MML Review November/December 2021

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THE MISSOURI MUNICIPAL

November/December 2021

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THE MISSOURI MUNICIPAL

November/December 2021; Volume 86, No. 6

CONTENTS Features 6 City Of Wildwood: City Profile

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10 Missouri Municipalities And The Opioid Settlement

by Erich Eiselt 13

6 Questions Answered: What Municipalities Need To Know About PCI Compliance

by Bill Gogel

16 FAQ: Local Use Tax (Proposition U) 18 Ransomware Attacks:

See How To Reinforce Your Cybersecurity 19 Municipalities Building Monarch

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Communities

by Elizabeth Egan

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• Distinguished Service Award Winners

• Innovation Award Winners

• MGI Winners

34 Getting To Know You:

Cover Photo: Ossenfort Road, Wildwood, Missouri Photo Credit: Jenny Shaw

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AFFILIATE GROUPS Missouri City Management Association; City Clerks and Finance Officers Association; Government Finance Officers Association of Missouri; Missouri Municipal Attorneys Association; EDITORIAL Laura Holloway / Editor Lholloway@mocities.com

GRAPHIC DESIGN Rhonda Miller

22 Local Government Review:

MML Annual Conference • New Leadership And Board Members

*Past President

Richard Sheets and Lori Noe Contributing Editors

Departments 4 President's Review

MISSOURI MUNICIPAL LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS President: Joe Garritano, Council Member, Wildwood; Vice President: Michele DeShay, Mayor, Moline Acres; Damien Boley, Mayor, Smithville; *Chuck Caverly, Council Member, Maryland Heights; Bryant Delong, Council Member, North Kansas City; Jerry Grimmer, Council Member, Bridgeton; Cemal Unmut Gungor, City Administrator, Grandview; Dwaine Hahs, Mayor, Jackson; Heather Hall, Council Member, Kansas City; *Debra Hickey, Mayor, Battlefield; *Chris Lievsay, Council Member, Blue Springs; Ken McClure, Mayor, Springfield; *Norman McCourt, Mayor, Black Jack; Chris McPhail, Alderman, Clever; Sheryl Morgan, City Clerk, Blue Springs; Heather Navarro, Alderman, St. Louis; Lori Obermoeller, Finance Director, Creve Coeur; Len Pagano, Mayor, St. Peters; *Matt Robinson, Mayor, Hazelwood; Mike Roemerman, Mayor, Ellisville; *Kathy Rose, Mayor, Riverside; *Carson Ross, Mayor, Blue Springs; Erin Seele, Attorney, Cunningham, Vogel and Rost; Matt Turner, Alderman, Harrisonville; *Gerry Welch, Mayor, Webster Groves; Jeana Woods, City Administrator, Osage Beach

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President's Review

by Joe Garritano, Council Member, Wildwood, and MML President

A Strong Future Stepping into the role of President of the Missouri Municipal League is an opportunity that I very much appreciate and I thank you for your support.

I want to thank our outgoing President Chuck Caverly for his steady leadership as Missouri cities began early stages of recovery from the pandemic, and as MML transitioned to new executive leadership. I also want to thank the MML Board and staff for all their work. I am grateful for the confidence and support they have given me over the past year as vice president and look forward to serving in this new role.

I pledge to do everything I can to help Missouri cities stay vibrant and strong.

Our new team is very strong and I want to congratulate our new vice president, Moline Acres Mayor Michelle DeShay, and our new members that have joined the MML Board:

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Our League is an incredibly valuable asset for Missouri cities. As the MML purpose states, it is through unity and cooperation that we can accomplish so much.

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Ken McClure, Mayor, Springfield Jerry Grimmer, Council Member, Bridgeton Mike Roemerman, Mayor, Ellisville Erin Seele, City Attorney (Fenton, Ladue, Manchester) with Cunningham, Vogel and Rost.

During my time serving as an MML board member and vice president, I have learned from you about our cherished history, our priorities, our challenges, and your thoughts about the future vision for the League.

Our League is an incredibly valuable asset for Missouri cities. As the MML purpose states, it is through unity and cooperation that we can accomplish so much.

As municipal leaders we are uniquely situated to bring meaningful change and progress for the cities and residents we represent. Our 87-year history is a testimony to the results the League has achieved.

One of the many ways we will strengthen cities is through relationships with state legislators. It is so crucial that we work together with state legislators as partners in governing. It will be up to us to show our representatives and senators that we can work collaboratively and help communities as they continue recovery from the pandemic and build a strong future together.

While it is crucial to establish a working relationship with your legislator when they are in your city, it is also important for you to visit them in Jefferson City. One ideal time to do that is during the MML Legislative Conference in February. Not only can you visit with your local state representative or senator at the Missouri State Capitol, but you will meet with hundreds of other local officials and employees to network, share ideas and learn about the top issues affecting cities statewide. Watch for more details on this event coming up Feb. 15-16, 2021.

Leveraging the talent that we bring together, we are going to continue to accelerate our progress, identify new opportunities to increase our strengths and add value, grow the engagement of our membership, cultivate and bolster the relationships in Jefferson City, and ensure MML remains strong for the future.

Thanks again all for your support. I am excited about our future and looking forward to getting to work. I wish you and your family a wonderful holiday season.

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FEATURE Review

City of Wildwood:

A Perfect Place to Live and Learn

Ossenfort Road, Wildwood, Missouri. Photo credit: Jenny Shaw.

Wildwood, Missouri, boasts a mix of the beauty of lush green space, expansive residential lots and a thriving business district. Just a short 30-minute drive from the largest city in Missouri, Wildwood has the feel of a rural escape with the convenience of being located in the footprint of the Saint Louis Metropolitan Area.

Wildwood was incorporated on Sept. 1, 1995, but its history extends long before its official incorporation. Since the mid1800s when stagecoach was the main source of transport, the surrounding communities that now make up Wildwood proper were home to farmers, early settlers and families who prospered off the rich land, orchards and grist mills that once 6

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dotted the landscape. With the advent of the railroad, whose tracks are still present today, Wildwood became a weekend day trip for Saint Louis City dwellers to escape the hustle and bustle for the tranquility of the countryside.

While today the city of Wildwood is one community, it was once made up of many settlements including Centaur, Fox Creek, Glencoe, Grover, Hollow, Kelpe, Melrose, Monarch, Orrville, Pond and Westland Acres. These settlements are still discoverable today and now have markers providing a brief history for adventurers seeking to know and enjoy the past. Beyond these unique settlements, the Historic Route 66, Manchester Road thoroughfare travels east-west through

the heart of the Town Center, bisecting Wildwood into two halves. This portion of Route 66 is the original location of the byway, dating to the early 1930s.

To this day, Wildwood strives to preserve its history, planning for a future that is forward looking, while honoring the past. The community is located west of the city of Saint Louis, with a little more than 35,000 residents and approximately 12,000 households. To ensure that the expansive feel of Wildwood would not be lost to future development, an intelligent development plan was implemented so all assets would be retained. The goal since incorporation has been to preserve the unique character of the community and its key characteristics of abundant open space, estate-like residences, excellent schools, comprehensive fire and emergency services, and well-kept rural roadways.

communities and regions. The Town Center’s intentional design was intended to promote frequent contact between citizens as they traverse the grid of sidewalks and partake in the many offerings available. The design evokes a sense of Wildwood’s past, a hamlet-like feel where residents are part of a larger community.

