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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020 07 13 Regular 501 - Designation of Voting Delegate for the 2020 Florida League of Cities Annual Conference • REGULAR AGENDA ITEM 501 ,n m=ared CITY COMMISSION AGENDA I JULY 13, 2020 REGULAR MEETING 1959 TITLE Designation of Voting Delegate for the 2020 Florida League of Cities Annual Conference SUMMARY The 94th Florida League of Cities Annual Conference is scheduled to be held on August 14, 2020. A formal request from the Executive Director of the Florida league of Cities, Mr. Michael Sittig, has been received requesting that each member municipality designate a City representative as their "Voting Delegate" for the 94th Florida League of Cities Annual Conference. The City Manager is suggesting that the City Commission confirm that Mayor Charles Lacey would serve as the City's Voting Delegate at the upcoming August 2020 Florida League of Cities Annual Conference; and should an alternate be needed that the City's Deputy Mayor be approved to serve as alternate. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the City Commission approve Mayor Charles Lacey as the City of Winter Springs' Voting Delegate for the August 2020 Florida League of Cities Annual Conference and that the Deputy Mayor also be approved to serve as Alternate Voting Delegate. Upon approval of this agenda item, the attached required documentation would be completed and submitted to the Florida League of Cities. 483 LC FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES TO: Key Official FROM: Michael Sittig, Executive Director DATE: June 9, 2020 SUBJECT: 94th Annual FLC Conference—Required Business Meetings VOTING DELEGATE INFORMATION The Florida League of Cities' will hold a scaled down Annual Conference that will consist of the required business meetings on August 14, 2020. At this time, the meetings will be conducted in- person with remote access for those who do not wish to travel. The location will be in Orlando. The hotel will be announced soon. The FLC Business Meeting is scheduled on Friday August 14, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. This meeting will likely be an in-person meeting with remote access. All voting will be conducted electronically. Due to the rapidly changing environment, a final decision will be made in early July. It is important that each municipality designate one official to be the voting delegate for the FLC Business Meeting. Election of League leadership and adoption of resolutions are undertaken during the business meeting. In accordance with the League's by-laws, each municipality's vote is determined by population, and the League will use the Estimates of Population from the University of Florida for 2019. The chosen delegate will receive an email with further electronic voting instructions closer to conference. If you have any questions on voting delegates, please email Eryn Russell at erussell@flcities.com. Voting delegate forms (or any changes to the voting delegate) must be received by the League no later than August 7, 2020. Attachments: Form Designating Voting Delegate LOCAL 301 S.Bronough Street,Suite 300 Phone:850.222.9684 flcities.com VOICES �Y! Tallahassee,Florida 32301 Fax:850.222.3806 MAKING P.O.Box 1757 LOCAL Tallahassee,Florida 32302-1757 CHOICES 484 94th FLC Annual Conference—Business Meetings Florida League of Cities, Inc. August 14, 2020 It is important that each member municipality designate one of their officials to cast their votes at the Annual Business Session. League By-Laws require that each municipality select one person to serve as the municipalities voting delegate. Municipalities do not need to adopt a resolution to designate a voting delegate. Please fill out this form and return it to the League office so that your voting delegate may be properly identified. The chosen delegate will receive an email with further electronic voting instructions closer to conference. For this reason, it is important that we have the correct email on file for the voting delegate. If the delegate changes, please notify us no later than August 7, 2020. Designation of Voting Delegate Name of Voting Delegate: Title: Municipality of: Email of Delegate: AUTHORIZED BY: Name Title Return this form to: Eryn Russell Florida League of Cities, Inc. Fax: (850) 222-3806 Email: ei-usseL@flcities.com 485