___(Name)___, ___(Town)___, recently completed the first session of a three-part curriculum in municipal management that leads to professional certification. The five-day Municipal Clerks Institute was conducted by Iowa State University Extension July 11-15 in Ames.
Training topics covered a variety of issues facing city clerks. The session focused on financial management and municipal budgeting. Budget topics included a general introduction to the process, bonding procedures and accounting topics. The participants received a general introduction to accounting and information on preparing for an audit.
The institute is offered to city clerks, deputy clerks, and other administrators, and participants earn credit toward certification by the International Institute of Municipal Clerks.
The program is sponsored by the ISU Extension Office of State and Local Government Programs in conjunction with the Iowa Municipal Finance Officers Association. Instructors include ISU faculty, extension staff, bonding attorneys, accounting experts and city clerks who have completed the Institute. The Iowa State University program was one of the first offered in the United States, and is among the largest of 44 similar programs offered in other states and Canadian provinces.
Participants in session 1 will have the opportunity to attend the second session of the three-part curriculum next July.
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Participants in the training included the following:
Ackley: Cyndee Roskens
Alburnett: Amber Franklin
Bancroft: Mark Dreyer
Bloomfield: Carol Taylor
Boone: Rochelle Williams
Brandon: Michelle Nejdl
Bussey: Rachel Reed
Centerville: Kris May
Denison: Jodie Hast
Des Moines - Saylor Township: Phyllis Jones
Fort Madison: Sue Mead
Gilbert: Carolyn Main
Grand Junction: Rita Jenkins
Greenfield: Sharyl Newbury
Grinnell: Ann Wingerter
Guthrie Center: Donna Benton
Hastings: Mitzi Fink
Havelock: Cindy O'Neall
Humboldt: Andrea Vinsand
Humeston: Stacy Stephens
Jesup: LeAnn Nichols
Leon: Angela Blades
Linn Grove: Becky Jessen
Madrid: Donna Havlik
Martinsburg: Carrie McBeth
Maxwell: Melissa Johannas
Minburn: Richard Buscher
Moville: Jackie Stender
Newhall: Trish Gleason
Norwalk: Jodi Powers
Oakland: Sabrina Johnson
Orleans: Angie Yates-Wycoff
Otho: Glenda Rasmussen
Pacific Junction: Kari Williams
Polk City: Sharon Nickles
Reasnor: Janis McClelland
Riverdale: Theresa Ralfs
Riverside: Tina Thomas
Riverton: Carol Jennings
Rolfe: Lana Pratt
Ruthven: Jillian Krieg
Sergeant Bluff: Sandi Headid and Paula Moriarty
Sheldon: Pat Meester
Stout: Celane Hauser
Van Meter: Liz Thompson
Waverly: Carla Guyer
Woodbine: Lois Surber