Today the Town Center offers access to retail stores and boutiques, restaurants, office space, apartments and townhomes. The Town Center is home to a Starbucks, Walgreen’s, Schnucks, Dierbergs, Central Bank, Hair Saloon For Men, Benedetto’s On Main, B&B Theatre, Botanica Restaurant, and the Wildwood Hotel.

A Town Center With a Rural Feel In 1996, one year after the official incorporation of Wildwood, the City adopted a master plan that was comprehensive in scope and provided a road map for growth. The key element of the plan was a new Town Center intended to provide the community with a mix-use environment where residents could live, work and play. The Town Center is located on 880 acres at the intersection of routes 100 and 109 and serves as a city center for the community.

The Town Center is a stunning example of new urbanism, a burgeoning movement that recognizes walkable, human-scaled neighborhoods are the building blocks of sustainable www.mocities.com

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(l-r): The Wildwood Hotel, Hidden Valley Ski Resort, Bluff View Trail.

Wildwood is home to more than 30 dining establishments that offer a variety of options from fast casual to more upscale establishments.

A Perfect Place To Live And Learn Of the 68-square miles that make up the city of Wildwood, 14 are dedicated to greenspace, comprised of an extensive trail system and numerous parks. Wildwood is proud to be home to some of the most stunning multiple-use trails in the area, including the Al Foster Memorial Trail, the Wildwood Greenway, the HamiltonCarr Greenway, a section of the Monarch Levee Trail, and the Bluff View Trail System. There are more than 35 miles of trails; 18 of those are paved asphalt.

The city of Wildwood is the perfect place for outdoor enthusiasts. The area’s only ski resort is located in Wildwood.

Hidden Valley Ski Resort is on the southern border of the City, and provides fun for all ages throughout the year.

Adventure seekers can enjoy time on the slopes in the winter and zip lining in the summer and fall months. The many stunning roads and trails are the perfect playground for bicyclists, runners and hikers who can travel almost 40 miles using the City’s asphalt trails and connecting roads. Babler State Park, Rockwoods Reservation and Greensfelder Park are natural gems that make Wildwood a truly wild place for the lover of the outdoors.

The award-winning Rockwood School District that serves the families of Wildwood, is nationally ranked with a AAA rating. St. Louis Community College at Wildwood is also located within the City. Wildwood’s spacious residential lots and award-winning schools make it the perfect place to raise a family.

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FEATURE Review

by Erich Eiselt

Missouri Municipalities And The Opioid Settlement The History

The Settlement

On June 21, 2017, former Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley filed suit in St. Louis City Circuit Court against three opioid manufacturers—Endo, J&J/Janssen, and Purdue Pharma.1 His complaint cited the defendants’ fraud, misrepresentation, and other violations of the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act (RSMo Ch. 407) in selling and marketing opioids. 2 That lawsuit, only the third opioid case brought by a state at the time,3 would become part of a massive nationwide effort, launched by states, tribes, third-party payors, hospitals, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) babies, and more than 3,300 cities and counties, to hold opioid makers, distributors, and dispensers accountable.

One year later, in August 2018, Jefferson County, joined by nine other Missouri counties and one city, filed its opioid complaint in the same St. Louis court. 4 The consortium of plaintiffs named 49 defendants across the opioid supply chain, including manufacturers, distributors, dispensers, pharmacy benefits managers, pill mills and others.

Eventually, dozens of Missouri localities would become opioid plaintiffs.

The cases took differing trajectories as defendants sought removal on diversity, federal officer, and federal question grounds. The AG, protected when exercising his prerogative to bring a parens patriae action, remained in state court in St. Louis. The county/city cases

As a group of major opioid cases moved to trial this summer,10 a pivotal breakthrough finally materialized: on July 21, 2021, AGs from 14 states announced that the “Big Three” pharmaceutical distributors (Amerisource Bergin, McKesson, and Cardinal Health), and Johnson & Johnson had proposed a $26 billion settlement agreement (Settlement Agreement). 11 Beyond exacting major payouts from the defendants, the Settlement Agreement requires significant behavioral changes.12 The Big Three, that control the vast majority of America’s pharmaceutical distribution, will reduce competitive secrecy, and establish a common clearinghouse tracking every opioid shipment.13 They will then be required to check that database before making an opioid delivery. If a recipient’s order appears extraordinarily large or suggests diversion, the distributor must notify state and federal authorities and withhold shipment.14 In a related agreement, J&J will completely cease producing opioids.15 The $26 billion figure is a maximum.

The Big Three portion, $21 billion, is payable over 18 years,16 costing them much less in terms of present value, even before they apply any potential tax benefits arising from such payments.

More than $2 billion goes to legal fees.

The payout declines significantly if not all states and their subdivisions accept, potentially reducing the total

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were rapidly removed to federal court in the Eastern District of Missouri, and then to In re National Prescription Opiate Multi-District Litigation (MDL), the allencompassing MDL before Judge Polster in Ohio’s Northern District.5 Two of those cases were ultimately remanded to Missouri, including Jefferson County’s suit, noteworthy for its focus on the failures of pharmacy benefits managers.6 The rest remained in Cleveland, stayed from further activity.

Across the country, some litigations bore early fruit. In 2019, Oklahoma obtained a $270 million settlement from Purdue, followed by a $465 million judgment against J&J. 7 In Ohio, MDL bellwethers Summit and Cuyahoga counties accepted a $260 million settlement from manufacturers and distributors. 8 The prospect of continuing warfare drove opioid makers Purdue and Mallinckrodt to file for bankruptcy, establishing multi-billion dollar estates that could be distributed to various classes of creditors including local government plaintiffs.9 Meanwhile, thousands of actions awaited resolution.

by nearly 50%.17 Also, the deal can fail completely if the defendants determine that a sufficient “critical mass” of settling states and their political subdivisions have not been achieved. The Settlement Agreement survived its first test on Sept.

4, 2021, as the Big Three/J&J voted to move ahead, based on 42 states accepting the proposal.18 Those states now have until Jan. 2, 2022, to convince their local governments to join. Most important in the hierarchy are those jurisdictions designated as “Litigating Subdivisions,” a group of 3,795 counties and cities listed in Exhibit C to the Settlement Agreement.

The State-Subdivision Allocation Agreements The terms and conditions to be used in state-local allocation agreements are significantly influenced by the Settlement Agreement, that requires some major improvements over the massive tobacco litigation settlement two decades ago. The most salient of these is the requirement that at least 85% of all settlement monies must be applied by each state for “Opioid Remediation,” defined as: Care, treatment, and other pro g r a m s a n d e x p e n d itu re s (including reimbursement for past such programs or expenditures except where this Agreement restricts the use of funds solely to future Opioid Remediation) designed to (1) address the misuse and abuse of opioid products, (2) treat or mitigate opioid use or related disorders, or (3) mitigate other alleged effects of, including on those injured as a result of, the opioid epidemic.19 Expenditures that qualify as Opioid Remediation include naloxone or other FDA-approved drugs to reverse opioid overdoses; medication-assisted treatment for the opioid-addicted, including the uninsured; education programs; outpatient counseling and therapy; “wrap-around services” including housing, transportation, job placement/training, childcare; treatment for NAS, and more.

The architects of the Settlement Agreement are not leaving the process

to chance. In the event that any of the 42 settling states is unable to achieve a definitive state-subdivision compact, Section V of the Settlement Agreement provides the mechanics and distribution percentages which will apply: 15% to the “State Fund,” 15% to the “Subdivision Fund,” and 70% to the “Abatement Accounts Fund.” (The latter is intended to re-allocate monies on a regional basis in response to local applications for funding).

With billions of dollars on the line, settling states are understandably fixated on achieving buy-in among their localities. Ohio was a forerunner in that effort. The “OneOhio” plan was announced in mid-2020 by Governor Mike DeWine and AG Dave Yost.

Under their proposal, 11% of any recovery will go to attorney fees; of the balance, 30% will be distributed to local governments, 55% to a foundation that will address addiction, and 15% to the State.20 Because Ohio’s own opioid trial was slated to begin September 20, the State could not wait 120 days to gauge local government buy-in. By Aug.20, 2021, 142 of Ohio’s 143 “Litigating Municipalities” had joined.21 A few states have directly allocated signif icant p ercentages to lo cal governments. Notable is North Carolina, whose plan calls for a robust 85% of

all settlement funds to go locally. 22 Arizona provides 56% directly to its political subdivisions. 23 Others have negotiated less generous terms. The Texas agreement, that covers all 254 counties and more than 1,200 other municipal entities, allocates only 15% of settlement funds directly to localities (but forms regional authorities that should move opioid monies around the state);24 Florida’s plan similarly allocates 15% directly to subdivisions.25

The Missouri Scenario Exhibit F to the Settlement Agreement indicates that Missouri’s payout will be 2.0056% of the total, assuming that all of the State’s subdivisions join.

That percentage results in a figure approaching $500 million, that has been widely publicized by AG Schmitt as he rallies local governments with his “Fighting Addiction, Saving Lives” campaign.26 Most important in that effort will be acceptance by the 92 Missouri municipalities identified as “Litigating Subdivisions” in Exhibit C to the Settlement Agreement.

The parameters of AG Schmitt’s State-Subdivision Allocation Agreement are not yet clear (efforts to obtain a proposed Missouri agreement from the AG’s office were unsuccessful as of the www.mocities.com

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COMMUNITY PLANNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT URBAN DESIGN WWW.PGAVPLANNERS.COM writing of this article). The Missouri legislature has already ensured that one aspect of that agreement will satisfy the mandates of the Settlement: in August 2020, it passed RSMo 196.1050, that specifically requires that 100% of opioid settlement monies be directed at the epidemic, for remediation, treatment, education, and related purposes. The portion of Missouri’s monies going to the statehouse will be deployed in an opioid abatement and treatment fund overseen by four departments: Mental Health, Social Services, Health and Senior Services and Public Safety, and none will go to legal fees.27 What remains unclear is how much of the Settlement Agreement funds will go directly to local governments.

Some recent press accounts describe a reluctance by the AG’s office to discuss the issue of percentages with municipalities, implying that the vast majority of Missouri’s proceeds will be disbursed on terms and conditions controlled in Jefferson City.28 As 2021 comes to a close, Missouri’s political subdivisions have the prospect of evaluating two paths forward, either accepting the deal and their eventual allocation of Settlement Agreement funds, or refusing to join and looking to achieve a better result. Factors favoring acceptance include the speed with which funds will flow to Missouri, (first payments under the Settlement Agreement could start in spring 2022) and the ability to cease litigation-related activity, at least as to the Big Three/J&J. For smaller jurisdictions in the MDL, the July 23, 2021, Case Management Order by Judge Polster mandating that all non-settling jurisdictions in his court promptly deliver plaintiff fact sheets could promote Settlement Agreement acceptance.29 Factors counseling rejection of the 12

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deal include ambiguity about whether anything more than minimal dollars will actually reach local treasuries. AG Schmitt, now holding town halls as he runs for United States senate, has recently attempted to reassure holdouts among Missouri’s cities and counties on this point, saying “There’s no money for the State here. The money that comes in is essentially applied for and goes to local communities.”30 Beyond that question is the larger issue of the Settlement Agreement’s magnitude to begin with, particularly when doled out over nearly two decades. States declining the deal have highlighted the inadequacy of payouts when compared to the costs ahead: in his rejection, Washington’s AG Bob Ferguson pointed out that the maximum Settlement Agreement portion potentially payable to his state, $527 million, comparable to Missouri’s $500 million share, amounted to only $30 million per year. When divided among Washington’s 320 cities and counties, the distribution was, in his words, “not a transformative amount.”31 He also noted the success that AGs and municipalities around the country are achieving in their own opioid actions, and pressed forward with his State’s trial in King County Circuit Court beginning Sept. 7, 2021. Many of Ferguson’s critiques are echoed by dissenting local governments; notable is Philadelphia, that immediately rejected the Settlement Agreement and has sharply criticized Pennsylvania’s endorsement of the deal.32

Conclusion The Settlement Agreement represents a major source of opioid abatement funds, a substantial part of which can be directed to Missouri’s local governments. Additional monies should ultimately flow from the $10 billion Purdue bankruptcy Plan of

Reorganization. The last major group of defendants, the national pharmacy chains who filled opioid prescriptions indiscriminately, will likely be forced into paying significant sums.

Meanwhile, the opioid epidemic continues in full force across America, accelerating during Covid as healthcare, counseling, and social services were curtailed. In Missouri, a record 1,842 opioid deaths were recorded in 2020.

The need for funding throughout the State, whether for prevention, abatement, emergency response, education or other services, is more urgent than ever.

Missouri municipalities will have the opportunity, and the authority, to act in the best interests of their constituents as they seek access to these critical resources.

Erich Eiselt is IMLA's assistant general counsel and director of affirmative litigation.

He began his career as a litigator with Anderson Russell in New York City and subsequently served as general counsel of a New York based international data company. Since 2017, he has headed IMLA's Opioid Litigation Group, a collaboration of more than 100 localities as they seek compensation in courts across the country.

He is also editor of IMLA's flagship publication, Municipal Lawyer and participates in IMLA's amicus activities including writing appellate briefs in cases before the federal circuits and the Supreme Court. Erich is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served on the editorial board of the Virginia Journal of International Law. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court and is a member of the New York bar.

Endnotes: Due to print space restrictions, endnotes are available by request. Contact MML at (573) 635-9134 or info@mocities.com to request this article with full endnotes.

FEATURE Review

by Bill Gogel

6 Questions Answered:

What Municipalities Need To Know About PCI Compliance Card payment fraud has evolved a lot over the years, but as municipalities are finding themselves a target for hackers, they are asking how they can protect themselves from a data breach. Hackers are typically out for financial gain, so credit card compromise can be a lucrative business for them. PCI compliance can help protect against those breaches and potential financial and reputational loss.

What Is PCI Compliance?

