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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 4, 2026 FROM: Sharlene Tipton, City Clerk ITEM NO. 4.12(a) ***APPROVED BY*** �°� � �� "� ��, �. — �'�Erv �� '� � �. . W�� ...u.� �11�Y�2�rccc x'S`�t7 , � 3'�I�E'� �a/�4/7d��f� � la:a�l � ;In ' it�'�.exr��+;a;I'ula&rc ''t�skcW�ie��tc+t 7'31,'�(�2 stipton@cityofredding.gov mwebb@cityofredding.org SUBJECT: 4.12(a)--Designation of Voting Delegate and Alternate for the League of California Cities Annual Conference. Recommendation Approve designation of Council Member Tenessa Audette as the Voting Delegate, and Interim City Manager Michael Webb as the Voting Delegate — Alternate, to represent the City of Redding at the League of California Cities Ann�ual Conference to be held September 23-25, 2026, in Anaheim, California. Fiscal Impact There is no fiscal impact. AZteNnative Action The City Council (Council) could choose to select other Council Members as the voting delegate and alternate or not designate a voting delegate and alternate to the 2026 League of California Cities Annual Conference. Background/Analysis The 2026 League of California Cities (League) Annual Conference wi11 be held September 23- 25, 2026, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. In addition to general and break-out sessions, the annual business meeting wi11 be held on Friday, September 25, 2026. 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 1, 2026. Report to Redding City Council July 31, 2026 Re: 4.12(a)--Voting Delegates for League of California Cities'Annual Conference Page 2 Envi�onmental Review This is not a project defined under the California Environmental Quality Act, and no further action is required. Council Priority/City Manager Goals • This is a routine operational item. Attachments League of California Cities' Annual Conference Designation of Voting Delegates and Alternates L..�,�{�N��: C�� z�f�� I� ��s�?I��i�F ��f� ��`�� t��`��i��tt�� ,,,��;��' �i1�, GII tl MIS }4 t C 1, DATE: Wednesday, May 13, 2026 TO: Mayors, Council Members, City Clerks, and City Managers RE: DESIGNATION OF VOTING DELEGATES AND AITERNATES League of California Cities Annual Conference and Expo, Sept. 23-25, 2026 Anaheim Convention Center Every year, the League of California Cities convenes a member-driven General Assembly at the Cal Cities Annual Conference and Expo. The General Assembly is an important opportunity where city officials can directly participate in the development of Cal Cities policy. Taking place on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026 the General Assembly is comprised of voting delegates appointed by each member city; every city has one voting delegate. Your appointed voting delegate plays an important role d�ring the General Assembly by representing your city and voting on resolutions. To cast a vote during the General Assembly, your city must designate a voting delegate and up to two 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. Action by Council Required. Consistent with Cal Cities bylaws, a city's voting delegate and up to two alternates must be designated by the city council. Please note that desi__nq atin_q the voting deleqate and alternates must be done by city council action and cannot be accomplished by individuai action of the mayor or city manaqer alone. Following council action, please submit your city's delegates through the online submission portal by Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. 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 account when submitting the form. Submitting your voting delegate form by the deadline will allow us time to establish voting delegate/alternate records prior to the conference and provide pre-conference communications with voting delegates. Conference Registration Required. The voting delegate and alternates must be registered to attend the conference. They need not register for the entire conference; they may register for Friday only. Conference registration opens June 2. For a city to cast a vote, one voter must be present at the General Assembly and in possession of the voting delegate card and voting tool. Voting delegates and ,• __ _ �• � � — w m � : � � . t w • , � � � � � ��1�� 1�� {;�� `�J�£<��}r��s�� tt�,g,� `��gl��rrr �l\y7,i��t4�a �,��.,�'� . 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 into the voting area dvring the General Assembly. Please view Cal Cities' �ver�� nd m�e�in olic in advance of the conference. Transferring Voting Card to Non-Designated Individuals Not Allowed. The voting delegate card may be transferred freely between the voting delegate and alternates, but oniy between the voting delegate and alternates. 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. Seating Protocol during General Assembly. At the General Assembly, individ�als 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 the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, will be open at the following times: Wednesday, Sept. 23, 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. and Thursday, Sept. 24, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. On Friday, Sept. 25, the voting delegate 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 cifiy's voting delegate and alternates. Once again, thank you for submitting your voting delegate and alternates by Tuesday, Sept. 1. If you have questions, please contact Zach Seals at zseals@calcities.org. Attachments: • General Assembly Voting Guidelines • Information Sheet: Cal Cities Resolutions and the General Assembly . . - � � � s � , e sr . - � . L..