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To strengthen
<br />and prwnote
<br />cities as centers
<br />of opportunity,
<br />leadership, and
<br />governance.
<br />August 16, 2004
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<br />National League
<br />of Cities MEMORANDUM
<br />TO: City Clerks of Direct Member Cities
<br />1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
<br />Washington, DC 20004-1763 FROM: Donald J. Borut, Executive Direct
<br />202-626-3000
<br />Fax: 202-626-3043 SUBJECT: Congress of Cities Voting and Alternate Voting Delegates
<br />www.nlc.org
<br />20MWicers The National League of Cities' Annual Business Meeting will be held on
<br />President Saturday, December 4, 2004, at the Congress of Cities in Indianapolis, Indiana.
<br />Charles Lyons As a direct member city, your elected officials are entitled to vote at the Annual
<br />Selectman,
<br />Arlington, Massachusetts Business Meeting. Based on the population of the city, each member city casts
<br />First vice President between one to twenty votes. The number of .votes each city is allowed can be
<br />Anthony A. Williams Mayor, found on the table on the reverse side of this memorandum.
<br />Washington, DC
<br />SecoodVice President To be eligible to cast a city's vote(s), each voting delegate and alternate must be
<br />James C. Hunt
<br />Council Member, officially designated by the city using the attached credentials form. This form
<br />Clarksburg, West Virginia will be forwarded to NLC's Credentials Committee. NLC Bylaws expressly
<br />Immediate Past President prohibit voting by proxy. The voting delegate must pick up his/her voting
<br />John DeStefano, Jr.
<br />Mayor, credentials BEFORE the Annual Business Meeting and must be present at the
<br />New Haven, Connecticut Annual Business Meeting to cast the city's vote(s).
<br />Executive Director
<br />Donald J. Borut
<br />Your city's elected officials should be made aware of this request so that
<br />decisions can be made on who will be the voting delegate and alternate at the
<br />Annual Business Meeting. Before the Congress of Cities, NLC will be sending
<br />out a special edition of the Policy Informer summarizing the proposed National
<br />Municipal Policy amendments and resolutions that are to be voted on at the
<br />Annual Business Meeting. This information should be shared with your voting
<br />delegates.
<br />We ask that you return the completed form to NLC on or before October 8,
<br />2004. Please follow the instructions on the card for filling out the form and
<br />make a copy for your own files. A pre -addressed envelope is attached for your
<br />convenience. If you have any questions or concerns, contact Keith Kirk at
<br />kirk@nlc.org or (202) 626-3176.
<br />Past Prosidens: Karen Anderson, Mayor. Minnetonka, Minnesota • Clarence E Anthony, Mayor, South Bey, Florida • William H. Hadnut, III, Vice Mayor, Torn of Chevy Chase, Maryland • Sharpe James,
<br />Mayor, Newark, New Jersey • Brian J. O'Neill, Councilman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Directors: Lorraine Anderson, Councilmember, Arvada, Colorado • Ronald Bates, Mayor Pro Tom. Los Alamitos, California
<br />• Phil Bazemore, Mayor Pro Tam, Monroe, North Carolina • Daniel Beardsley, Jr., Executive Director, Rhode Island league of Cities and Towns • Conrad W. Bowers, Mayor, Bridgeton, Missouri • Rozelle Boyd,
<br />Councillor, Indianapolis, Indiana • Kenneth Busche, Executive Director, Colorado Municipal League • Leo V. Chaney, Jr, Councilmember, Dallas, Texas • Roger C. Clear, Mayor, Bolingbrook Illinois • Roosevelt
<br />Coats, Council Member. Cleveland, Ohio • Lisa Dooley, Executive Director, West Virginia Municipal League • L Virginia Fields, Manhattan Borough President, New York, New York • Clay Ford, Jr., Mayor Pro Tam,
<br />Gulf Breeze, Florida • Del Haag, Councilmember, Buffalo, Minnesota • S. Ellis Hankins, Executive Director, North Carolina league of Municipalities • Ken Herward, Executive Director, Association of Idaho Cities
<br />Laster Heitim, Mayor Willmar, Minnesota • Ruth Hopkin% Councilmember, Prairie Village, Kansas • Ted Jennings, Mayor, Brewton, Alabama • Willa Johnson, Councilwoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • Helen
<br />Kawagoe, City Clerk Carson, California • Joseph Maestro, Councilor, Espanola, New Mexico • Cynthia McCollum, Council Member, Madison, Alabama • Rudolph McCallum, Jr. Mayor, Richmond, Virginia
<br />Don Meier, Executive Director, League of Kansas Municipalities • Carbon Moore, Commissioner, Fort Lauderdale, Florida • Joe Moore, Alderman, Chicago, Illinois • Nancy Nethanson, Councilmember, Eugene,
<br />Oregon; • Kathleen M. Novak, Mayor Northglenn, Colorado • Alex Padilla, City Council President, Los Angeles, California • Bart Paterson, Mayor, Indianapolis, Indiana • Margaret Peterson, Councilmember.
<br />West valley City, Utah • Tarry Riley, Council Member, Kansas City, Missouri • John Russo, City Attorney, Oakland. California • Jeanie E. Smith, Executive Director, Mississippi Municipal League • Shop Stahel
<br />Deputy Mayor Pro Tem, Plano, Texas; • Ted Tedesco, Mayor, Ames, Iowa • liberato Silva, Vice Mayor, Flagstaff, Arizona • Dan Thompson, Executive Director, League of Wisconsin Municipalities • Dick Train!,
<br />Racyc ed Paper Assembly Chairman, Anchorage, Alaska
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