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Special Council Minutes - May 19, 2026 (1:30 p.m.)
Special Council meeting minutes (May 19, 2026, 1:30 PM) recording an in-camera session dealing with personnel, labour relations, litigation and negotiations, and the subsequent adjournment.
Key facts
- Meeting time: May 19, 2026, 1:30 PM; called to order at 1:33 PM
- Council closed the meeting at 1:34 PM pursuant to Community Charter s.90(1)(a),(c),(g),(k)
- Matters included personal information about applicants for positions, labour relations, litigation, and preliminary negotiations
- Meeting adjourned at 2:49 PM
Special Council Minutes - May 19, 2026 (1:30 p.m.)
Council Chambers
PRESENT:
- Mayor S. Goodmanson
- Councillor K. Guiry
- Councillor C. Harder
- Councillor M. Morley
- Councillor M. Wagner
ABSENT:
- Councillor K. Yacucha
ATTENDING:
- D. Kiedyk, Chief Administrative Officer
- B. Hutchins, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer
- M. Watmough, Director of Legislative & Protective Services
- L. Stohmann, Director of Community Planning & Development - arrived at 2:00 pm
- K. Balzer, Director of Engineering and Public Works - arrived at 2:00 pm
- Y. Nielsen, Director of Parks, Recreation and Facilities - arrived at 2:00 pm
- C. Aubrey, Fire Chief - arrived at 2:00 pm
- K. Dube, Senior Manager of Information Technology and GIS - arrived at 2:00 pm
- C. Staniforth, Manager of Budgets & Revenue - arrived at 2:00 pm
- K. Lamb, Manager of Human Resources - left at 2:00 pm
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Goodmanson called the meeting to order at 1:33 pm.
2. TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Councillor Morley read the City of Langford's Territorial Acknowledgment.
3. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
MOVED BY: HARDER
SECONDED: GUIRY
THAT Council approve the agenda as presented.
Motion CARRIED.
4. IN CAMERA RESOLUTION
MOVED BY: HARDER
SECONDED: GUIRY
THAT Council close the meeting at 1:34 pm to the public pursuant to section 90 (1) (a), (c), (g) and (k) of the Community Charter to consider:
- 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;
- labour relations or other employee relations;
- 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.
Motion CARRIED.
5. ADJOURNMENT
MOVED BY: GUIRY
SECONDED: HARDER
THAT Council adjourn the meeting.
Mayor Goodmanson adjourned the meeting at 2:49 pm.
Motion CARRIED.
Presiding Council Member
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