Approved as to Form and Legality
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City Attorney’s Office
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. _______________ C.M.S.
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT NIKKI FORTUNATO BAS
RESOLUTION APPOINTING COUNCILMEMBER DAN KALB AS VOTING
DELEGATE TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF OAKLAND AT THE ANNUAL LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES' 2023 CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 20- 22, 2023 IN SACRAMENTO, AND APPOINTING COUNCILMEMBER NOEL
GALLO TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF OAKLAND AS ALTERNATE
VOTING DELEGATE, INCLUDING APPROVAL OF TRAVEL EXPENSES
FOR ATTENDING THE 2023 CONFERENCE
WHEREAS, the City of Oakland is a Member City of the League of California Cities; and WHEREAS, the Bylaws of the League of California Cities, Article V, Section 3 (a) state:
"Designation. Each Member City may, with the approval of the city council, designate a city official as the city's designated voting delegate and, in the event that the designated voting delegate is unable to serve in that capacity, up to two alternate voting delegates; and WHEREAS, the City Council’s Rules of Procedure, Rule 6 (Resolution, No 89588 C.M.S.) states that “the President of the Council shall recommend appointments to regional and local boards and agencies, as appropriate, subject to confirmation by the Council;” and WHEREAS, on February 7, 2023, Council adopted its 2023 State and Federal Legislative Agenda that the Council appointees shall advocate for; and
WHEREAS, on June 26, 2023, Council adopted a set of budget and policy priorities that the Council appointees shall advocate for; and
WHEREAS, the Council President wishes to appoint Councilmember Dan Kalb as the City of Oakland's Voting Delegate, and Councilmember Noel Gallo as Voting Alternate to the Annual League of California Cities Conference from September 20-22, 2023; and WHEREAS, City Council Resolution No. 82800 C.M.S. approved by Council on June 1, 2010 establishes a policy that Councilmembers, when seeking Council approval for travel, shall indicate whether City funds will be used when travel involves airline transportation and lodging and of the cost of airline, lodging, per diem and conference fees when City funds are used as well as the source of City and/or Redevelopment Agency funding that will be used to cover the travel; and WHEREAS, in compliance with Resolution No. 82800 C.M.S., the estimated costs for Councilmembers Dan Kalb and Noel Gallo are up to $789 each for per diem (which includes $189 per day for Lodging, and $74 per day for Meals and Incidental Expenses) and up to $650 for each councilmember’s conference registration fees, and the source of City funding used to cover the travel costs will be from City Council Contingency Project fund; and
WHEREAS, Councilmembers Kalb and Gallo seek City Council approval of the aforementioned costs to travel to Sacramento, California to attend the California League of Cities 2023 Annual conference; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That Councilmember Dan Kalb is hereby appointed the City of Oakland's Voting Delegate for the Annual League of California Cities' 2023 Annual Conference; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED: That Councilmember Noel Gallo is hereby appointed the City of Oakland’s Alternate Voting Delegate for the Annual League of California Cities’ 2023 Annual Conference; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That Councilmembers Kalb and Gallo are authorized to travel to Sacramento, California to attend the California League of Cities 2023 Annual Conference, and all expenses incurred by Councilmembers Kalb and Gallo for said travel are hereby authorized.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - FIFE, GALLO, JENKINS, KALB, KAPLAN, RAMACHANDRAN, REID, AND
PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the City of
Oakland, California
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