Extension Communications
3614 Administrative Services Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-3614
(515) 294-9915
8/7/02
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)___, 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 15-19 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 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:
Akron: Lori Martin
Alta Vista: Crystal Kobliska
Battle Creek: Diane Lansink
Bondurant: Sandra Rhodes
Carson: Brianne Duede
Charter Oak: Pamela Tripp
Clear Lake: Gail Robinson
Collins: Theresa Findlay
Denver: Jan Davis
Dike: Ann Hilliard
Elgin: Diana DeBor
Ely: Cindy Hintz Rush
Farmington: Jacki Gunn
Fort Dodge: Scott A. Hook
Hartley: Roxanne Gross
Hastings: Julie Drenner
Iowa Falls: Lisa Hamilton
Jesup: Linda Bunnell
Kamrar: Lori Isvik
Kelley: Christina Blum
Kingsley: Vicki Sitzmann
Lamoni: Mark Kolesik
Lawton: Patricia Washburn
LeGrand: Cheryl R. Culver
Lehigh: Anita Walstrom
Liscomb: Betty A. Griffin
Malvern: Julie Powles
McCausland: Paula McIntosh
Monona: Angela Runde
Monroe: Kim Thomas
Mount Vernon: Sue Ripke
Moville: Connie Brockhaus
Oakland: Kelly Groskurth
Paullina: Sandy Fritz
Primghar: David Phipps
Redfield: Deb Light
Richland: Cindy Sathoff
Rolfe: Thomas G. Smith
Sanborn: Brian Pals
Sherrill: Debbie Specht
St. Charles: Denise Sprague
Storm Lake: Paul Hoye
Stout: Brenda Loop
Wilton: Janet Boorn
Woodward: Tina Gilbert
Worthington: Mary Habel
Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability.