Finance, Administration and Intergovernmental Relations Committee (FAIR)

Committee Leadership

          Chair                                       Vice Chair                                      Vice Chair
                                    
  Robin Beltramini                          David Hooks                                Randy Riggs
   Council Member                       Council Member                         Council Member   
    Troy, Michigan                     Homewood, Alabama                       Waco, Texas

Committee Rosters

Policy and Advocacy Committee         
Steering Committee                              

National Municipal Policy

2010 FAIR Policy Chapter
2010 FAIR Resolutions

For more information, visit the NLC Public Finance and Federalism & Unfunded Mandates topic pages.

Committee Process and Purpose

NLC policy is developed in seven committees of municipal officials.  Each committee consists of two bodies:

• A larger policy and advocacy committee, which chooses the policy agenda for the year and reviews the proposed policy proposals and resolutions drafted on that agenda by the steering committee; and
• A Steering Committee, which researches the agenda topics chosen and drafts policy positions for policy and advocacy committee review.

Policy changes accepted by each policy and advocacy are subsequently forwarded to the entire membership for approval and inclusion in NLC's National Municipal Policy (NMP).  The NMP is a collection of position statements on a variety of issues with immediate and long-term implications for the nation?s cities and towns.  Developed through the deliberative, member-driven policy development process described above, the NMP states the policy positions that frame NLC's advocacy efforts.

Each of the seven committees has a specific set of issues under its jurisdiction, and policy development in each committee is limited to these issues.  The Finance, Administration and Intergovernmental Relations (FAIR) Committee deals with 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.

Upcoming Events

2010 Congressional City Conference, Washington, District of Columbia
FAIR Committee Meeting
Sunday, March 14, 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

• 2010 Congressional City Conference FAIR Policy and Advocacy Committee Book

Previous Committee Meeting Resources

2009 Congress of Cities, San Antonio, Texas

• 2009 Congress of Cities Policy and Advocacy Committee Book