City Council
MEETING DATE: 10/25/2017
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Voting Delegate for the National League of Cities Annual Business Meeting, November 18, 2017, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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FROM:
Tracey Martinez, CMC
Deputy City Clerk
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council designate Mayor Pro Tem Pettis as the voting delegate to represent Cathedral City at the National League of Cities Annual Business Meeting, which will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday, November 18, 2017, and direct the Deputy City Clerk to formally notify the National League of Cities of this designation.
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BACKGROUND:
Cathedral City is a member of the National League of Cities. Each year the National League holds its Annual City Summit and Annual Business Meeting. This year the event will be held November 15-18, 2017, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Annual Business Meeting will be held at the conclusion of the event on November 18, 2017.
DISCUSSION:
The National League of Cities' Annual Business Meeting will be held on Saturday, November 18, 2017, at the conclusion of the Annual City Summit in Charlotte, North Carolina. As a direct member city, Cathedral City is entitled to vote at this meeting. Based on the population of the 2010 Census, Cathedral City is entitled to cast two (2) votes.
To be eligible to cast the City's vote, a voting delegate must be officially designated by the City. The voting delegate must attend the business meeting and pick up the City's voting card prior to the meeting, the National League of Cities' bylaws expressly prohibits voting by proxy.
Mayor Pro Tem Pettis will be the only member of Council attending the Annual City Summit this year and has indicated that he would like to be considered to represent the City as the voting delegate at the Annual Business Meeting. The proper notification of the designated voting delegate must be received by the National League of Cities prior to November 8, 2017...
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