Extension Communications
3614 Administrative Services Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-3614
(515) 294-9915
8/6/99
Contacts:
Paul Coates, Extension Political Science, (515) 294-1844
or city clerk listed at the end of this news release
__(Name)__ Attends City Clerk Training
__(Name)__, __(Town)__, completed the first session of a three-part curriculum in municipal management recently at Iowa State University. The five-day program was conducted by ISU Extension July 12-16 in Ames.
Training topics covered a variety of issues facing city clerks, including working with the general public, working with the city council and coping with controversy. The sessions also covered preparing for an audit, risk management and insurance and minutes of public meetings.
Municipal budgeting also was a major focus of the training. Budget topics included a general introduction to the process, bonding procedures and accounting topics. The participants received a general introduction to accounting, an introduction to accounting on an accrual basis and information on converting from cash to accrual accounting.
Instructors included ISU Extension staff from the local government and civil engineering programs, bonding attorneys and accounting experts.
Participants in session 1 will have the opportunity to attend the second session of the three-part curriculum next July.
Participants in the training included the following:
Ames: Diane Voss
Aplington: Deb Prier
Arthur: Nancy Imhoff
Aurelia: Barb Messerole
Baxter: Peg Kimberley
Bode: Becky Struthers
Brunsville: Nancy Harms
Charlotte: Lynn McGarry
Cherokee: Diane Cargin
Conesville: Misty Lyon
Coralville: Thorsten J. Johnson
Corning: Nancy Carmichael
Corydon: Diane Kelly
Dyersville: Sue Ertl
Eldridge: Denise Benson
Elgin: Ellie Medberry
Evansdale: Sandy Clements
Garwin: Lori Lextham
Hiawatha: Angie McBurney and Linda J. Bendixen
LaPorte City: Julie Petersen
Livermore: Jeane Larson
Massena: Leree Gaukel
McCallsburg: Joyce Rasmussen
Morning Sun: DeAnna L. Turner
Odebolt: Nancy Imhoff
Perry: Susie Stoner
Pleasantville: Dorothy Phipps
Randall: DeAnn Frisk
Riceville: Trudy O'Donnell
Seymour: Mary Haines
Sheldon: Angela Roseberry
Shenandoah: Rhonda Royer
Spencer: Janee Boever
Thompson: Diane Adams
Treynor: Cathy Temeyer
Wahpeton: Betty Peterson
Walford: Janet Gann
Wapello: Taminy Palister
West Okoboji: Linda Maske
West Union: Melissa Ott
Whitten: Tammy Strait
Wyoming: Sheri Tjaden
Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability.