# Special Council Minutes

Meeting: Special Council — May 1, 2023

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## AI-processed summary

Minutes of the Special Council meeting held May 1, 2023 in Council Chambers, recording attendance, motions (including an in-camera resolution) and adjournment. The minutes note approval of the agenda, a closed (in-camera) session under the Community Charter, and adjournment.

## Extracted text

### Special Council Minutes

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## Special Council Minutes

### Meeting Details
- Date: May 1, 2023
- Time: 2:00 p.m.
- Location: Council Chambers
- Meeting available by teleconference

### Attendance
- PRESENT:
  - Mayor S. Goodmanson
  - Councillor K. Guiry
  - Councillor C. Harder
  - Councillor M. Morley - Remote
  - Councillor M. Wagner
  - Councillor K. Yacucha
- ABSENT:
  - Councillor L. Szpak
- ATTENDING:
  - D. Kiedyk, Chief Administrative Officer
  - M. Watmough, Deputy Director of Corporate Services
  - M. Baldwin, Director of Planning and Subdivision
  - M. Dillabaugh, Director of Finance
  - K. Balzer, Director of Engineering and Public Works
  - Y. Nielsen, Director of Parks, Recreation and Facilities
  - K. Dube, Senior Manager of Information Technology and GIS
  - D. Petrie, Senior Manager of Business Development and Events
  - W. Robinson, Manager of Building Services
  - A. Kryklywyj-Shortreid, Deputy Director of Finance
  - C. Staniforth, Financial Analyst

### Territorial Acknowledgement

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## Territorial Acknowledgement

M. Watmough, Deputy Director of Corporate Services, read the City of Langford's Territorial Acknowledgment.

### Call to Order

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## Call to Order

Mayor Goodmanson called the meeting to order at 2:10 p.m.

### Approval of the Agenda

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## Approval of the Agenda

MOVED BY: HARDER  
SECONDED: GUIRY  
THAT Council approve the agenda as presented.  
Motion CARRIED.

### In Camera Resolution

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## In Camera Resolution

MOVED BY: HARDER  
SECONDED: WAGNER  
THAT Council close the meeting to the public pursuant to section 90 (1) (k) and (l) of the Community Charter to consider:
- 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;
- 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].  
Motion CARRIED.

### Adjournment

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## Adjournment

MOVED BY: HARDER  
SECONDED: YACUCHA  
THAT Council adjourn the meeting.  
Mayor Goodmanson adjourned the meeting at 3:07 p.m.  
Motion CARRIED.

Presiding Council Member

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