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A Resolution ~dQ~~~ ~~`~'"' ~°~
URGING THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE TO ENDORSE THE
NOMINATION OF COUNCILMEMBER BECKY HASKIN
TO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES BOARD OF DIRECTORS
WHEREAS, each year prior to the Annual Conference the Texas Municipal League (TML) seeks written
expressions of interest from elected officials wanting to serve on the National League of Cities (NLC)
Board of Directors and
WHEREAS, each year the TML Board of Directors at the Annual Conference endorses no more than
three candidates and no more than one candidate from a single city for consideration as a nominee for
membership on the NLC Board of Directors and
WHEREAS, those individuals endorsed by TML, along with many other nominees from across the
nation, will be considered by NLC s Nominating Committee at the NLC Congress of Cities meeting in
Kansas City in December and
WHEREAS, Councilmember Becky Haskin has expressed an interest in seeking the endorsement of TML
for nanunation as a member of the NLC Board of Directors and
WHEREAS, Councilmember Haskin has served on the Fort Worth City Council for almost six years and
is very familiar with national and local issues related to cities, and
WHEREAS, Councilmember Haskin is familiar with both the TML and NLC organizations and
committee structure having served during the TML Legislative Policy Committee process and the TML
Resolutions Committee process and is a current member of the NLC Community and Economic
Development Policy Committee and a past member of the NLC Energy Environment and Natural
Resources Policy Committee and
WHEREAS, because ~of her experience and effort, Councilmember Haskin would do an excellent job at
representing the City of Fort Worth and the cities of Texas as member of the NLC Board of Directors
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS,
1 That the City of Fort Worth supports the candidacy of `Councilmember Becky Haskin for
membership on the National League of Cities Board of Directors and
2 That the City of Fort Worth urges the Texas Municipal League to endorse Councilmember Becky
Haskin as a nominee for membership on the National League of Cities Board of Directors
Adopted this 29th day of September 1998
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Mayor Kenneth Barr
CITY OF FORT WORTH