Before 2004, each card brand, Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover, all had their own credit card security program that each business in the card payment ecosystem had to follow. As you can guess, this was difficult for

businesses to juggle each card brands’ expectations, and at times these security standards were difficult to line up among the card brands.

In 2004, the card brands came together and formed the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council (SSC) that unified the security requirements (Data Security Standards or DSS) for merchants and service providers.

This Council was tasked with developing the standards with participating organizations such as retailers, payment processors, banks and security experts.

As payment fraud began to rise, it became within the card brands’ best interests to increase credit card security while balancing the ease of use for customers and merchants.

Seventeen years and nine revisions to the standard later, we have a mature security framework for capturing, issuing and processing card payments.

Who Needs To Comply With PCI?

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Just about every municipality collects credit and debit payments: • Parks and Recreation • Vital Records • Permits • Tickets/Violations • Taxes • Reservations • Utilities If you do, there is a certain level of PCI compliance that you must maintain.

Understanding what those levels are can be confusing for municipalities that have several payment vendors and payment channels. www.mocities.com

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But what if you outsource these payment functions? The truth is that most merchants outsource some or all of their payment processing to a third-party service provider. This route can significantly reduce your PCI compliance efforts as you have outsourced the responsibility of cardholder security.

It is important to note, that even though you have outsourced the responsibility, you cannot outsource the accountability.

If a credit card data compromise happens to your customers, you are still on the hook for any fines or penalties.

If you process less than 6 million card transactions annually, you can likely qualify for a self-assessment and may not need to hire an outside security expert. A self-assessment questionnaire usually comes at the request from your acquirer, the bank or payment processor you have contracted with; also known as the merchant bank. Acquirers are responsible for making sure you are PCI compliant, since they share the risk of a credit card data breach. Generally, the more annual transactions you capture, the more scrutiny your acquirer is going to apply.

There are nine different types of questionnaires, which one is right for me? This is the tricky part, and the short answer is that you may want to consult with your acquirer or with an outside PCI consultant. Since your acquirer knows how you take payments, they can provide guidance on the right questionnaire. Knowing which questionnaire means you can 14

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answer anywhere between 24 and 283 questions – so not doing more than you need to can be a huge time and effort savings. Generally, the type of questionnaire depends on how you accept card payments: • “Card-present” that are in-person swipe/dip/tap payments • “Card-not-present” that can be online, mail-in and telephone payments If you have multiple acquirers, then you may want to get outside help from a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA).

Who Can Help With Compliance?

There are a lot of great security experts and consultants that can help in this area, but the PCI SSC has a registry of assessors that specialize in helping companies understand PCI requirements, help reduce PCI efforts, and perform assessments. You can find a list of assessors on the PCI SSC website under “Qualified Security Assessors.” Visit https:// www.pcisecuritystandards.org/.

What Are The Non-Compliance Risks?

Non-compliance risks are largely financial and reputational.

Let us take a real-life example and study the outcome of a cardholder data breach.

In 2013, Schnucks, a regional grocer with nearly 100 stores, suffered a cardholder data breach that affected approximately 2.4 million customers. This made headlines over several months as customers reported fraudulent activity, fingers were pointed and litigation ensued.

The key players in this case were First Data Merchant Services (Schnuck’s acquirer) and Citicorp (FDMS’s funding bank). The acquirer is the first party that assumes the burden of reimbursing cardholders and issuing banks, covering additional losses, and paying for identity theft monitoring.

The acquirer is entitled to pass on these losses to the merchant if they determine they were at fault for the data breach.

Luckily for Schnucks, the aster Service Agreement (MSA) limited the grocer’s data breach losses to $500,000 per incident.

While the total financial impact was never published, it is very likely that the losses significantly exceeded the $500,000 cap. This went into litigation that also resulted in legal costs.

And finally, the grocer came under intense scrutiny by the card brands and acquirer to enhance their PCI compliance program that likely resulted in significant costs.

There are a lot of facts not mentioned about this case, but it exemplifies how a data breach can have financial and reputational consequences.

What Are Common Requirements?

As a QSA, this is where I spend most of my time with clients: helping them understand the requirements, giving implementation guidance, and helping them develop a sustainable compliance program.

Depending on how you take card payments, you may only have to comply with as little as 24 requirements, or as many as 283 requirements. From the assessments that we have performed, these are the most common security controls: • Having an up-to-date Information Security Policy • Having an up-to data Incident Response Plan • Maintaining a vendor management program to ensure your vendors are PCI compliant • Scanning quarterly for internal and public system vulnerabilities • Securing network configurations to minimize the risk of a breach • Limiting access to cardholder data • Using and updating anti-virus and anti-malware software on commonly affected devices

What Other Questions Should I Be Asking?

Is IT involved in an annual self-assessment? Often times a finance or treasury function maintains the relationship with the acquirer, and that function is the first person that may receive a self-assessment questionnaire from the acquirer. In my years of helping clients with PCI compliance, sometimes these very technical questionnaires never cross an IT’s desk.

Make sure your IT is involved going forward.

Are we storing cardholder data? Not storing cardholder data can significantly reduce your PCI compliance effort. Think about how you might store it in both electronic and physical formats. Common areas where cardholder data might be hiding are: • Email • Filing cabinets • Spreadsheets • File shares Do we use secure technologies such as Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) for card-present transactions? This newer technology is a great way to secure card-present transactions while also requiring a very minimal PCI compliance program.

If you are not using P2PE payment terminals, you may want to ask your acquirer about it.

Do we host or manage any online payment pages ourselves?

If you have not completely outsourced your e-commerce payments, then you may be exposing vulnerable websites to the internet. There is a whole set of PCI requirements that have to be audited if you host your own payment page, and it is best to outsource that if possible.

What is something that I can do right away to reduce my risk? The PCI requirements prohibit you from storing the security code (the 3- or 4-digit code) after you have processed a payment. Sometimes these codes are stored long-term on a physical form in a filing cabinet. You can audit those physical files and destroy/obfuscate those codes to come back into compliance and greatly reduce your risk. While you are rummaging through filing cabinets, you may also want to rethink whether you really need to store those physical forms at all.

Key Takeaways • • •

If you take credit card payments, you are subject to PCI compliance requirements.

You can outsource credit card processing to reduce your PCI burden.

Engage a QSA if you need professional help in shaping your PCI compliance program.

Bill Gogel is senior manager, risk assurance and advisory at Armanino. He provides IT and cybersecurity consulting services, drawing upon his expertise to help organizations assess their cybersecurity posture, develop cybersecurity roadmaps and communicate cyber challenges and solutions to their leadership teams. He works within a wide array of security frameworks, such as: MITRE ATT&CK, NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), CIS Critical Security Controls, PCI DSS, SOC 1 and 2, NIST 800-53, COBIT, COSO, ISO IEC 27001/ISO 27002, NY DFS, GDPR and HIPAA/HITECH. Bill manages Armanino’s ethical hacking team, that provides penetration testing, vulnerability assessments and social engineering exercises. He holds the designations of Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Qualified Security Assessor (QSA), and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).

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FAQ: Local Use Tax (Proposition U)

by MML Staff

What is a use tax?

How is the tax collected?

A use tax is a tax on the purchase of goods by Missouri residents from out-of-state vendors. Products exempt from the sales tax would be exempt from the use tax.

The online or catalog vendor will collect the local use tax, along with the state use tax, and remit both to the Missouri Department of Revenue (MoDOR).

What is the rate of the local use Tax? The local use tax rate is the same rate as the total local sales tax rate. If the local sales tax is reduced or raised by voter approval, the local use tax shall also be reduced or raised by the same action.

When must the local use be passed?

There is no deadline for the passage of the local use tax.

However, cities that did not receive voter approval for continuation of the local sales tax on motor vehicles, trailers and outboard motors will lose this revenue November of 2022 unless the city passes a local use tax.

Is the Missouri Department of Revenue currently collecting the local use tax and holding those funds for cities?

The local use tax is only imposed upon voter approval. The Missouri Department of Revenue (MoDOR) will not collect a local use tax until citizen’s approval of the tax locally.

Additionally, MoDOR is not holding any fund for cities to be turned over upon passage of the use tax.

What if the city’s voters turn down the use tax?

If the voters of the city do not authorize a local sales tax, the legislative body of the city may submit the sales tax proposal again at a later election. There is no limitation as to how many times the local sales tax proposal may be submitted to the electorate.

When does a city use tax ordinance take effect?

If the city voters approve the local use tax, then the tax becomes effective on the first day of the calendar quarter which begins at least forty-five days after the Missouri Director of Revenue receives notice of adoption of the local use tax.

What does the state charge for the collection of the city use tax and how is the city tax accounted for?

The director of revenue is required to deposit all city use taxes collected in a special City Use Tax Trust Fund, less 1% for the cost of collection. The 1% deducted, less the cost of premiums on surety bonds, is deposited in the State General Revenue Fund. The director of revenue of the state is to keep an accurate record of the amount of money collected from each city.

How much will my city receive from a local use tax?

It is difficult to accurately estimate the prospective revenue from a local use tax. A rough estimate of prior gross sales recorded as a use tax transaction per city can be found at https://dor.mo.gov/public-reports/#pubtax.

What changes did the legislature make in the 2021 “Wayfair” legislation (SB 153)?

The major modifications the legislation made to Missouri’s use tax law was to require all online and catalog vendors to collect and remit the local and state use tax, including those vendors that do not have a physical presence in the state. Also, online vendors who facilitate transaction for a third-party vendor must collect and remit local and state use taxes on those facilitated transactions. Essentially, the new law makes the collection and remittance of the use tax similar to the way the sales tax is collected and remitted to the Missouri Department of Revenue.

MML and the Municipal League of Metro St. Louis have collaborated on Use Tax educational materials for you to use in your city, and a separate advocacy kit for campaign committees.

Learn more about materials for Proposition U at:

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Malicious actors then demand ransom in exchange for decryption. The resources found at StopRansomware.Gov are designed to help individuals and organizations prevent ransomware attacks that can severely impact business processes and leave organizations without the data they need to operate and deliver mission-critical services.

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FEATURE Review

by Elizabeth Egan

Municipalities Building Monarch Communities

The migration of the monarch butterfly is one of the most advanced two-way migrations. At the weight of a paperclip, monarchs can travel almost 3,000 miles through three countries!

Monarchs will travel from the Oyamel Fir Forest in Mexico through the United States and north to Canada in the spring. After breeding through the summer months, the new generations of monarchs travel through our backyards south to Mexico.

In recent years, monarch butterfly populations have fallen by almost 90%.

Not only does this steep decline threaten the ability of future generations to enjoy this beautiful species, but it is also a sounding alarm that our ecosystems are in trouble. Monarch butterflies are an

indicator species, meaning the health of the monarch population reflects the health of the ecosystem around it. When we see a decline in monarch butterflies and other pollinators, we also see a decline in species that rely on them, such as quail and other insect-eating predators.

Many factors have challenged monarch populations, including habitat loss, climate change, land usage, poorly timed mowing and herbicide applications, and changes to production in agriculture systems. A significant decline in nectar sources and milkweed in monarch breeding areas, including Missouri, are also a considerable threat.

The decline in various milkweed species is particularly troublesome as they are

essential for monarch survival. It is the only plant on which monarch butterflies lay eggs and essentially the only plant monarch caterpillars eat. Monarch Watch estimates that around 2.2 million acres of potential milkweed are lost each year in the United States. Without milkweed, there will be no monarchs.

The future of the monarch butterfly might seem grim, but there is hope.

Scientists are discovering that urban pollinator habitats will play an even more significant role in supporting pollinator populations than anticipated.

Therefore, Missourians for Monarchs is encouraging municipalities to plant native, diverse pollinator habitats.

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MML 87th Annual Conference

September 26-29, 2021, Union Station, St. Louis, MO

"Will never miss it unless I just have to!!

Lots of new friends, old friends and lots of fun with all of them!! I get a lot of knowledge just talking to other cities about their situations.

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"Really great use of my time. Would highly recommend it."

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"This was just a great conference. The sessions provided a lot of good information. Interestingly there seemed to be no 'wanderers' who left a session like they tend to do when it is not a good presentation. Topics were timely and the speakers informed."

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MML Welcomes New Leadership The Missouri Municipal League elected city of Wildwood Council Member Joe Garritano as president and Moline Acres Mayor Michele DeShay as vice president during the organization’s annual conference. In addition, the League elected four new members to serve on the MML Board of Directors.

Joe Garritano is a council member in Wildwood, Missouri, since 2015.

In August 2018, he was selected by the city council to serve as the City's mayor pro tem. During his tenure he has served in various leadership roles, such as chairman of the Crossings Improvement District and chairman of the Wildwood Administration & Public Works Council Committee.

In February 2019, he was elected to serve on the board of directors for the Missouri Municipal League and was elected MML Vice President in 2020.

Professionally, he is a senior project leader with a national financial firm, responsible for managing and coordinating strategic activities and projects.

Michele DeShay is a native of St. Louis. She has served as mayor of Moline Acres for 13 years.

She previously served three terms (six years) as alderperson and president of the board. During her time in

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office, she has successfully campaigned for a ½-cent capital improvement sales tax, providing much-needed public works equipment and upgrades to city streets and buildings.

Michele serves with the Committee on Self-Development of People and the National Association of Professional Women. She has served on the MML Environment, Energy and Sustainable Development policy committee since 2010, presiding as chair of that committee from 2016-2019.

She has served on the MML Board of Directors since 2018.

Michele is retired after 32 years with the Teamsters with Local 688, serving as chief shop steward. During her service in the union, she became a member of both the Teamsters National Black Caucus and the Teamsters Women’s Caucus.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT Review Jerry Grimmer has lived in Bridgeton for 34 years and is a lifelong resident of Northwest St. Louis County. He was elected to the Bridgeton City Council in 2013 and has served a term as council president. He had previously volunteered service on numerous Bridgeton boards and commissions including four years as chairman of planning and zoning.

He is presently serving MML as chair of the Environment, Energy, and Sustainable Development policy committee.

He is active in the St Louis Metro League and the National League of Cities.

He graduated from Ritenour High School and attended University of Missouri at St. Louis for two years. He has worked at Gershman Investment Corp, Berry Lander Insurance Services, J.I. Case, Rudd Equipment Company, and U.S. Bank.

Jerry and his wife, Nancy, have four children and seven grandchildren.

Ken McClure was elected Mayor in April 2017 and re-elected in April 2019 and April 2021. He was first elected to city council to serve as general council Seat D in April, 2015, and elected as mayor pro tem by his fellow council members. Mayor McClure is a member of the Missouri Municipal League, serving previously as the chair of the MML Resolutions Committee. His previous committee assignments included serving as the chair of the Finance and Administration Committee and as a member of the Community Involvement Committee.

He retired from Missouri State University in July 2015, having served as vice president for administrative and information services (Emeritus).

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Mayor McClure’s previous experience includes serving as chief of staff and transition director for former Missouri Governor Matt Blunt; associate general manager– administration for city utilities of Springfield; and he was appointed by former Governor John Ashcroft as a member, and later as chairman, of the Missouri Public Service Commission. Mayor McClure is a former deputy directorAdministration of the Missouri Department of Economic Development, as well as a budget analysist and staff director for the Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee.

He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army Reserves, and was honorably discharged with the rank of Captain in 1980.

Mayor McClure received his bachelor’s degree in history from Missouri State University and his master’s degree in History from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

He has served on numerous boards and commissions including the Board of Public Utilities, Jordan Valley Advisory Committee, Springfield Good Government Committee, Missouri State Capitol Commission, Personnel Advisory Board, Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Chamber of Commerce, and the Springfield Area United Way.

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Mike Roemerman is the Mayor of Ellisville and has been serving the city for more than 6 years.

He started by resurrecting Ellisville’s Economic Development Commission, where he served as Chairman. He was later appointed as a planning and zoning commissioner and served in both of those roles until he was elected as the mayor in 2018. Mike has also served on the Executive Board of the Missouri Mayors United since 2019 where he loves to advocate for legislation that benefits all Missourians.

Mike and his wife Etta have 3 boys in college and love to travel, especially where there is an opportunity to scuba dive. When not busy with all of the above Mike enjoys playing ice hockey, golf and skiing.

When Mike is not serving the citizens of Ellisville and Missouri, he serves his clients as a mortgage banker and has more than 25 years’ experience in the mortgage, insurance and real estate industries. He is an active member of he West St. Louis County Chamber of Commerce and Progress 64 West, and serves on fundraising event committees that benefit multiple non-

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MML Distinguished Service Award Winners The Missouri Municipal League presented two MML Distinguished Service Awards at the Annual Conference. First was former city of Higginsville Mayor Bill Kolas, and the second was for MML’s recently retired executive director, Dan Ross.

The award honors a current or former Missouri municipal official who has made outstanding contributions to the Missouri Municipal League.

The selection committee considers a candidate’s length of service, enthusiasm and dedication, participation in MML activities and outstanding leadership in the association.

Left, Bill Kolas, City of Higginsville Mayor, and right, Dan Ross, MML's recently retired executive director receive their awards from MML Immediate Past President Chuck Caverly, council member, Maryland Heights and MML President Joe Garritano, council member, Wildwood.

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2021 MML Innovation Award Winners The Missouri Municipal League is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 MML Innovation Awards! These awards honor outstanding projects happening in communities across Missouri that enhance the quality of life for Missouri cities. Winners were honored at the annual MML Awards Luncheon during the MML Annual Conference in September in St. Louis.

Do you have an innovative project to share? MML will begin accepting 2022 Innovation Awards on Dec. 1, 2021! Learn more at www.mocities.com.

City of Springfield

(Extra Large City, with population more than 30,000)

SGF Yields - Pedestrian Safety Campaign

SGF Yields is Springfield’s answer to the increase of pedestrian fatalities across the nation and on the local streets. The latest Governor’s Highway Safety Report estimates that pedestrian fatalities have risen by 53% from 2009 to 2018, while all other traffic fatalities have increased by only 2%. The pedestrian safety program is designed to educate the public about right-of-way laws and help change local attitudes among pedestrians and drivers. SGF Yields brings traffic safety education to the elementary school kids and need-to-know traffic rules to adults in a playful way. The program is executed

by Springfield Public Works Department, in cooperation with the Springfield Police Department.

(l-r) City of Springfield's Mandy Buettgen-Quinn, safety engineer with public works and Kristen Milam, communications coordinator.

City of Ozark

(Large City, with population 15,000 -30,000)

Junior Police Academy

In 2019, the Ozark Police Department created an outreach program, focusing on positive interactions with the youth of the community. In July and August, the Department held their first Junior Police Academy for children ages 6-17. The Junior Police Academy focused on positive interactions, educating youth on the role police officers fill within the community and inspiring children to become future leaders of the community.

The theme of the Junior Police Academy is “Hero in Training.”

(l-r) City of Ozark's Samantha Payne, assistant city administrator and Justin Arnold, chief of police.

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City of Branson

(Medium City, with population 5,000 – 15,000)

Embracing the Change

During the citywide shut down for the pandemic, the community was not able to leave home and the Parks & Recreation Department found itself and its programs on the brink of becoming irrelevant. The project’s objective was to come up with a new approach for fresh, impactful programs to serve a community who largely were not able to leave home. Examples of this project include a senior meal delivery program, new virtual programs and online pool ticketing.

Many of these new programs and ideas have led to permanent positive innovation, process streamlining, and an increase in the Department’s digital platform.

(l-r) City of Branson's Cindy Shook, director, parks and recreation and Stan Dobbins, city administrator.

City of Warsaw

(Small City, with population under 5,000)

Building on Success to Capitalize on the Future The City’s objective was to rebuild the crumbling city infrastructure and reverse the economic distress by making it an inviting place to live, enjoy recreation and conduct business. With limited resources in 1997, the City committed to writing grants and training employees to provide an inkind grant match to construct many of the projects that have received state and national recognition. Today, the City is seeing increased sales tax revenues, visitors, businesses, and new residences. By investing in the City’s underground utilities, maintenance is decreasing while gaining increased sewer treatment capacity for future expansion. All of this has been achieved by a 24-year commitment to planning and implementation that allowed the various city fund balances to increase, while also carefully investing these funds for the improvements.

Member Choice Award City of Mexico Asphalt Recycle for Patching Pothole patching is a common maintenance activity.

The city of Mexico has put that activity together with an asphalt mix made in a recycler, resulting in an environmentally sustainable solution. The asphalt from utility patches and other street cuts is recycled to patch potholes. The old asphalt is rejuvenated with an agricultural product produced from corn. The resulting mix costs about one-third the cost of virgin hot mix.

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(l-r) City of Warsaw's Jessica Kendall, city clerk, and Randy Pogue, city administrator.

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Extra Large Cities (pop. more than 30,000)

Medium Cities (pop. 5,000 – 15,000)

Ellisville - Sculpture on the Move!

