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May 2'1,2018
To: Mayor Sissi Bruch
From: Pat Johnson, AWC Board President
Subject: 2018 AWC Annual Business Meeting
AWC invites you to attend lhe Annual Business Meeting on Thursday, June 28,2018,
4 - 5:rt5 pm at the Yakima Convention Center, 10 N 8rt'St, Yakima, WA 98901 in the Ballroom A, B, C
an conjunction with the AWC Annual Conference. On behalf of the AWC Board of Directors, I strongly
encourage your city to participate by appointing voting delegates.
AWC bylaws allow each city to appoint up to three voting delegates. The bylaws do not specily a method
or form cities must use to appoint delegates. lf your city determines these appointments through council
action, please share this information with your city council.
Each voting delegate has one vote. Voting delegates have the opportunity to influence the operations ol
AWC by:o Electing the members of the AWC Board of Directors, who play a critical leadership role in the
success of AWC;. Debate hot issues that impact cities; and. Considering floor amendments to the Statement of Policy.
Once the Mayor, City Manager, or City Council has determined the city's voting delegates for 2018,
please send their names and titles to Michelle Catlin, AWC Executive Coordinator. The deadline for
submitting voting delegates is Thursday, June 21, 2018. You may email or fax this information to
Michelle Catlin at michellec @ awcnet.orq or Fax: (360) 753-01 49.
AWC's Statement of Policy provides the basis for policy recommendations by AWC's Legislative
Priorities Committee, the Board and staft. lt is updated at least every six years and was recently updated
with committee recommendations in 2014 and amended on the floor at the 2015 Business Meeting.
Further changes are nol proposed lor 2018, but the AWC Bylaws provide {or members to propose
amendments for floor action. The Statement of Policy can be lound on the AWC website. lf your city
plans to propose a floor amendment, please complete the amendment form on AWC's website and send
it to Regina Adams at reqinaa@ awcnet.oro by Wednesday, June 20.
Additional information on the Business Meeting, the AWC Board ol Directors, and the Annual Conference
can be lound on AWC's website: wacities.org.
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Jennifer Veneklasen, City Clerk
Dan McKeen, City Manager