For Immediate Release
January 19, 2000

Contact: Tony Iallonardo
Ph. (202)293-7330

MAYORS JAN. 26 TASK FORCE MEETINGS FOR 68TH WINTER MEETING

E-Commerce, Utilities, Housing, Brownfields, Banking, and Job Training on Agenda

WASHINGTON, DC -- About 300 of America's Mayors will arrive in the nation's capital en masse to participate in USCMs 68th Winter Meeting. The meeting kicks off at the Capitol Hilton Hotel on January 25th and concludes on the 28th. Among the events, the Mayors have a busy schedule of task force meetings. These meetings serve as vehicles for developing official policy of USCM. Press can access the full agenda, media advisories, and pre-register on the Internet at /68thWinterMeeting.

The schedule for Wednesday, January 26 Task Force Meetings is:

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Electronic Commerce and Internet Technology
(California Room)
Chair: ANTHONY A. WILLIAMS
Mayor of the District of Columbia

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Electric Utility Restructuring
(Michigan Room)
Chair: PATRICK HENRY HAYS
Mayor of North Little Rock

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Fair Housing/Group Homes
(South American A Room)
Co-Chairs: SARA B. BOST
Mayor of Irvington

RITA L. MULLINS
Mayor of Palatine

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Joint Meeting of the Brownfields and Mayors and Bankers Task Forces
(South American B Room)
Presiding: J. CHRISTIAN BOLLWAGE
Mayor of Elizabeth
Co-Chair, Brownfields Task Force

HARVEY JOHNSON
Mayor of Jackson (MS)
Co-Chair, Brownfields Task Force

MICHAEL R. TURNER
Mayor of Dayton
Chair, Mayors and Bankers Task Force

Also scheduled at a different site, the St. Regis Hotel, on January 26, 2000:

8:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Employment and Training Council Annual Meeting
President: SUSAN CLEERE FLORES
Assistant General Manager
Community Development Department, Los Angeles

All press must register to gain access to Winter Meeting events. Advance registration is recommended. This can be done by phone by calling the USCM press office or completing the press registration form on the web site, /68thWinterMeeting. On site registrations will be accepted in the USCM press room at the Capital Hilton Hotel.

The U. S. Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are about 1,100 such cities in the country today. Each city is represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the mayor.

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