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Home My WebLink About _ 4.12(a)--Voting Delegates for League of California Cities' Annual Conference GI �" Y C� F � � �- ' � ° � � i � CITY OF REDDING �� REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: August 19, 2025 FROM: Sharlene Tipton, City Clerk ITEM NO. 4.12(a) ***APPROVED BY*** � �', rt �.. s.N,. �� , �' �, � `.��",� ,� � �� , �g �.,: � ��`;�m . � • �� Sh��9`�ca , ��y�"I�rk �� 8Jf1242� ippin,Ci �� an � �� 81�11242� stipton@cityofredding.org btippin@cityofredding.org SUBJECT: 4.12(a)--Designation of Voting Delegate and Alternate for League of California Cities Annual Conference. Recommendation Approve designation of Council Member Tenessa Audette as the Voting Delegate and Council Member Dr. Paul Dhanuka as the Voting Delegate - Alternate to represent the City of Redding at the League of California Cities Annual Conference to be held October 8-10, 2025, in Long Beach, California. Fiscal Impact There is no �scal impact. AZteNnative Action The City Council (Council) could choose to select other Council Members as the voting delegate and alternate or not to designate a voting delegate and alternate to the 2025 League of California Cities Annual Conference. Background/Analysis The 2025 League of California Cities (League) Annual Conference will be held October 8-10, 2025, at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. In addition to general and break-out sessions, the annual business meeting wi11 be held on Friday, October 10, 2025. During that meeting, the League membership considers and acts on resolutions that establish League policy. Each member-city is entitled to cast a vote on each issue. In order to participate in the business meeting, the Council must designate its voting delegate and alternate no later than September 24, 2025. Report to Redding City Council August 11,2025 Re: 4.12(a)--Voting Delegates for League of California Cities'Annual Conference Page 2 Environmental Review This is not a project defined under the Cali�ornia Environmental Quality Act, and no further action is required. Council PNio�^ity/City Manager Goals This is a routine operational item. Attachments ^League of California Cities' Annual Conference Designation of Voting Delegates and Alternates L.��C��1� �� il A�#i�n A�v�s�� y S��ferr�b�r 24, 2025 TE: e nes ay, July 16, 2 25 TQ: Mayors, Council Members, City Clerks, and City Managers RE: DESIGNATION QF VOTING DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES League of California Gities Annual Conference and Expo, Qct. 8-10, 2025 Long Beach Convention Center Every year, the League of California Cities convenes a member-driven General Assembly at the �al �iti�s Annual �;onfer�r�ce �nd Ex�o. The General Assembly is an important apportunity where city afficials can directly participate in the development of Cal Cities policy. Taking place on Oct. 10, the General Assembly is comprised of vating delegates appointed by each member city; every city has one voting delegate. Your appointed voting delegate plays an important role during the General Assembly by representing yovr city and vating an resolutions. To cast a vote during the General Assembly, your city must designate a voting delegate and up fo fiwo alternate voting delegates, one of whom may vote if the designated voting delegate is unable to serve in that capacity. Voting delegates may either be an elected or appointed official. ction y Council e uire . Consistent with Cal Gities bylaws, a city's vofiing delegate and up to two alternates must be designated by the city council. Please note that desianating the votinq deleqate and alternates must be done bv city council action and cannot be accomplished by individual action of the mayor or eify manaqer alone. Fallowing council ac#ion, please submit your city's delegates through th� ��li�� s��missi�r� ��rt�l by Wed., Sept. 24. When completing the Voting Delegate submission form, you will be asked to attest that council action was taken. You will need to be signed in to your My Cal Cities aecount when submitting the form. Submitting your voting delegate form by the deadline will allow us time to establish vating delegate/alternate records prior to the conference and provide pre-conference communications with voting delegates. Gonf�r�nce e istration e uire . The voting delegate and alternates must be registered to attend the conference. They need nat regisi�er for the entire canference; they may register fior Friday only. Gonference registration is open on the Gal �iti�s website. ov � . � - � p � � � . w : t • � - � � �: �� a.. �� ::�. �� For a city to cast a vote, one voter must be present at the General Assembly and in possession of the vating delegate card and voting tool. Voting delegates and alternates need to pick up their conference badges before signing in and picking up the voting delegate card at the voting delegate desk. This will enable them to receive the special sticker on their name badges that will admit the voting delegate inta the voting area during the General Assembly. Please view Cal Cities' �vent e�r�d r�eetirrc� q�olicx in advance of the conference. Transferrin Votin Car to on- esi nate In ivi uals of Allowe . The vating delegate card may be transferred freely between the voting delegate and alternates, but only between the voting delegate and alternat�:s. If the voting delegate and alternates find themselves unable to attend the General Assembly, they may not transfer the voting card to another city official. Se tin Pratocol urin eneral sse ly. At fhe General Assembly, individuals with a voting card will sit in a designated area. Admission to the voting area will be limited to the individual in possession of the voting card and with a special sticker on their name badge identifying them as a voting delegate. The voting delegate desk, located in the conference registration area of fihe Long Beach Convention Center in �ong Beach, will be open at the follawing times: Wednesday, Oct. 16, 8:Q0 a.m.