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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY November 3, 2015
City Council
STAFF
Dan Weinheimer, Policy & Project Manager
SUBJECT
Resolution 2015-097 Designating a Voting Delegate and Alternate Delegate for National League of Cities
Annual Business Meeting.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to officially designate a voting delegate and alternate delegate who are eligible to
vote on behalf of the City at the National League of Cities (NLC) annual business meeting. NLC bylaws afford
voting rights at the annual business meeting to member communities based upon population. Delegates will
vote on changes to NLC bylaws, election of members of the Board of Directors and member resolutions.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
National League of Cities (NLC) conducts its Annual Business Meeting at the conclusion of its Congress of Cities
and Exposition. The 2015 Annual Business Meeting is Saturday, November 7, in Nashville, Tennessee. Each
member city is entitled to a number of votes correlated to its population up to twenty (20) votes. Fort Collins shall
have four (4) votes as its population falls within the 100,000 to 199,999 citizen range designated by NLC.
Member cities are asked to designate a voting delegate and an alternate voting delegate. Voting delegates must
be present at the meeting to vote and all votes will be conducted by voice vote unless a weighted vote is
demanded by ten percent or more of the certified votes present at the meeting.
It is recommended that Mayor Wade Troxell be named the voting delegate and that Mayor Pro Tem Gerry Horak
be designated the alternate voting delegate.
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RESOLUTION 2015-097
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
DESIGNATING A VOTING DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE DELEGATE
FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
WHEREAS, the National League of Cities (“NLC”) will hold its annual business meeting
on Saturday, November 7, 2015, in Nashville, Tennessee; and
WHEREAS, each member city is entitled to a number of votes based on its population,
up to twenty votes; and
WHEREAS, Fort Collins shall have four votes as its population falls within 100,000 to
199,999 range as designated by the NLC; and
WHEREAS, member cities are asked to designate a voting delegate and an alternate
voting delegate, one of whom must be present at the meeting to vote; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to designate Mayor Wade Troxell as the voting
delegate and Mayor Pro Tem Gerry Horak as the alternate voting delegate.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Mayor Wade Troxell is hereby designated as the voting delegate for
the City for the 2015 annual business meeting of the National League of Cities (the “NLC
Annual Meeting”).
Section 2. That Mayor Pro Tem Gerry Horak is hereby designated as the alternate
voting delegate for the NLC Annual Meeting.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 3rd
day of November, A.D. 2015.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk