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Jay T. Bell Award Winner: Steve Arbo

Steve Arbo, city manager for the city of Lee’s Summit, was chosen as the 2022 Jay T. Bell Professional Management Award by the Missouri City/County Management Association (MCMA). The award recognizes his outstanding commitment to the profession of local government management and is the association’s highest honor for members. MCMA established the Jay T. Bell Professional Management Award in honor of Jay T. Bell, who served as executive director of the Missouri Municipal League from 1965 until 1981. The award recognizes public service that displays the same high standards of accomplishment, professionalism, and ethical conduct. Bell felt strongly that the professionalism exemplified by city managers and administrators Photo: (l-r) Clayton City Manager David was an essential part of good governance. Gipson (2021 Jay T. Bell Recipient) presents the 2022 Jay T. Bell award to Stephen has more than 35 years of experience in the public service sector. He was Lee’s Summit City Manager Steve Arbo. appointed city manager for the city of Lee’s Summit in 2008, after serving as the City’s deputy city administrator and assistant city manager. He is a community-oriented leader with a focus on strong teams, fiscal responsibility and optimizing performance for the delivery of quality city services.

Richard R. Noll Award Winner: Jessica Hoffman

Jessica Hoffman, assistant city administrator for the city of Wentzville, was chosen as the 2022 Richard R. Noll Outstanding Assistant Award by the Missouri City/ County Management Association (MCMA). The award honors an assistant city manager or city administrator who demonstrates professionalism, high standards of accomplishment and ethical conduct. The recipient must hold an administrative position that is responsible for assisting the chief administrative officer in carrying out various administrative duties and other responsibilities. In her current role as assistant city administrator, Jessica oversees economic development, communications and community relations. In her work for the city of Wentzville, she has demonstrated continual growth in accepting new challenges. Jessica has been on teams or been the lead on successful projects, including the construction of Wentzville’s new city hall, the citywide implementation of Google and the creation of a dedicated customer relations division.

Photo: (l-r) Springfield Deputy City Manager Collin Quigley (2021 Richard R. Noll Recipient) presents the 2022 Richard R. Noll award to Wentzville Assistant City Administrator Jessica Hoffman.

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City of Albany Administrator Receives National Award

Derek Brown, city administrator for the city of Albany, Missouri, received the Larry Hobart Seven Hats Award during the American Public Power Association’s National Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. The APPA award recognizes managers of small utilities serving fewer than 2,500 meters. These managers have a very small staff and must assume multiple roles. The ‘seven hats’ they must wear are planning and design, administration, public relations, field supervision, accounting, human resources, and community leadership. Brown spearheaded a long-term upgrade plan and design to Albany’s electric distribution system to increase reliability and system efficiency, and engaged in the successful planning, design and construction of a new $5.5 million wastewater treatment plant, which went online in 2020. 45 Years of Service

The city of Winchester recently honored Barbara Beckett for 45 years of service to the City as city administrator/clerk. Throughout her career with the City, Barbara became a certified municipal clerk, served as president of the Missouri City Clerks and Finance Officers Association, became a master clerk from the Municipal Clerk Academy and established a safety committee for the City.

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