Extension Communications
3614 Administrative Services Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-3614
(515) 294-9915
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Extension Communications |
8/15/03
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)___, has 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 14-18 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:
Akron: Lori Martin
Ankeny: Deb Arend
Belmond: LeeAnn Waltzing
Blue Grass: Roberta Perreault
Brandon: Tammy Meskimen
Cedar Falls: Jacqueline Danielsen
Center Point: Angela Batcheler
Clermont: Jenean VanSickle
Coralville: Nancy J. Beuter
Corwith: Janet Dietel
Dow City: Deb Garrett
Dundee: Michele Bandy
Emmetsburg: Kimberly Kibbie
Fairfax: Mary Pacha
Fontanelle: Susan Newton
Fort Dodge: Scott Hook
Fostoria: Sirena Richardson
Garner: Daisy Huffman
Hamburg: Georgann Stephens
Hazelton: Lynne Crandall
Holstein: Marlo Schoer
Huxley: Lee Hand
Kanawha: Sharon Grimm
Lakeside: Jackie Stief
Marquette: Denise Schneider
Marshalltown: Shari Coughenour
Mechanicsville: Linda Coppess
Mount Vernon: Sue Ripke
Moville: Connie Brockhaus
Northwood: Cindy Borcherding
Pleasant Hill: Carol Brown
Rembrandt: Valita Evers
Rockwell: Lorna Weier
Ryan: Kim Downs
Sergeant Bluff: Marsha Hough
Sheldon: Mavis Sybesma
Vinton: Cindy Michael
West Des Moines: Fern Stewart