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19 82 STAFF REPORT CITY CLERK
` CITY COUNCIL File # 140-30
DATE: December 16, 2014
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Christopher L. Foss, City Manager "
SUBJECT: Appointment of Delegate to Attend the National League of ities Congressional
City Conference and Designation of Voting Delegate for the 2015 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 2015, 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 2015.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Sufficient funds will be available for attendance at both the March and November 2015
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 2015, 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 2015.
Reviewed By
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 7-11, 2015, 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 4-7, 2015, in Nashville,
Tennessee. 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 Councilmember Biddle as its delegate, and Vice Mayor Gupta as the
alternate, to attend the National League of Cities (NLC) Congressional City Conference in
March 2014, and appointed Vice Mayor Gupta as the voting delegate, and Councilmember
Biddle as the alternate, to attend and vote on the City's behalf at the NLC Annual Conference in
November of 2014.
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH:
Not applicable.
ATTACHMENTS:
None.
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