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)____ Finishes City Clerk Professional Training
___(Name)___, ___(Town)___, completed the final 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.
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 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.
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. The program also provides educational credit toward certification by the International Institute of Municipal Clerks headquartered in California. Participants who have completed the program are invited back each year to participate in continuing education on a variety of special topics.
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Participants in the July training included the following:
Afton: Linda Haner
Alden: Robin Heinzeroth
Asbury: Sara Burke
Cleghorn: Elaine French
DeWitt: Cathie Benthin
Dexter: Denise Miller
Dike: Patti Freese
Everly: Janice Thompson
Fremont: Carmen Baxter
Gilmore City: Emily Cavanaugh
Grand Mound: Marilyn Galloway
Greene: Jayne Knapp
Lisbon: Brian Weuve
Lorimor: Mary Seales
Madrid: Joni Shepherd
Merrill: Colette Martin
Morning Sun: Sharon Ruble
Mount Vernon: Marsha Dewell
New Providence: Tammy Strait
New Vienna: Jane Niehaus
Plainfield: Jennifer Whitney
Radcliffe: Deb Benson
Sigourney: Marilyn D. Wells
St. Olaf: Karen Stewart
Ute: Peggy Bridgeman
West Bend: Kim Elbert
West Des Moines: Maureen Richmond
Wheatland: Sharline Straka
Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability.