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Home My Public Portal About12) 7G Designation of Voting Delegate and Alternate for League of California Cities Annual ConferenceCity Council July 7, 2015 Page 2 of2 Currently, the designated Council representatives to the League are Mayor Chavez, Delegate and Councilmember Man, Alternate. CONCLUSION: The City Council is requested to designate Mayor Chavez as a Voting Delegate and Councilmember Man as Voting Alternate for the purpose of exercising the City's vote at the League of California Cities Annual Conference. FISCAL IMPACT: Sufficient funds for attendance at this conference have been budgeted as part of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2015-16 City Budget. ATTACHMENT: A. League correspondence dated May 29, 2015 Annual Conference Voting Procedures 2015 Annual Conference 1. One City One Vote. Each member city has a right to cast one vote on matters pertaining to League policy. 2. Designating a City Voting Representative. Prior to the Annual Conference, each city council may designate a voting delegate and up to two altemates; these individuals are identified on the Voting Delegate Fonn provided to the League Credentials Committee. 3. Registering with the Credentials Committee. The voting delegate, or altemates, may pick up the city's voting card at the Voting Delegate Desk in the conference registration area. Voting delegates and altemates must sign in at the Voting Delegate Desk. Here they will receive a special sticker on their name badge and thus be admitted to the voting area at the Business Meeting. 4. Signing Initiated Resolution Petitions. Only those individuals who are voting delegates (or altemates), and who have picked up their city's voting card by providing a signature to the Credentials Committee at the Voting Delegate Desk, may sign petitions to initiate a resolution. 5. Voting. To cast the city's vote, a city official must have in his or her possession the city's voting card and be registered with the Credentials Committee. The voting card may be transfetTed freely between the voting delegate and alternates, but may not be transferred to another city official who is neither a voting delegate or altemate. 6. Voting Area at Business Meeting. At the Business Meeting, individnals with a voting card will sit in a designated area. Admission will be limited to those individuals with a special sticker on their name badge identifying them as a voting delegate or alternate. 7. Resolving Disputes. In case of dispute, the Credentials Committee will determine the validity of signatures on petitioned resolutions and the right of a city official to vote at the Business Meeting.