�,�{�N��: C�� z�f�� I� ��s�?I��i�F ��f� ��`�� t��`��i��tt�� ,,,��;��' �i1�, General Assembly Voting Guidelines 1 . One City One Vote. 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; these individ�als are identified on the voting delegate form provided to the Cal Cities Credentials Committee. 3. Registering with the Credentials CommitFee. The voting delegate, or alternates, may pick up the city's voting card at the voting delegate desk in the conference registration 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 th�s be admitted to the voting area at the General Assembly. 4. Signing Initiated Resolution Petitions. Only those individ�als 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 the voting delegate desk, may sign pefiitions to initiate a resolution. 5. Voting. To cast the city's vote, a city official must have in their possession the city's voting card and voting tool; and be registered with fihe credentials committee. The voting card may be transferred freely between the voting delegate and alternates but may not be transferred to another city official who is neither a voting delegate nor alternate. 6. Voting Area at General Assembly. At the General Assembly, individuals with a voting card will sit in a designated area. Admission to the voting area will be limited to the individ�al in possession of the voting card and with a special sticker on their name badge identifying them as a voting delegate. 7. Resolving Disputes. In case of dispute, the credentials committee will determine the validity of signatures on petitioned resolutions and the right of a city official to vote at the General Assembly. mm a • � _ � < � Z �' � � t : � m • � � � � � ��a�o� � ' t�I��F��&C� � � �T� � , � � - - . w � - � � � � � � � � . � � � � w - � � « Po � � - » � - � . - � � - � � « - - �� - � « � � � � � � � � e � - � � � � � w � . � � � � � - � � � � � � � � � � a � � w � � « A � � � � � � « � - e� � � � - - � � � � s � w - w � � $ � � - � � � � � � - � - � � � � � � � � � . � � � � . � � C�al Cifies pc�licy �� C 1 S 1 fil S IIGy Itt S develapment is a rnember- Sixty days before the � � � The Cal Cities inf�rmed process, ' — Annual Conf�:rence President assigns grounded in the �c�ices and ' and Expo, Cal Cities • � • general resolutions experiences ofi city officials members may submit , to policy committees throughout the state. ' ��..t�,��,�f�� policy proposals on where members issues of importance review, debate, and recommend The Res�lutions Com it#ee to cities. The resolution must positions for each policy proposaL includes represenf'atives have the concurrence ofi at least Recommendations are forwarded frorn eac#� Cal Cifiies five additional member cities or to the Resolutions Committee. diversity caucus, regional individual members. diuision, municipaf � ��depa�tment, and policy'�� corn�rnittee, as well as �� ndi�iduals a'��ppointed by�� the Cal Cities president. titi S I ti s s I ti s i The petitioned � • � The Resolutions Uoting delegdtes — resolution is an Committee considers ' are appoinfied by'each alternate methad � • � all resolutions. General ' �e��=r��Y% �'��'��Y to introduce policy Resol�tions approved' by has one vating delegate. proposals during 1 either a policy committee ' �`�� The General ,Assernbl �s a the annual conference. The or the Resolutions Committee are next Y � petition must be signed by considered by the General Assembly. rneeting af the collective voting delegates from 10�0 of General resolutions not approved, or bady af all uc�ting member cities, and submitted to referred for f�rther st�dy by both a delegates-one from the Cal Cities President at least policy committee and the Resolutions e�ery member city. 24 hours before the beginning Committee do not ga ta the General ; of the General Assembly. Assembly. All Petitioned Resolutions ��'p��Y�Q►°nmittees are considered by the General rneet throughout th� year Assembly, unless disqualified.2 ta review and recornmend �� ; pasitions to�ake on bills ' 4? and re ulafiar g y propc�sals. �� Policy cornmittees include � r 1 SS ly members frorn each Cal' � ' Durin the General Assembl votin dele ates Cifies di�rersity caucus, ' �•�• •"�! . � Y- 9 J •♦•;•�•�• I�► debate and consider general and petitioned regional division, t�nd �� resolutions forwarded by the Resolutions municipal department, Committee. Potential Cal Cities bylaws as well as individuals amendments are also considered at this meeting. appointed;by the Cal Cities president. 'The Resolution Committee can amend a generai resolution prior to sending it to the General Assembly. z Petitioned Resoiutions may be disqualified by the Resolutions Committee according to Cal Cities Bylaws Artide Vi.Sec.S�f). ��C �Y� IC4�� I�C9 �IS�� a��'��'I�So-��' � �Pl��'��SS� ��