City Council as Shareholder of GMHI · July 09, 2025 · Item 2.
Now hold a meeting that is closed to the public, pursuant to Section 239(2)(i) of the Municipal Act, regarding a trade secret or scientific, technical…
Main motion under the agenda item Authority to move into closed meeting
Carried (10 to 0)
10 in favour, 0 against — unanimous
What was voted on
The motion in its exact words, as recorded in the minutes.
That the Council of the City of Guelph now hold a meeting that is closed to the public, pursuant to Section 239(2)(i) of the Municipal Act, regarding a trade secret or scientific, technical, commercial, financial or labour relations information, supplied in confidence to the municipality or local board, which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of persons, or organization.
Moved by Councillor Allt, seconded by Councillor Klassen.
How the room voted
In favour (10)
- Allt
- Billings
- Busuttil
- Caron
- Caton
- Chew
- Goller
- Guthrie
- Klassen
- Richardson
What was said
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21:02And it is that the Council of the City of Guelph
21:05now hold a meeting that is closed
21:08to the public pursuant to the Municipal Act.
21:10It is titled, GMHI shareholder information and Electra Update.
21:15And it is that the Council of the City of Guelph
21:17now hold a meeting that is closed to the public
21:19pursuant to the section 2392 I of the Municipal Act
21:23regarding a trade secret or scientific, technical,
21:26commercial, financial or labor relations information
21:28supplying confidence to the municipality or local board,
21:31which if disclosed, everything is cut off there,
21:35could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly.
21:38The competitive position or interfere significantly
21:41with the contractual or other negotiations
21:44of a person, group of persons or organization.
21:48Moving that for me will be,
21:50ALT and seconding will be, Klosson.
21:54Thank you.
21:55I will call the vote.
21:56Is anyone against moving into closed session under that item?
22:00Nobody.
22:01It's unanimous.
22:02We will move into the closed session.
22:04And as usual, when done, I will do a high level summary
22:06when we come back out into the public.
22:08Thank you very much.
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