Branson - Embracing the Change

Florissant - Summons of Joy Program

Des Peres - "The Des Peres Times" - A Temporary Publication Dedicated to COVID-19

Kansas City - #InclusionRevolution O’Fallon - Shape of Community Rotating Sculpture Exhibition Springfield - SGF Yields - Pedestrian Safety Campaign St. Charles - Virtual Road Show

Excelsior Springs - Rainbow Splash Park Festus - Santa’s Mail Macon City - Website Redesign and Codification integration Maplewood - Transit Stop Transformation Project

St. Peters - Crushing COVID-19 Wentzville - Public Hearing Engagement Initiative: Phase One

Large Cities (pop. 15,000 – 30,000)

Mexico - Asphalt Recycle for Patching Olivette - Virtual Community Center

Grandview - Project Pandemic

Small Cities Continued (pop. less than 5,000)

Kirkwood - Kirkwood Recycles - A Mobile App with a Waste Wizard and Recycle Quest Game

Bowling Green - 21st Century Bowling Green Goodman - Parks Playground Initiative

Manchester - ManchesterCares

Kimberling City - Dog Park Build - No “Bite” Out of the Budget

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2021 Municipal Governance Institute Recipients Congratulations to this year’s MML Certified Municipal Officials through MML’s Municipal Governance Institute!

The Municipal Governance Institute was created under the direction of the Missouri Municipal League’s board of directors, to provide a training program focused on the important areas municipal officials and professional staff need to best serve their communities.

To qualify for the designation, participants must complete 16 credit hours in subjects ranging from the Missouri Open Meeting Law, to budgets to planning and zoning. More than 225 Missouri Municipal Officials are enrolled in the program.

A new Advanced Certification Program is also available, requiring an additional 14 core hours and three capstone projects in community service, advocacy and leadership.

Front row (l-r): Laura Cather, Sonja Abdelgawad, Sherri Klekamp, Kimberlie Clark, Casey R. Crews, Brittney Parker, Amanda Sikes, Ballard Simmons.

Back ros (l-r): Dr. Gregg S. Sartorius, Shellie J. Blades, Dustin Kessler, Benjamin C. DeClue, Jason Lewis, Erica Hill, Travis Dierker.

This year’s winners are: Sonja Abdelgawad, Council Member, Raymore

Dustin Kessler, Mayor, Morrisville

Craig Alexander, Chief of Police, Kimberling City

Sherri Klekamp, Executive Assistant/Deputy City Clerk, Washington

Shellie Blades, City Clerk, Cameron James Carroll, Alderman, Bellefontaine Neighbors Laura Cather, City Clerk, Kimberling City Kimberlie Clark, Clerk/Treasurer, Dardenne Prairie Rhonda Council, City Clerk, Sikeston Casey Crews, City Clerk, Rich Hill Benjamin DeClue, City Administrator, Glendale Travis Dierker, City Administrator, St. Clair Mark Farran, Alderman, Bland

Jason Lewis, Council Member, Aurora Mari Macomber, City Manager, Kirksville John Manning, Asst. City Administrator, Branson Brittney Parker, Administrative Assistant, Raymore Gregg Sartorius, Alderman, St. Peters Amanda Sikes, Alderman, St. Clair Ballad Simmons, Alderman, Fulton Kathy Smith, Mayor, Louisiana

Tina Flowers, Communications Officer, Glendale

Penny Thomas, Education/Outreach Specialist, Missouri

Jesse Green, Alderman, Edgerton

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Erica Hill, Deputy City Clerk, Raymore

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Getting To Know You. . .

ERRIN KEMPER

Director, Dept. of Environmental Services City of Springfield What sparked your interest in serving in local government?

I grew up in southwest Missouri and was initially attracted to Springfield because it was close to friends and family. However, it quickly became apparent that local government was a great opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others and work on projects that have a lasting impact on the community. I also love the variety of the work and that no two days are ever the same.

What has been the toughest lesson you have learned during your career in local government?

One of the most interesting aspects of local government is how we try to navigate the competing priorities and viewpoints of our citizens. It is all part of the process and I have sometimes struggled to understand my role. Over time, I have learned that you must let go of the things you cannot control and put that energy toward the things you can.

In your opinion, what are the most important issues facing local government in Missouri?

Public infrastructure is a critical long-term issue. Whether traditional utilities like water and sewer, or the various services provided by a community, local government must think long-term about every issue and add resiliency for an ever-changing world. The decisions that a community makes today will have lasting consequences for the next 100 years. This is both an enormous responsibility, as well as a tremendous opportunity.

employees and elected officials who have worked so hard during this difficult time to keep our community going.

What advice would you offer to someone considering service as a local government official or employee in their community?

It is very rewarding to go to work every day knowing that you have an opportunity to serve your community and have a positive impact on the lives of others. Listen to the experiences of others and look for opportunities to improve your community. I would also say that city employees are some of the smartest, hardest-working people I’ve met and anyone considering working for local government should be prepared to try and keep up.

How would you describe your city to someone who had never visited?

Springfield is the perfect-sized city. Located in the heart of the Ozarks, Springfield is close to rivers, lakes, trails, and other outdoor activities. However, we also have everything you would expect from a large city including fine dining, first-class hospitals and a major airport.

What are your interests outside of local government?

I enjoy fishing, canoeing and spending time with my wife and kids. It is especially fun to work all week towards protection of our water resources and then spend the weekend catching fish with my family downstream of Springfield.

How has COVID-19 impacted your community?

Where would you most like to travel, and why?

Much like everyone else, COVID-19 has had an enormous impact on families and businesses throughout our community. As the largest community in the region, Springfield has worked very hard to maintain high-quality services throughout the pandemic. I am in awe of the

I really enjoy spending time in the mountains, hiking, and sightseeing. However, I have been lucky enough to visit several parts of the world and I am generally pretty content to sit in my own backyard and watch the chickens chase bugs.

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MEMBERS' News City of Wentzville is Nationally Recognized for Marketing Communication Efforts The city of Wentzville recently accepted four national awards for its marketing and communication efforts from the City-County Communications and Marketing Association (3CMA). The City received a Savvy award for its new public hearing notices; two Silver Circle awards both for its Wentzville Proud video and its communications plan, and an Award of Excellence for its 2020 website refresh.

Regarding the City’s first-place Savvy award, the judges commented, “I can see this entry as a new standard around the country. The signs are creative, simplistic, eyecatching and informative. These designs get an A+ in visual communications, the signs prove that less is more.”

Congratulations Wentzville!

City of Grandview Wins International Award A long-time Grandview Police Department community outreach program is now an award-winner. The International City/County Management Association (ICMA)

has awarded the city of Grandview a 2021 Community Partnership Award (mid-sized cities) based on the success of the Police Department’s “Move Toward the Badge” program. “Move Toward the Badge” encourages Grandview police officers to develop relationships under positive circumstances within the community to build trust. Started in 2012, the program has evolved into a culture in the police department. The police department averages nearly 100 community events a year (pre-COVID), both hosting and attending. Congratulations Grandview!

St. Peters Named Among Money Magazine’s Best Places to Live Money Magazine has named the city of St. Peters to its 2021 list of the Best Places to Live in America, ranking St. Peters at No. 22 overall. St. Peters was the only Missouri city named to the 2021 list. This is the sixth time that St. Peters has been ranked on this prestigious list, and it is the third time in the past five years the city of St. Peters was recognized. Congratulations to the city of St. Peters!

