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Richmond city council has cancelled many of their committee meetings until the end of May.
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Standing committee meetings cancelled until end of May
By Hannah Scott, Local Journalism Initiative reporter
Published 10:45 PDT, Tue April 7, 2020
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Richmond city council has postponed most standing committee meetings until at least the end of May. This decision was made in an effort to strengthen physical distancing measures and prevent the spread of COVID-19.
This cancellation does not apply to general purposes committee, finance committee, and today’s planning committee meetings. Council meetings and public hearings will also proceed as scheduled.
Mayor Malcolm Brodie said reports requiring immediate attention that would normally go before now-cancelled committees will now come forward to a scheduled general purposes committee meeting.
Thanks to recent bylaw updates, council members and staff can participate in committee and council meetings electronically.
“It is crucial that we do everything we can to practice physical distancing and other health protocols to the fullest extent possible to protect the health and wellbeing of the public, staff and members of council,” said Mayor Malcolm Brodie.
“While this will change how the city conducts business over the next few weeks, we will continue to do what we can to ensure time-sensitive and urgent reports are brought to council's attention."
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