Extension Communications
Extension 4-H Youth Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-3630
(515) 294-9915
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Extension Communications |
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)____ 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 12-16 in Ames.
Advanced topics offered in this session included team building and community development. The participants also were introduced to the basics of a personnel system and spent several sessions on understanding municipal law. Part 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:
Alta Vista: Crystal Kobliska
Anamosa: Tammy Coons and Penny K. Lode
Battle Creek: Diane Lansink
Bondurant: Sandra Rhodes
Carson: Brianne Duede
Clear Lake: Gail Robinson
Coin: Sherry Gibilisco
Collins: Theresa L. Findlay
DeSoto: Tina Gilbert
Dike: Ann Hilliard
Ely: Cindy Hintz Rush
Lawton: Patricia Washburn
LeGrand: Cheryl R. Culver
McCausland: Paula McIntosh
Monroe: Kim Thomas
Oakland: Kelly Groskurth
Paullina: Sandy Fritz
Redfield: Deb Light
Reinbeck: Quentin Mayberry
Rolfe: Tom Smith
St. Charles: Denise Sprague
Wilton: Janet Boorn
Worthington: Mary Habel