City Council
MEETING DATE: 8/24/2016
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Designation of a Voting Delegate and Alternate for the League of California Cities Annual Business Meeting on October 7, 2016.
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FROM:
Tracey Martinez, CMC
Deputy City Clerk
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council adopt a resolution designating Mayor Stanley E. Henry as the Voting Delegate and Mayor Pro Tem Gregory Pettis as the Alternate Voting Delegate to represent Cathedral City at the League of California Cities Annual Business Meeting, which will be held October 7, 2016.
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BACKGROUND:
Cathedral City is a member of the League of California Cities. Each year the League holds an Annual Conference. This year the Conference will be held October 5 - 7, 2016, in Long Beach at the Convention Center.
DISCUSSION:
An important part of the Annual Conference is the Annual Business Meeting which will be held on Friday, October 7, 2016 at noon at the Long Beach Convention Center. At this meeting, the League membership will consider and take action on resolutions that establish League policy. In order for Cathedral City to vote at the Annual Business Meeting, Council must designate a voting delegate and up to two alternates.
Procedures have been established that are intended to ensure the integrity of the voting process at the Annual Business Meeting and are attached in the letter dated June 10, 2016 (Attachment A). As indicated in the letter and consistent with the League bylaws, it is requested that the City Council, by resolution, designate a voting delegate and alternates to represent the City at this meeting. This resolution must be submitted to the League no later than September 23, 2016, ensuring adequate time to establish voting delegate/alternate records prior to the conference. The voting delegate and alternates must be registered to attend the conference. Currently the Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, and Councilmembers Kaplan and Aguilar are registered to attend the Conference.
Generally the Mayor is designated as the Voting Delegate and it would be appropriate to designate the Mayor Pro Tem as the alternate. It is staff’s recommendation to designate Mayor Henry as the voting delegate and Mayor Pro Tem Pettis as the alternate voting delegate to represent Cathedral City at the Annual Business Meeting scheduled to be held on Friday, October 7, 2016. Attached for Council’s consideration is a Resolution (Attachment B) which includes these designations and will satisfy the League’s requirements enabling Cathedral City to participate in the Annual Business Meeting.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact with this action.
ATTACHMENTS:
A. Letter from the League of California Cities
B. Resolution appointing a Voting Delegate and Alternate for the League of California Cities Annual Business Meeting.