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Blue Springs City Clerk Receives 2022 Outstanding City Clerk Award
Blue Springs City Clerk Sheryl Morgan was presented with the prestigious Missouri City Clerks and Finance Officers Association’s (MoCCFOA) 2022 Outstanding City Clerk Award at the annual MoCCFOA Spring Institute banquet held in Columbia, Missouri on March 16, 2022. Sheryl was recognized for demonstrating outstanding service and commitment to her municipality, community and professional organization. Sheryl is a member of the Western Division of MoCCFOA. She has served as president of her division along with various state and international city clerk committees from 2002 to the present. Sheryl has earned the designation of Missouri Registered City Clerk from MoCCFOA and Certified Municipal Clerk from International Institute of Municipal Clerks. She is working on obtaining her Missouri Professional City Clerk designation. She has served with the city of Blue Springs for more than 18 years. Cities Honored for Historic Preservation
Congratulations to the Missouri cities recognized in April at The Missouri Alliance for HistoricPreservation's Honor Awards. The awards recognize excellence in historic preservation over the past year. Pictured below are representatives from the city of Wildwood. Other cities recognized were Fulton, Kansas City, Kearney, Liberty, Maplewood and St. Louis.
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The city of Jackson utilities and city of Rolla Municipal utilities have earned 2022 Reliable Public Power Provider (RP3) designations from the American Public Power Association (APPA) for providing reliable and safe electric service. As announced by the Association in March, the utilities were among 54 of the nation’s more than 2,000 public power utilities to earned a 2022 RP3 designation from APPA. Interactive Rolla’s 2022 designation is a new consecutive zoning map recognition, after a past RP3 designation that ran from 2018-2021. Jackson last received an RP3 designation in 2015. Custom Local The RP3 designation lasts for three years, Building Codes recognizing public power utilities that have demonstrated their proficiency in four key disciplines: reliability, safety, workforce development and system improvement. Earning APPA’s RP3 badge-of-honor involves a rigorous process proving a utility’s sound management practices and a utility-wide commitment to safe and reliable delivery of electricity.
MDNR Cybersecurity Incident Reporting and Resources for Water and Wastewater Systems
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has set up a dedicated email SMITH CO. & 901 Vine St., Poplar Bluff, MO 573.785.9621 ENGINEERS address and would like you to report all cybersecurity incidents at water and WWW.SHSMITHCO.COMAN EMPLOYEE-OWNED COMPANY DELIVERING QUALITY PROJECTS TO OUR CLIENTS wastewater plants. The new address is wpp-cybersecurity@dnr.mo.gov. Email this address from a non-compromised email account as soon as possible after an incident is discovered and include the relative details. The Department encourages water and wastewater system owners and operators to be aware of cybersecurity threats and take steps to mitigate them. The most common threat LAND SURVEYING CIVIL ENGINEERING GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES is posed by current and former employees INDUSTRIAL PARKS WATER AIRPORTS SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS and contractors who may accidentally or ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES WASTEWATER BRIDGES ROADS intentionally disrupt normal operations. For more information, please find more resources from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) at https://www.cisa.gov/cyber-hygiene-services. In addition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) offers free, confidential cybersecurity assessments and technical assistance to drinking water and wastewater utilities. Learn more at https://horsleywitten.com/cybersecurity-training/.
Missouri’s Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP), located at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) in Rolla, provides both in-person and online training to city and county public works departments throughout the state. Topics range from work zone safety and road maintenance to various worker safety topics. The program operates on funding provided by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) as one of 51 LTAP centers – one in each state plus Puerto Rico. In addition, Missouri’s LTAP manages a Safety Circuit Rider Program, that assists cities and counties in identifying funding opportunities to implement low-cost road safety improvements. Ms. Gidget Koestner, Missouri’s Safety Circuit Rider, can also provide engineering advise for smaller municipalities with limited in-house engineering services. For more information on Missouri’s LTAP or Safety Circuit Rider Program, please visit the LTAP website at www.moltap.org. Municipalities can also schedule in-person trainings to meet their employees’ safety and professional development needs. All available classes and contact information are listed on the website.
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On May 2, 2022, Missouri Governor Mike Parson declared May 1-7, 2022, to be Missouri Local Government Week in Missouri. He spent time meeting with local officials from Missouri cities, counties and school boards, including three Missouri mayors, and shared how important local service is to the state. During the week, cities across the state highlighted the important work of local government by hosting community events, employee recognitions, city proclamations and posts on social media.
Missouri local officials from cities, counties and school boards met with Missouri Governor Mike Parson on May 2, 2022, to recognize Missouri Local Government Week.
Left: (l-r) Moline Acres Mayor and MML Vice President Michele DeShay, Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe, Missouri Governor Mike Parson, Jefferson CIty Mayor Carrie Tergin. Right: Missouri Governor Mike Parson greets Moline Acres Mayor Michele DeShay at the Misosuri Governor's Office in Jefferson City.
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