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STAFF REPORT CITY CLERK
File # 140-30
CITY COUNCIL
DATE:December 15, 2015
TO:
Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM:
Christopher L. Foss, City Manager
SUBJECT:
Appointment of Delegate to Attend the National League of Cities Congressional
City Conference and Designation of Voting Delegate for the 2016 Congress of
Cities and Exposition
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 2016, and appointing a voting delegate, and an alternate, to attend and vote, on the
City's behalf, at the 2016 Congress of Cities and Exposition in November of 2016.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Sufficient funds will be available for attendance at both the March and November 2016
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 2016, and appoint a voting delegate, and an alternate, to attend and
vote on the City's behalf at the Congress of Cities and Exposition in November of 2016.
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 5-9, 2016, 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 Congress of Cities and Exposition is scheduled to be held November 16–19, 2016, in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 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 Mayor Haubert as its delegate, and Councilmember Biddle as the alternate,
to attend the National League of Cities (NLC) Congressional City Conference in March 2015,
and appointed Councilmember Hart 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
2015.
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH:
Not applicable.
ATTACHMENTS:
None
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