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7/23/2001 Contacts: Paul Coates, Extension Political Science, (515) 294-1844, paulc@iastate.edu Del Marks, Continuing Education and Communication Services, (515) 294-9807, delmarks@iastate.edu or municipal 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 Municipal Clerks Institute was conducted by ISU Extension July 9-13 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, an introduction to accounting on an accrual basis and information on converting from cash to accrual accounting. 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. Participants in session 1 will have the opportunity to attend the second session of the three-part curriculum next July. -30- Participants in the training included the following: Anamosa: Bonnie Post Ankeny: Deb Arend Blue Grass: Robert Perreault Center Point: Angela Rilling Centerville: Cynthia Cortesio Clermont: Jenean VanSickle Collins: Annette Briggs Coralville: Nancy Beuter Corwith: Janet Dietel Corydon: Charlotte Van Fleet Dallas Center: Shirley Petersen Dundee: Michele Bandy Elkader: Ryan Heiar Fairfax: Mary Pacha Fontanelle: Susan Newton Fostoria: Sirena Richardson Garner: Daisy Huffman Hazleton: Lynne Crandall Hamburg: Georgean Stephens Holstein: Marlo Schoer Huxley: Lee Hand Johnston: Connie Saunders Kanawha: Sharon Grimm Marquette: Denise Schneider Marshalltown: Shari Coughenour Mount Vernon: Marsha Dewell Northwood: Cindy Borcherding Pleasant Hill: Carol Brown Rickardsville: Vicky Cleary Robins: Lori Pickart Ryan: Kim Downs Sergeant Bluff: Marsha Hough Sheldon: Mavis Sybesma Sigourney: Angie Alderson Solon: Cami Jo Rasmussen Swea City: Gay Ernster West Des Moines: Fern Stewart
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