Finance, Administration & Intergovernmental Relations

The Finance, Administration & Intergovernmental Relations Committee is responsible for developing policy positions on issues involving national economic policy, general financial assistance programs, liability insurance, intergovernmental relations, Census, municipal bonds and capital finance, municipal management, antitrust issues, citizen participation and civil rights, labor relations, Native American sovereignty and municipal authority.

Chair

Vice Chair

Vice Chair

                                

                                

Randy Riggs
Council Member
Waco, Texas

Robert Avery
Council Member
Gadsden, Alabama

Mike Kasperzak
Mayor
Mountain View, California

Rosters

Policy & Advocacy Committee

Steering Committee

Congressional City Conference


Sunday, March 11, 2012
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
Washington, District of Columbia

Policy Books


Agendas, topics for discussion, and additional background materials made available prior to each steering committee meeting.

Presentations


Related presentations, including those given by featured guests at Policy & Advocacy Committee meetings. 

Meeting Summaries


    Overviews of Steering Committee meeting activity.

Nation's Cities Weekly Articles


Articles related to the Committee's work that have appeared in recent editions of Nation's Cities Weekly.

Speeches and Testimony


Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2011 (H.R. 1002)
Statement of Bernita Sims, Council Member, City of High Point, North Carolina
U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law
March 15, 2011

National Municipal Policy


The National Municipal Policy is a compilation of federal policy positions and resolutions adopted by the full NLC membership at the annual Congress of Cities. These positions guide all of NLC’s federal advocacy efforts and focus on federal actions, programs, and proposals that directly impact municipalities.

View the policies and resolutions crafted by and voted on by the Finance, Administration & Intergovernmental Relations Committee:

2012 Finance, Administration & Intergovernmental Relations Policy Chapter

2012 Finance, Administration & Intergovernmental Relations Resolutions

Visit the NLC National Municipal Policy page to view the full 2012 National Municipal Policy book.