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STAFF REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
DATE: December 20, 2016
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
2017 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 2017, and appointing a voting delegate, and an alternate, to
attend and vote, on the City's behalf, at the City Summit in November of 2017.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
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 2017, and appoint a voting delegate, and an alternate, to attend and vo te on
the City's behalf at the City Summit in November of 2017.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Sufficient funds have been allocated for attendance at both the March and November
2017 conferences.
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 11 -15,
2017, 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 unified voice. The program includes
general sessions featuring national leaders, members of th e Administration and
Congress, workshops and pre-conference leadership seminars.
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The NLC City Summit is scheduled to be held November 15 -18, 2017, in Charlotte,
North Carolina. 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 Summit.
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 NL C.
Last year, the City Council appointed Vm. Gupta as its delegate, and Cm. Wehrenberg
as its alternate, to attend the National League of Cities (NLC) Congressional City
Conference in March 2016, and appointed Cm. Wehrenberg as the voting delegate, and
Cm. Biddle as the alternate, to attend and vote on the City's behalf at the NLC Annual
Conference in November of 2016.
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH:
None required.
ATTACHMENTS:
None.