Extension Communications Extension 4-H Youth Building Ames, Iowa 50011-3630 (515) 294-9915

7/29/04

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 through the International Institute of Municipal Clerks. The five-day Municipal Clerks Institute was conducted by Iowa State University Extension July 12-16 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 also received a general introduction to accounting, and instruction on handling minutes.

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:

Anamosa: Maureen Breyer
Asbury: Beth Bonz
Auburn: Nancy Janssen
Avoca: Teresa Hoepner
Bussey: Holly Carlson
Carroll: Laura Schaefer
Corning: Nicci Bauman
Correctionville: Carla Mathers
Cushing: LeeNette Wiese
Elgin: Rhonda Dales
Evansdale: Suzy Schares
Garnavillo: Lynette Sander
Garner: Tammy Brant
Gilbert: John Lloyd
Gilman: Helen Reed
Gilmore City: James Dirks
Gowrie: Patrice Klingson
Grinnell: Sheila Diehm
Logan: Angela Winther
Malvern: Kathy Mathis
Milo: Sharon O'Steen
Minburn: Jinny Wagner
Monona: Steve Dierz
Monticello: Cheryl Clark
Ocheyedan: Stacy Terrill
Panora: Joyce Calmer
Plainfield: Nancy Deutsch
Silver City: Sue McPeck
Sloan: Tracy Mertz
Strawberry Point: Mary Jo Brown
Thornton: Michelle Duff
Union: Tara Gaunt
Urbana: Margaret M. Whitson
Williamsburg: Julie Spratt
Woodburn: Jodi Carson
Woodward: Christina Perkins

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