Extension Communications
3614 Administrative Services Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-3614
(515) 294-9915
7/27/00
Contacts:
Paul Coates, Extension Political Science, (515) 294-1844,
x1paulc@exnet.iastate.edu
Del Marks, Extension Communication Systems, (515) 294-9807,
delmarks@iastate.edu
or municipal clerk listed at the end of this news
release
____(Name)____ Finishes City Clerk Professional Training
____(Name)____, ____(Town)____ completed the final session of a three-part curriculum in city management recently at Iowa State University. The five-day program was conducted by ISU Extension July 10-14 in Ames as part of the 25th anniversary observance of the founding of the Iowa Municipal Clerks Institute.
Advanced topics offered in this session included performance appraisal, negotiation skills for public officials, coping with controversy, community design and landscape design and fire and emergency services. The participants also were introduced to the basics of a personnel system and spent several sessions on understanding municipal law. One day of the session was devoted to verbal communication techniques and a public speaking exercise.
The program is conducted by ISU Extension faculty with assistance from other cooperating agencies. The Iowa program is among the largest of 44 such programs offered nationwide and was one of the first to be organized.
This year's session was the final part of a continuing three-year series of programs offered by ISU Extension to all city clerks. Many Iowa municipalities require participation in the program as a condition of employment for newly hired clerks. Participants who have completed the program are invited back each year to participate in continuing education on a variety of special topics.
Participants in the July training included the following:
Ackley: Mike Nuss
Adel: Pat Gilliland
Akron: Nicole Harding
Albia: Linda Roorda
Alton: Dennis Dokter
Bedford: Judy Stamps
Belmond: Rebecca J. Linderberg
Boone: Marcia Peterson
Cedar Rapids: Stacy Dix
Central City: Jara Pavlis
Clarion: Darcy Robb
Colfax: Kathy Mathews
Correctionville: Barbara Joy
Delmar: LeAnn McAvan
Dubuque: Jeannie Schneider
Edgewood: Cindy Vorwald
Evansdale: Kristi Lundy
Fairfield: Joyce LeDuc Lockridge
Greeley: Penny L. Ingles
Hinton: Gerry Moser
Hospers: Carol Van Gelder
Humboldt: Gloria Christensen
Independence: Vickie Schultz
Jesup: Peggy Shaffer
Kelley: Brenda DeTar
Kensett: Lori McNally
LeGrand: Shannon Mitchell
Lime Springs: Larry Gates
Logan: Turri Colglazier
Long Grove: Susan Lensch Buchman
Lost Nation: Janet Buske
Lowden: Deb Minar
Malcom: Kim Kolars
Manly: Amy Yecek
Maxwell: Kathy Barton
Modale: Linda Scheide
Mount Union: Teresa Hills
Murray: Doris Loy
Nora Springs: Cassandra Hage
Orange City: Janet Brown
Osceola: Connie Harmsen
Perry: Jeanette Peddicord
Sheldon: Marlene Klein
St. Charles, Mo.: Sharon Braden
St. Donatus: Eileen Kohlenberg
Storm Lake: Trudy Peterson
Story City: Pat Twedt
Waverly: Jo Raap
West Bend: Lisa Sewell
Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability.