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Home My WebLink About081523-010.21,..*.&#*ç. *r - A A I rr'\r-ah i¡ åE-¡4fl*lrL/rr"l\ l¡& ^4ıU I hg å ft äl-\d\r{ s sÍ-l} CouncilAclion Advised by August 28,2023 DATE: Wednesdoy, June 21,2023 TO: Moyors, CouncilMembers, City Clerks, ond Cily Monogers RE:DESIGNATION OT VOTING DETEGAÌES AND ATTERNATES Leogue of Colifornio Cilies Annuol Conference ond Expo, Sepl.20'22,2023, Sqcromento SAFE Credil Union Convention Center Every yeor, lhe Leogue of Colifornio Cities convenes o member-driven Generol Assembly oltheÇ"Mmn-Çe"-afl^dlXgç.TheGenerolAssemblyisonimportont opportunity where city officiols con directly porticipote in the development of Col Cities policy. Toking ploce on Sept. 22,Ihe Generol Assembly is comprised of voting delegotes oppointed by eoch member ciiy; every city hos one voting delegote. Your oppointed voting delegote ploys on importont role during ihe GenerolAssembly by representing your city ond voiing on resolulions. To cost o vote during the Generol Assembly, your city must designote o voting delegote ond up to two olternote voting delegotes, one of whom moy vole if the designoted voting delegote is unoble to serve in thot copocity. Voiing delegoles moy eilher be on elected or oppointed officiol. pleose complele lhe olloched voting delegole form ond emoil it to Col Cities office no loter lhon Mondoy, Augusl 28. New this yeor, we will hosl o pre-conference informqtion session for voting delegotes lo exploin their role. Submitting your voting delegote form by the deodline will ollow us time to estoblish voting delegote/olternole records prior to the conference ond provide pre- conference communicotions with voting delegotes' pleose view Col Cities' *_vçni í:ritl rr:leetin.ü $ìolicy in odvonce of the conference. Aclion by ond up to Council Required. Consistent with Col Cities bylows, o city's voting delegote two olternoies must be designoted by the city council. When completing the ottoched Voting Delegote form, pleose offirming thot the nomes provided ore lhose selected by the cily counc il. monooer olone. tËÅürJfr *p tAL-¡F{}Rþ.itÅ C#TIES Conference Registrolion Required. The voting delegote ond olternotes must be registered to ottend the conference. They need not register for the entire conference; they moy register for Fridoy only. Conference registrolion is open on the Çg|Çj¡cs website. For o city fo cost o vote, one voter musi be present of the GenerolAssembly ond in possession of lhe voting delegote cord ond voting lool. Voting delegotes ond olternotes need to pick up their conference bodges before signing in ond picking up the voting delegote cord oi the voting delegote desk. This will enoble them lo receive the speciolsticker on their nome bodges thot will odmit the voting delegofe into the voting oreo during the GenerolAssembly. Tronsferring Voting Cord to Non-Designoted lndividuols Nol Allowed. The voting delegote cord moy be tronsferred freely between the voting delegoie ond olternotes, but on/y belween the voting delegole ond olternoles. lf the voting delegole ond olternotes find themselves unoble to ottend the Generol Assembly, they moy nof tronsfer the voting cord to onother city officiol. Seoting Protocol during Generol Assembly. At the GenerolAssembly. individuols with o voting cord willsit in o designoted oreo. Admission to ihe voling oreo will be limited to lhe individuol in possession of the voting cord ond with o speciolsticker on their nome bodge identifying them os o voting delegote. The voting delegote desk, locoted in the conference registrotion oreo of the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center in Socromento, will be open of the following times: Wednesdoy, Sepl. 20, 8:00 o.m.- ó:00 p.m. ond Thursdoy, Sept. 21,7:30 o.m.- 4:00 p.m. On Fridoy, SepL 22, the voting delegote desk will be open ot the Generol Assembly, storting of Z:30 o.m., but will be closed during roll colls ond voting. The voting procedures lhol will be used of the conference ore otloched to this memo. Pleose shore these procedures ond this memo with your council ond especiolly with the individuols thot your council designotes os your city's voiing delegote ond olternotes. Once ogoin, thonk you for compleiing the voting delegote ond olternote form ond returning it to Col Cities office by Mondoy, Aug. 28. lf you hove questions, pleose co n to ct Zo c h Seo Is o t zseo ls@,}ca l-cili.es. or$. Attochments:. Generol Assembly Voting Guidelines. Voting Delegote/Alternote Form . lnformolion Sheet: ColCities Resolutions ond the Generol Assembly l4OO K S1reef, Sui*e 4OO, S.ocromenlo. CA 95814 ' 9)6.65A.a2OO ' colcities.org 4. 2. 3. 5 6. 