-6:Q0 p.m. and Thursday, Oct. 17, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. On Friday, Oct. 18, the vo�ting delegafie desk will be open at the General Assembly, starting at 7:30 a.m., but will be closed during roll calls and voting. The voting procedures that will be used at the conference are attached to this memo. Please share these procedures and this memo with your council and especially with the individuals that your council designates as your city's voting delegate and alternates. Once again, thank you for submitting your voting delegate and alternates by Wednesday, Sept. 24. If you have questions, please contact Zach Seals at zseals@calcitiesac�rc�. Attachments: • General Assembly Voting Guidelines * Information Sheet: Cal Cities Resolutions and the General Assembly �•� af' . . � , . � • . � x � •• , . � � L.��C��1� �� General Assembly Voting Guidelines 1 . ne i n ot . Each member city has a right to cast one vote on matters pertaining to Cal Cities policy. 2. Designating a City Voting Representative. Prior to the Cal Cities Annual Conference and Expo, each city council may designate a voting delegate and up to two alternates; fihese individuals are idenfiified on the voting delegate form provided fio the Cal Cifiies Credentials Committee. 3. Registering with the Credentials Gommittee. The voting delegate, or alternates, may pick up the city's voting card at the voting delegate desk in the conference registratian area. Voting delegates and alternates must sign in at the voting delegate desk. Here they will receive a special sticker on their name badge and thus be admitted to the voting area at the General Assembly. 4. Si nin Initi t s luti n titio s. Only those individUals who are voting delegates (or alternates), and who have picked up their city's voting card by providing a signature to the credentials committee at fihe voting delegate desk, may sign petitions to initiate a resolution. 5. tin . To cast the cifiy's vofie, a city official must have in their possession the city's voting card and voting tool; and be registered wifih the credentials committee. The votir�g card may be transferred freely between the voting delegate and alternates but may nofi be transferred to another city official who is neither a voting delegate nor alternate. 6. tin re t ener I sse ly. At the General Assembly, individuals wifih a voting card will sit in a designated area. Admission to the voting area will be limited to the individual in possession of the voting card and with a special sticker on their name badge identifying them as a vofiing delegate. 7. Resolving Disputes. In case of dispute, the credentials committee will determine fihe validity af signatures on petitioned resolutions and the right of a city official to vote at the General Assembly. m � � . — � a � s � . w : s • . — � � « � � � ��a�o� � t�I��F��&C� � �T� � , � - - � . � - � � � � � � � . � . � w � � - � w � - . � - � � � � � - � � - � � � « . � � � - � � � � � w � � � � � � - � � � � � � � � � � � � w - gi� � « w - � � m � � � � � � w � d � � . � � � � � � � � � � - - � � � � � � � � � � m � � � � � � � � � - � - � � � � � - � � � � � � � � � � Cal Cities policy General Resolutions Policy Committees �eveio�rnent is a mernber- ' Sixty days before the The Cal Cities ar�fcarmed prc�cess� — Annual Conference President assigns grc�unded in the Vaices anc{ ' and Expo, Cal Cities general resolutions experiences c�f city�fficials members may submit to policy committees thrc�ughout the state, policy proposals on ��°�'��' where members issues of importance review, debate, and recommend The e�olufians C�rnrnitfee to cities. The resolution must positions for each policy propasal. includes representatives have the concurrence of at least Recommendations are forwarded frarn each Cal Cities five additional member cities or to the Resolutions Committee. diversifiy cau�us, regional individual members. divisiQn, rnunicipal deparfinent, and policy c�mmittee, as well a� indi�iduals appainted by the Cal Cities president. titi s I ti s s I ti s itt The petitioned The Resolutions W��r►�� S — resolution is an Committee considers ' are appo�nted by each ' alternate methad � � � all resolutions. General ' rnernber city; every city — to introduce policy Resol�tions approved' by 'ha� ane voting d�legate. proposals during � �� elth2f C1 pO�ICy COtYltYllff22 the annual conference. The �� or the Resolutions Committee are next The General Assembly is a petition must be signed by considered by the General Assembly. rneeting of the cdllective voting delegates from 10� of General resolutions not approved, or body of all v�ating member cities, and submitted to referred for f�rther st�dy by both a delegates—one frc�rn ' the Cal Cities President at least policy committee and the Resol�tions every member city. 24 hours before the beginning Committee da not go ta the General ' , of the General Assembly. Assembly. All Petitioned Resol�tions Seven policy camrnittees are considered by the General meet thrc��ghout the year Assembly, unless disqualified.2 to r�view and recornrnend � �� positians fic�fiake on bi11s � and regulatc�ry proposals. �� Policy committees include C 1 SS ly �rnembers fram each Cal�� ^� ' Durin the General Assembl votin dele ates Cities diversity caucu�, �� '��• g Y- g J �♦��a�� I�1 debate and consider general and petitioned regional davisior�, and •�•�•�• resolutions forwarded by the Resolutions mun�cipal department, �� Committee. Potential Cal Cities bylaws as well as individuals amendments are also considered at this meeting. `�p�°�nt�� y��' �� ' Cities presider�t. 'The Resolution Committee can amend a general resolution prior to sending it to the General Assembly. z Petitioned Resolutions may be disqualifled by the Resolutions Committee according to Cal Cities Bylaws Artide VI.Sec.5(f). �� 1"� If'�� Pl ��Slf �W.��Bt��Sm�� j� ��'1��'��mC�SS� �'