ITEM TITLE:
Proclamation: Professional Municipal Clerks Week
SUBMITTED BY: Allie Ferko, MMC, Deputy City Clerk
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RECOMMENDATION:
Approve proclamation
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Proclamation celebrating the 52nd annual Professional Municipal Clerks Week on May 2 thru May 8, 2021.
The International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC), a professional association of City, Town, Township, Village, Borough, Deputy, and County Clerks, sponsors Professional Municipal Clerks Week each year. Founded in 1947, IIMC has 14,700 members throughout the United States, Canada and 15 other countries.
In addition to their service to the Valdez community, City Clerk, Sheri Pierce, and Deputy City Clerk, Allie Ferko, are both active members of IIMC and the Alaska Association of Municipal Clerks. Both hold Master Municipal Clerk certifications, serve on IIMC or AAMC boards/committees, and actively serve as training instructors for their fellow municipal clerks.
Most notably, after over forty years in municipal government service, Ms. Pierce was elected to the IIMC executive board in 2019 (news release from 2019 attached). In IIMC history, only one other Alaskan municipal clerk has been elected to lead the international organization. Ms. Pierce will be sworn in as IIMC President in May 2021.