Meeting Type: BCC Regular Meeting
Meeting Date: 6/3/2025
Item Status: New
From: Roger H. Rendleman, County Administrator
Submitted by: Anu Gary, Administrative Services Manager
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ITEM TITLE
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National Association of Counties (NACo) - 2025 Voting Credentials
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Appoint the Alabama Association of County Commissions (ACCA) as Baldwin County Commission’s proxy voting delegate to represent the Commission at the 2025 Annual Business Meeting for the National Association of Counties (NACo).
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Recommendation
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Previous Commission action/date:
June 18, 2024, Regular Meeting - The Commission selected ACCA as the Commission’s Proxy Delegate for the 2024 NACo Annual Business Meeting.
Background: NACo will utilize electronic software to conduct and tabulate the elections conducted during the Annual Meeting scheduled for July 14, 2025.
Voting delegates and proxies decide all business, motions, and the election of officers during the annual business meeting.
There will be a designated time votes are allowed to be cast through a cell phone link, as the election is no longer facilitated through a ballot process. For each county’s vote(s) to be cast, the county is required to either 1) designate a registered county attendee as the voting delegate or 2) proxy ACCA as a voting delegate. The designation of voting delegate(s) or proxies should be done no later than Sunday, July 13th at 5 p.m. EDT.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Total cost of recommendation: N/A
Budget line item(s) to be used: N/A
If this is not a budgeted expenditure, does the recommendation create a need for funding? N/A
LEGAL IMPACT
Is legal review necessary for this staff recommendation and related documents?
N/A
Reviewed/approved by: N/A
Additional comments: N/A
ADVERTISING REQUIREMENTS
Is advertising required for this recommendation? N/A
If the proof of publication affidavit is not attached, list the reason: N/A
FOLLOW UP IMPLEMENTATION
For time-sensitive follow up, select deadline date for follow up: The designation of voting delegate(s) or proxies should be done no later than Sunday, July 13th at 5 p.m. EDT.
Individual(s) responsible for follow up: Victoria Key and Tiffany Givens
Action required (list contact persons/addresses if documents are to be mailed or emailed):
Register ACCA as proxy voting delegate online at NACo.org/VotingCredentials.
Email notification to ACCA after registration is completed.
Additional instructions/notes: Administration - Once approved, print item for reminder folder and copy item to 2nd June meeting as this is an annual registration.