7 L-f,&trL)*. *{ cALår*ürçtA CåTåffiS Generol Assembly Voling Guidelines One City One Vole. Eoch member cily hos o right to cqst one vote on motters pertoining to Col Cities policy. Designoting q City Voting RepresenlqTive. Prior to the Cql Cities Annuql Conference ond Expo, eoch city council moy designote o voting delegole qnd up to two qlternqtes; these individuols ore identified on the voiing delegote form provided io the Col Cilies Credentiols Commiltee. Registering with the Credentiqls Commitlee. The voting delegote, or olternqtes, moy pick up the cily's voting cord of the voting delegote desk in the conference registrotion oreo. Voting delegotes qnd olternoles must sign in of the voting delegoie desk. Here they will receive o speciol sticker on their nome bodge ond thus be odmitted to the voting qreo of lhe Generol Assembly. Signing lnitioted Resolulion Pelilions. Only lhose individuols who ore voting delegotes (or olternotes), ond who hove picked up their city's voting cord by providing o signoture to the credenliqls commitlee of the voting delegote desk, moy sign petitions io iniTiote q resolution. Voting. To cost the city's vote, o city officiol must hove in their possession the city's voting cord ond voling tool; ond be registered with the credentiqls commitiee. The voting cord moy be tronsferred freely between lhe voting delegote ond olternqtes bul moy not be tronsferred to qnother city officiol who is neither o voting delegote nor olternote. Voting Areq ql GenerolAssembly. At the Generol Assembly, individuols with o voting cord willsil in o designoTed qreo. Admission to the voting oreo will be limited to lhe individuol in possession of the voting cord ond with o speciolsiicker on their nqme bcrdge identifying them os o voting delegote. Resolving Disputes. ln cose of dispule, the credentiols committee will deiermine the vqlidity of signotures on pelitioned resolutions ond the right of o city officiol to voie of the Generol Assembly. ,ïr Lf:ÂçUi: #1" TAå.IF#ÊN¡A C¡TgË5 How frå works; Col CiÍ*es Resolutfrons qnd the ûeneroË Assemb&y Generol Resolutions Sixiy doys before lhe Annuol Conference ond Expo, Col Cities members moy submit policY proposols on issues of imporlonce to cities. The resolution must hove the concunence of of leost fìve odditionol member cities or individuol members, Pelilioned Resolutions The petilioned resolution is on ollernote meihod lo inlroduce PolicY proposols during lhe onnuol conference. The peTilion must be signed bY voling delegoles from l0% of member cities, ond submitled 1o the Col Cities President ol leost 24 hours before the beginning of lhe Generol Assembly. Policy Commillees The Col Cilies President ossigns generol resolutions to policy commiltees where members review, debote, ond recommend Positions for eoch policy proposol. Recommendolions ore forworded lo the Resolutions Commitlee. LYho's who ColCities policy development is o member-informed process, grounded in lhe voices ond experiences of city offìciqls lhroughout the slote. The Resolutlons Commitlee includes representotives from eoch Col Cities diversilY coucus, regionol division, municipol deporlment, PolicY committee, os well os individuols opPoinled bY the Col Cilies president. Voling delegoles ore oppointed by eoch member ciiy; every citY hos one voting delegote The Generol Assembly is o meefing of the collective body of oll voting delegotes -one from every member city. Seven Policy Commltlees meet throughoul the yeor lo review ond recommend posilions Io toke on bills ond regulolory proposols. Policy commitlees include members from eoch Col Cities diversity coucus, regionol division, municipol deportment, os well os individuols oppointed by the Col Cifies president. Resolulions Committee ¡Ås ni5::?liiå1;3iìHll'""(O ¡ ¡) Generol Resolutions opproved'¡Õt 3l';:T:åfliå:i s""ä,"'= ore nexl considered bY the Generol Assembly. Generol resolutions not opproved, or refened for further study by both o policy commillee ond the Resolutions Commillee do nol go the Generol AssemblY. All Peiitioned Resolutions ore considered by fhe Generol Assembly, unless disquolifìed.'? r ':Generol AssemblY During the Generol Assembly, voting delegoTes debole ond consider generol ond pelifioned resolutions forworded by the Resoluïions Committee Pofenliol Col Cities bylows omendmenls ore olso considered of this meeling. r The Resolution Commillee con omend a generol resolulion prior io sending il lo lhe Generol Assembly. , pelilioned Resolulions moy be disquolifieO Oy tfre Resolulions Commillee occording lo Col Cilìes Bylows Article Vl' Sec. 5{fl FÕr rft $r# inf*rr$ctticn vist? www.cçtrxiliev.*rç / g*nerül'ü$$sn'th[y Wå'¡**'s rÌew irÌ 28k&? +a . voting delegotes will receive increosed communicotions to prepore ihem for their role during fhe Generol Assembly.. The Generol Assembly will loke ploce eorlier fo ollow more time for debole ond discussion.. lmprovements to the Generol Assembly process will moke it eosier for voling delegotes to discuss ond debote resolulions' o ¡ o ¡