NLC Voting Delegate and AlternateTo strengthen
and promote
cities as centers
of opportunity,
leadership, and September 28, 2007
governance.
MEMORANDUM
National League TO: Direct Member Cities
of Cities
FROM: Donald J. Borut, Executive Director
t3ot Pennsywania aye., N.w. SUBJECT: Congress of Cities Voting Delegates
Washington, DC 20004-1763
2o2-s2s-3ooo The National League of Cities Annual Business Meeting will beheld on
Fax: 202-626-3043 Saturday, November 17, 2007, at the conclusion of the Congress of Cities and
vvvvw.nlc.org Exposition in New Orleans. As a direct member city, your city is entitled to
vote at this meeting. Based on population, each member city casts between
zoo70Nicers one and twenty votes. The number of votes for each population range can be
President
Bart Peterson
found on the table on the reverse of this memorandum.
Mayor
Indianapolis, Indiana
To be eligible to cast a city's vote
a voting delegate and alternate must be
First VicePresideni ,
Cynthia McCollum officially designated by the city using the enclosed credentials form. This
Council Member
Madison, Alabama
form will be forwarded to NLC's Credentials Committee. NLC bylaws
Second Vice President expressly prohibit voting by proxy. City elected officials should be made
Kathleen Novak aware of this request so that decisions can be made as to who will be the
Mayor
Northglenn, Colorado
voting delegate and alternate(s).
Immediate Past President
James C. Hunt
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Clarksburg, West Virginia card at the credentials booth before the Annual Business Meeting and must be
Executive Director present at the Annual Business Meeting to cast the city's vote. Alternates
Donald J. Borut should also visit the credentials booth before the meeting to pick up their
stickers which identify them as alternate voting delegates. The credentials
booth will be open throughout the Congress of Cities.
Please return the completed form to NLC by fax at 202-626-3043 on or
before October 31, 2007, and keep the original for your own files. If you
have any questions or concerns, contact Ken Rosenfeld, NLC policy manager,
at rosenfeld@nlc.org or 202-626-3027.
Thank you.
Past Presidents: Clarence E. Anthony, Mayor, South Bay, Florida • John DeSteiano, Jc, Mayor, New Haven, Connecticut • Brian J. O'Neill, Councilman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Direcron: R. Michael
Amyx, Executive Director, Virginia Municipal League • Susan Burgess, Mayor Pro Tem, Charlotte, North Carolina • Thomas Carlson, Mayor, Springfield, Missouri • Susan Cave, Executive Director, Ohio Municipal
League • Deborah Denard Delgado, Councilwoman, Hattiesburg, Mississippi • Joseph Donaldson, Mayor, Flagstaff, Arizona • Pat Eklund, Council Member, Novato, California • Ted Ellis, Mayor, Bluffton, Indiana
• Makia Epie, Council Member, Cedar Hill, Texas • Margaret Finlay, Councilmember, Duarte, California • Rene Flowers, Councilmember, St. Petersburg, Florida • John Franklin, Councilmember, Chattanooga,
Tennessee • Gary Graham, Mayor, O'Fallon, Illinois • Donald A. Groesset Mayor, Ralston, Nebraska • Jeanne Harcis, Councilmember Vancouver, Washington • Daun S. Hester, Council Member, Norfolk, Virginia
• Charles Hughes, Councilman-At-Large, Gary, Indiana • Steven Jeffrey, Executive Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns • Michael E. Johnson, Council Member, Phoenix, Arizona • Martin Jones, Council
Member, Conyers, Georgia • Jennifer L Kim, Council Member, Austin, Texas • Daisy W. Lynum, Commissioner, Orlando, Florida • Margaret Mahery, Executive Director, Tennessee Municipal League • Cynthia
Mangini, Councilman-At Large, Enfield, Connecticut • Marcia Marcouz, Councilmember Rochester, Minnesota • Henry MarraHa, Jc, Councilman, Gaithersburg, Maryland • Tom Ed McHugh, Executive Director,
Louisiana Munimpal Association • Darryl Moss, Mayor, Creedmoor North Carolina • James Perkins, Jc, Mayor, Selma, Alabama • Daniel Pocek, Mayor, Bedford, Ohio • Richard Radcliffe, Councilman,
Greenacres, Florida • Lynn Rex, Executive Director, League of Nebraska Municipalities • Julie Aberg Rohison, Council Member-At-Large, Cary, North Carolina • Shirley Scott, Council Member, Tucson, Arizona
Anne Sinclair, Council Member, Columbia, South Carolina • Welter Skowron, Council Member, Loveland, Colorado • Connie Spryncrynaryk, Executive Director, North Dakota League of Cities • Ken Stroheck,
Recycled Paper Executive Director, League of Arizona Cities and Towns • Lynne Whalen, Council Woman, Casper, Wyoming • Dennis Zine, Councilman, Las Angeles, California
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES
2007 CONGRESS OF CITIES
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Number of Votes -Annual Business Meeting
Direct Member Cities
Article IV, Section 2 of the National League of Cities bylaws specifies the number of votes
that each NLC direct member city is entitled to cast at the Annual Business Meeting at the
Congress of Cities. Member cities are required by the bylaws to cast unanimous votes.
CITY POPULATION (per 2000 Census) NUMBER OF VOTES
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
CREDENTIALS FQIUVI
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES 2UQ7 CQNGRESS OF CITIES NEW QRLEANS, LQUISIANA
At the Annual Business Meeting on Saturday, November 17, 2007, each direct member city of NLC is entitled to cast from one
to 20 votes based upon the city's population per the 2000 census, through its designated voting delegate. Please indicate
below your city and state, voting delegate and alternate(s), and sign and date the form. The form should be faxed to NLC at
202-626-3043, by the October 31, 2007 deadline.
The official voting delegate and alternate(s) for the city/town of:
(type or print the name of your city/town and state)
VOTING DELEGATE:
1.
NAME
TITLE
ALTERNATE VOTING DELEGATE(S):
2.
NAME
3.
NAME
TITLE
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
(DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE)
Voting card issued to:
(signature)
Votes:
1 2 3
TITLE
PLEASE SIGN AND FAX THIS FORM TO NLC BY OCTOBER 31, 2007
ATTENTION: ERIKA HAMILTON, POLICY ASSISTANT
FAX: 202-626-3043
Signature (city representative):
Title: Date: