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August 22, 2003
National League MEMORANDUM
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TO: City Clerks of Direct Member Cites
1301 Pennsylvania Ave.,N.W.
Washington,DC 20004-1763 FROM: Donald J. Borut, Executive Direct r
202-626-3000
Fax: 202-626-3043 SUBJECT: Congress of Cities Voting and Alternate Voting Delegates
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2003 Officers The National League of Cities' Annual Business Meeting will be held on Saturday,
President December 13, 2003, at the Congress of Cities in Nashville, Tennessee. As a direct
John Destef Jr. member city, your elected officials are entitled to vote at the Annual Business
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First Vice President Meeting. Based on the population of the city, each member city casts between one to
Charles Lyons twentyvotes. The number of votes each cityis allowed can be found on the table on
Selectman,
Arlington,Massachusetts the reverse side of this memorandum.
Second Vice President
Anthony A.Williams
Mayor,Washington,DC To be eligible to cast a city's vote(s), each voting delegate and alternate must be
Immediate Past President officially designated by the city using the attached credentials form. This form will
Karen Anderson
Mayor,Minnetonka,Minnesota be forwarded to NLC's Credentials Committee. NLC Bylaws expressly prohibit
Executive Director voting by proxy. The voting delegate must pick up his/her voting credentialsDonald J.Borut
BEFORE the Annual Business Meeting and must be present at the Annual Business
Meeting to cast the city's vote(s).
Your city elected officials should be made aware of this request so that decisions can
be made on who will be the voting delegate and alternate at the Annual Business
Meeting. Before the Congress of Cities,NLC will be sending out a special edition of
the Policy Informer summarizing the proposed National Municipal Policy
amendments and resolutions that are to be voted on at the Annual Business Meeting.
This information should be shared with your voting delegates.
We ask that you return the completed form to NLC on or before October 14, 2003.
Please follow the instructions on the card for filling out the form and make a copy
for your own files. A pre-addressed envelope is attached for your convenience. If
you have any questions or concerns, contact Keith Kirk at kirk@nlc.org or(202)
626-3176.
Past Presidents:Clarence E.Anthony,Mayor,South Bay,Florida•William H.Hudnut,Ill,Vice Mayor,Town of Chevy Chase,Maryland•Sharpe James,Mayor,Newark,New Jersey•Bob Knight,Mayor,
Wichita,Kansas•Brian J.O'Neill,Councilman,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania•Cathy Reynolds,City Council President,Denver,Colorado•Directors:Brenda S.Barger,Mayor,Watertown,South Dakota•Ronald
Bates,Councilmember,Los Alamitos,California•Sally D.Beals,Mayor,Centerville,Ohio•Conrad W.Bowers,Mayor,Bridgeton,Missouri•Rozelle Boyd,Councillor,Indianapolis,Indiana•Michael S.
Buehlhorn,Mayor,Swansea,Illinois•Steve Burkholder,Mayor,Lakewood,Colorado•Leo V.Chaney,Jr.,Councilmember,Dallas,Texas•Roger C.Clear,Mayor,Bolingbrook,Illinois•Catherine F.Connolly,
Executive Director,League of Arizona Cities and Towns•Jim Dailey,Mayor,Little Rock,Arkansas•Alex G.Fekete,Mayor,Pembroke Pines,Florida•C.Virginia Fields,Manhattan Borough President,New York,
New York•Carolyn L Floyd,Mayor,Kodiak,Alaska•Del Haag,Council Member,Buffalo,Minnesota••Scott A.Hancock,Executive Director,Maryland Municipal League•S.Ellis Hankins,Executive Director,
North Carolina League of Municipalities•George R.Harvell,Jr.,Mayor,Millington,Tennessee•Charles Jennings,Commissioner,Arkansas City,Kansas•Willa Johnson,Councilwoman,Oklahoma City,Oklahoma
•Helen Kawagoe,City Clerk,Carson,California•Mamie E.Locke,Mayor,Hampton,Virginia•Christopher G.Lockwood,Executive Director.Maine Municipal Association•Cynthia McCollum,Council Member,
Madison,Alabama•Don Molar,Executive Director,League of Kansas Municipalities•Carlton Moore,Commissioner,Fort Lauderdale,Florida•Nancy Nathanson,Councilmember,Eugene,Oregon•Kathleen M.
Novak,Mayor,Northglenn,Colorado•Brenda Allison Oliver,Mayor,Sylva,North Carolina•Alex Padilla,City Council President Los Angeles,California•George Parks,Executive Director,Wyoming Association
of Municipalities•T.J.Patterson,Council Member,Lubbock,Texas•Alicia D.Ping,Mayor Pro Tem,Saline,Michigan•Marie Lopez Rogers,Vice Mayor,Avondale,Arizona•Ann Simank,Council Member,
Oklahoma City,Oklahoma•Jeanie Smith,Executive Director,Mississippi Municipal League•Daniel Soza,Council Member,Saginaw,Michigan•Dan Thompson,Executive Director,League of Wisconsin
Recycled Paper Municipalities•Vera White-Reynolds,Council Member,Harrisburg,Pennsylvania•Billy D.Williams,Councilman,Florence,South Carolina
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NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES
2003 CONGRESS OF CITIES
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
Number of Votes—Annual Business Meeting
Direct Member Cities
Article IV, Section 2o NLC's Bylaws specifies the number of votes that each direct
member city of the National League of Cities is entitled to cast at the Annual Business
Meeting at the Congress of Cities. All member cities arc required by the Bylaws to cast
unanimous votes.
CITY POPULATION (per 2000 Census) NUMBER OF VOTES
Under 50,000 1 vote
1 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