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STAFF REPORT CITY CLERK
File # 140-30
CITY COUNCIL
DATE:December 17, 2013
TO:
Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM:
Joni Pattillo, City Manager
SUBJECT:
Appointment of Delegate to Attend the National League of Cities Congressional
City Conference and Designation of Voting Delegate for the 2014 National
League of Cities Annual Conference
Prepared by Caroline P. Soto, City Clerk/Records Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City Council will consider appointing one of its members as a delegate, and one as an
alternate, to attend the National League of Cities (NLC) Congressional City Conference in
March 2014, and appointing a voting delegate, and an alternate, to attend and vote, on the
City's behalf, at the NLC Annual Conference in November of 2014.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Sufficient funds will be available for attendance at both the March and November 2014
conferences.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council review and discuss appointing one of its members as a
delegate, and one as an alternate, to attend the National League of Cities (NLC) Congressional
City Conference in March 2014, and appoint a voting delegate, and an alternate, to attend and
vote on the City's behalf at the NLC Annual Conference in November of 2014.
Submitted By Reviewed By
City Clerk Assistant City Manager
DESCRIPTION:
The NLC is an organization through which city officials work together on a national level to
further their common interests and the interests of their citizens. The NLC Congressional City
Conference, to be held in Washington, D.C, from March 8-12, 2014, provides local elected
officials and municipal staff a myriad of opportunities to learn about federal issues important to
America's cities and towns, to lobby Congress on those priorities, and to be part of a clear and
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unified voice. The program includes general sessions featuring national leaders, members of the
Administration and Congress, workshops and pre-conference leadership seminars.
The NLC Annual Conference is scheduled to be held November 18–22, 2014, in Austin, Texas.
During this conference, the annual business meeting is held, at which each member city is
afforded the opportunity to shape the NLC's federal advocacy agenda for the upcoming year by
casting a vote on preferred policy recommendations. In order for the City of Dublin to participate
in this meeting, the City Council will need to appoint a voting delegate, and an alternate, to
attend and vote on the City's behalf at the conference.
Once City Councilmembers have been appointed to attend one or both of the conferences,
notification of voting delegate and alternate will be forwarded to the NLC. Last year, the City
Council appointed Cm. Haubert as its delegate, and Cm. Hart as the alternate, to attend the
National League of Cities (NLC) Congressional City Conference in March 2013, and appointed
Cm. Hart as the voting delegate, and Cm. Haubert as the alternate, to attend and vote on the
City's behalf at the NLC Annual Conference in November of 2013.
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH:
Noticing not required.
ATTACHMENTS:
None.
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