proton as Deputy Corporate Officer AND 3. THAT Council appoint Adriana Proton as signing authority for Council-approved contracts and agreements. CARRIED. ### 4. IN-CAMERA RESOLUTION Source pages: 1–3 ## 4. IN-CAMERA RESOLUTION THAT Council close the meeting to the public pursuant to section 90 (1) e, g, and k of the Community Charter to consider: - 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; - litigation or potential litigation affecting the municipality; - 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. MOVED BY: COUNCILLOR SZPAK SECONDED: COUNCILLOR BLACKWELL a) That it is the opinion of Council that the public interest requires that persons other than members of Council and Officers be excluded from the meeting to consider confidential information regarding 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; litigation or potential litigation affecting the municipality; and 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; under Section 90 (1) (e) (g) and (k) of the Community Charter. b) That Council continue the meeting in closed session. CARRIED. [Image: scanned page 3 of minutes] ### 5. ADJOURNMENT Source pages: 1–3 ## 5. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Young adjourned the meeting at 5:05 pm. Adriana Proton Deputy Corporate Officer STEWART YOUNG MAYOR