NLC Voting DelegateNational League
of Cities
1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington; D.C. 20004-1763
202-526-3000
Fax: 202-626-3043
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August 17, 2001
MEMORANDUM , ~
To: City Clerks of Direct Member Ci~ s~1 ,"
From: Donald J. Borut, Executive Director
Subject: Voting and Alternate Voting Delegates, Annual Congress of Cities,
December 4-8, 2001, Atlanta, Georgia
J DUE: OCTOBER 5, 2001 J
The National League of Cities' Annual Business Meeting will beheld on Saturday,
December 8, 2001, at the Congress of Cities in Atlanta, Georgia. Under the Bylaws of the
National League of Cities, each direct member city is entitled to cast from one to 20 votes,
depending upon the city's population, through its designated voting delegate at the Annual
Business Meeting. The table on the reverse side of this memorandum shows the breakdown
of votes by population categories. This is the last year NLC will be using the 1990
population figures both for the dues your city paid this year and to determine the votes for
your city.
Please inform your Mayor and your city elected officials of this request for voter
designation, so they can make these decisions according to your City's established
procedures.
To be eligible to cast a city's vote(s), each voting delegate and alternate voting delegate must
be designated by the city using the attached credentials form that will be forwarded to NLC's
Credentials Committee. NLC's Bylaws expressly prohibit voting by proxy. Thus, the
designated voting delegate(s) must be present at the Annual Business Meeting to cast the
city's vote(s).
In mid November, NLC will send a special edition of the Policy Informer summarizing
proposed National MunicipalPolicy amendments and proposed resolutions. This
information should be shared with your voting delegation. :
To establish your city's credentials and facilitate preparation of your voting delegate(s) for
the Congress of Cities, we ask that you return the completed form to NLC on or before
October 5, 2001. Please follow the instructions for filling out the form. A pm-addressed
return envelope is attached. Please make a copy of the form for your own files. If you have
any questions, please contact Keith Kirk at (202) 626-3176.
Enclosure
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES
ANNUAL CONGRESS OF CITIES
Number of Votes - Direct Member Cities
Article IV, Section 2 of NLC's Bylaws specifies as follows the number of votes that each
member city of the National League of Cities is entitled to cast at the Annual Congress of Cities:
~ ~OF Vo~,~
Under 50,000 1 vote
50,000 - 99,999 2 votes
100,000 - 199,999 4 votes
200,000 - 299,999 6 votes
300,000 - 399,999 8 votes
400,000 - 499,999 10 votes
500,000 - 599,999 12 votes
· 600,000 - 699,999 14 votes
700,000 - 799,999 16 votes
800,000 - 899,999 18 votes
900,000 and above 20 votes
Notes: Member cities are required by the Bylaws to cast unanimous votes.
This is the last year NLC will be using 1990 populations both as the basis of dues your city paid
for 2001 and for the city's voting entitlement. The 2000 census figures will be utilized for both
purposes beginning in 2002.