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Thursday, September 9, 2010

Announcing the Clerk of the Year Award

The Kentucky Municipal Clerks Association in 2010 awarded the second KMCA Clerk of the Year Award to Pat Burch at the Spring Conference in April. Nominations will again be accepted from January 1 through the nomination deadline of February 28. The information and nomination form are accessible by clicking here. Print it out, fill it in with your recommendation for the outstanding clerk of the year if you have a nominee, and mail it in to be received between January 1, 2011 and February 28, 2011.

The Clerk of the Year Award began in 2009. Here is a little history about the first year of the award.

Just a quick follow up for the benefit of those who were not able to attend the 2009 Spring Conference at KY Dam Village. At the banquet Thursday night, KMCA President Debbie Batliner announced that sixteen clerks had been nominated this year for the first KMCA Clerk of the Year Award. UPDATE - POSTED 4/21/09

Those nominated were:

Leann Allen, CMC, City Clerk of Nortonville in the Pennyrile Regional Chapter

Karen Barto, CKMCCity Clerk of Alexandria in the Northern KY Regional Chapter

Patricia Burch, MMC, City Clerk/Treasurer of Whitesville in the Green River Chapter

Sandy Doane, MMC, City Clerk/Treasurer of Eminence in the KIPDA Regional Chapter

Kathy Herron, CKMC Metro Council Clerk of Louisville in the KIPDA Regional Chapter

Tamie Johnson, CMC, City Clerk/Treasurer of Mayfield in the Pennyrile Regional Chapter

Linda Mattingly, CKMC, City Clerk/Treasurer of New Haven in the Lincoln Trail Reg. Chapter

Charleen McIlvain, CKMC, City Clerk/Finanace Director of Cynthiana in the Bluegrass Chapter

Becky Pyles, MMC, City Clerk/Treasurer of Carrollton in the Northern KY Regional Chapter

Denise Ridley, MMC, City Clerk/Treasurer of Dawson Springs in the Pennyrile Regional Chapter

Joy Roark, CMC, City Clerk/Treasurer of Flemingsburg in the Buffalo Trace Regional Chapter

Katie Schaller, CMC, Asst City Manager/City Clerk of Bowling Green in the Barren River Chapter

Mary Scott, MMC, City Clerk/Treasurer of Bellevue in the Northern KY Regional Chapter

Crissy Upton, CMC, City Clerk of Hopkinsville in the Pennyrile Regional Chapter

C.R. Wirthlin, CMC, City Clerk/Treasurer of Crestview Hills in the Northern KY Regional Chapter

Amy Beth Able, CMC, City Clerk of FortMitchell in the Northern KY Regional Chapter

The first year award was presented to Denise Ridley from Dawson Springs and in 2010 Pat Burch of Whitesville was the recipient.

Congratulations to Denise, Pat and to all of those who have been nominated. This award is a great way to celebrate the contributions of Kentucky’s Municipal Clerks. As we were reminded at the 2009 conference by James Driver as well as others who addressed the group, the work we are doing may sometimes be overlooked but what we do truly matters and we do make a difference!

GOOD NEWS!

Now hear this - Jeanette Kemper of Edgewood is Kentucky's newest MMC as recognized by IIMC!

For more information on MMC certification and the academy program offered in KY, visit our education pages.

And Kentucky's newest CMC is Lisa Dunbar from the City of Maysville - congratulations!

New Clerks

Welcome Lisa Cassity, City Clerk in Richmond! (Posted 2/16/10)

Janet Dunbar became the new City Clerk/Treasurer of Dawson Springs at the start of November. (Posted 11/09)

Mary Wallace is the new City Clerk in Beaver Dam. (Posted 11/09)

When you learn of a new clerk please let us know so we can share the news and help to welcome them in this space! Also, be sure to encourage them to visit our website - the handbook, valuable links, the forum, program announcements and a wealth of information is available for them here! The newest clerks through October 2009 were featured in past issues of the KMCA newsletter.

Municipal Clerks Week May 3 - May 9, 2009

Winchester celebrate Municipal Clerks Week!

Photo: James Mann "The Winchester Sun" Used with permission.

Here's some GREAT news shared by Joy Curtis of the City of Winchester. The caption that appeared in The Winchester Sun was: "In a joint city/county proclamation, May 3-9 is proclaimed as Municipal Clerks Week by Clark County Judge-Executive Henry Branham, left Mayor Ed Burtner, and Winchester City Commissioner Kenny Book. Municipal clerks who work for the City of Winchester attending the reading are, from left, Joy Curtis, Administrative Assistant/Deputy City Clerk, Marilyn Rowe, City Clerk, and Sharon Harrison, Human Resources/Deputy City Clerk. The Office of Municipal Clerks provides the professional link between citizens, local governing bodies, and the different agencies of government."