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MEMBERS' News & Notes MML Calendar of Events November 2021 18-20 ����� National League of Cities, City Summit, Salt Lake City, Utah

December 2021 1 ����� MML 2022 Innovation Award Submission Period Opens 1 ����� Pre-filing of legislation begins for the 2022 Legislative Session 2-3 ����� MoCCFOA Athenian Dialogue: Encouraging the Heart (Virtual)

January 2022 5 ����� First day of the Missouri Legislative Session 15 ����� Nominations Due for 2022 Missouri Outstanding City Clerk Award 19 ����� MML Central Regional Meeting, Columbia, Missouri 27 ����� MML West Gate Regional Meeting, Smithville, Missouri 27 ����� MCMA Winter Workshop, Columbia, Missouri 27-28 ����� SGR Servant Leadership Conference (Virtual)

March 2022 1 ����� MML Session Proposals Due for 2022 Annual Conference 13-17 ����� 2022 MoCCFOA Master Academy, New Clerk and Spring Institutes, Columbia, Missouri

this time, he served as the public health director for 23 years and was appointed interim city manager in March 2019 through March 2020.

Nominations are now open for the 2022 Outstanding Clerk Award So many city clerks are dedicated to their city and passionate about what they do. Here is your opportunity to nominate a city clerk and thank them for their service to their municipality.

The Missouri City Clerks and Finance Officers Association (MoCCFOA) nomination forms for the 2022 Outstanding Clerk Award are now available. Confidential nominations may be submitted by a mayor, council member, city manager/administrator, fellow employee or any active MoCCFOA city clerk or finance officer.

Nominations are due Jan. 15, 2022.

Learn more at www.moccfoa.org.

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2021 Review Article Index Regionalization And Consolidation In Missouri: Two Perspectives, One Viewpoint - 25, July/Aug 2021

Municipal Government FAQ: Municipal Contracts - 16, May/June 2021 FAQ: Parliamentary Procedure - 15, Sept/ Oct 2021

2021 Author Index Baird, Jennifer - 18, March/April 2021 Beffa, Samuel E. - 22, Jan/Feb 2021

Unleashing Your Hero - 16, July/Aug 2021

FAQ: Request For Proposals - 30, July/Aug 2021

Blankenship, Ellie - 26, March/April 2021

Advocacy Legislative Review: 2021 Legislative Outlook - 25, Jan/Feb 2021

FAQ: Special Event Permitting And Regulation - 22, Jan/Feb 2021

Brancaglione, John - 12, Jan/Feb 2021

Supre m e C ou r t M i dt e r m For L o c a l Governments 2020-21 - 23, March/April 2021

It’s A Nuisance! Enforcing Code Regulations With Administrative Warrants - 11, July/Aug 2021

City Profile City of Kimberling City: Visioning The Future - 6, July/Aug 2021

FAQ: Use Tax - 16, Nov/Dec 2021

Bond, Joseph E., Esq. - 6, March/April 2021 Brown, Kevin - 16, July/Aug 2021 Bullock, Teresa - 25, July/Aug 2021 Bushyhead, Christine - 16, Jan/Feb 2021 Coleman, Liz - 35, Sept/Oct 2021

News From The Bench: Gross V. Parson Missouri Supremen Court Issues Important Guidance On Sunshine Law Requests - 32, Sept/Oct 2021

Dixon, Rob - 27, Jan/Feb 2021

Grandview Outer Road Project - 12, May/ June 2021

News From The Bench: Missouri Sheriffs’ R e t i r e m e nt Fu n d S u r c h a r g e Fo u n d Unconstitutional - 33, July/Aug 2021

Egan, Elizabeth - 19, Nov/Dec 2021

Communications FAQ: Social Media - 18, March/April 2021

News From The Bench: Responsibility For Abating Nuisance Is Limited To Property Owner Or Occupant - 32, May/June 2021

City of Wildwood - 6, Nov/Dec 2021

Virtual Meetings: The Good, The Bad, And The Lessons Learned - 10, Sept/Oct 2021 Cybersecurity The Cybersecurity War: You Are A High-Value Target! - 24, Sept/Oct 2021 Economic Development FAQ: Economic Development - 16, Jan/Feb 2021 Local Government Review: Accelerating Missouri’s Economic Recover y After COVID-19 - 27, Jan/Feb 2021 Managing Municipal Debt Obligations In The Time Of COVID-19 - 19, Jan/Feb 2021 Retail 2020/2021: What The Future May Hold - 12, Jan/Feb 2021 Selling Fun Is Serous Business For The Missouri Division Of Tourism - 35, Sept/Oct 2021 Trends and Highlights: Missouri Certified Sites - 6, Jan/Feb 2021 Local Review Local Government Review: Missouri Traffic Fatalities Increase 12% New Strategic Plan Identifies Solutions - 32, March/April 2021 Local Government Review: MML Legislative Conference - 35, March/April 2021 Member Profile Getting To Know You: City Clerks Brooke Bell, Melissa Burton, Karen Goodwin, Bill Hanks, Sheryl Morgan, Becky Schimmel - 18, Sept/ Oct 2021 Getting To Know You: Clara Haenchen - 34, May/June 2021 Getting to Know You: Errin Kemper - 34, Nov/ Dec 2021 Getting To Know You: Jobe Justice - 36, March/ April 2021 38

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Opiod Settlement - 10, Nov/Dec 2021 Other Duties As Assigned - 7, Sept/Oct 2021 PCI Compliance - 13, Nov/Dec 2021 Redistricting In 2021: A Brief Overview For Local Government Officials - 13, March/April 2021

Dohrman, Greg H., Esq. - 6, March/April 2021 Egbert, Judy - 7, Sept/Oct 2021 Eiselt, Erich - 10, Nov/Dec 2021 Eveker, Margaret C. - 29, March/April 2021 Fluhr, Steven - 28, May/June 2021 Foutes, Stephen - 35, Sept/Oct 2021 Garretson, Kylee - 6, Jan/Feb 2021 Gilmore, Lindsay K. - 32, May/June 2021 Gogel, Bill - 13, Nov/Dec 2021 Goodwin, Karen - 15, Sept/Oct 2021 Grace, Brian - 25, Jan/Feb 2021

The Power Of Collaborations: The St. Louis Imagery Consortium - 19, May/June 2021

Harman, Jerry - 6, July/Aug 2021

Uncovering Root Causes Behind Biling Problems - 27, Sept/Oct 2021

Huckstep, Ramona - 30, July/Aug 2021

What To Do When A Citizen Who Owes The City Money Files For Bankruptcy - 28, May/ June 2021

Keely, Ashley - 25, July/Aug 2021

News From The Bench News From The Bench: Examining The Question Of Residency For Elected Official 29, March/April 2021 Public Works Coronavirus Sewershed Surveilance Project - 7, May/June 2021

Henry, Katherine - 13, March/April 2021 Johnson, Jackie - 25, July/Aug 2021 King, Jack - 19, May/June 2021 Kingston, Renee - 10, Sept/Oct 2021 Langerock, Lee - 6, July/Aug 2021 Martin, Paul - 11, July/Aug 2021 Montes, Joe - 27, Sept/Oct 2021 Naugher, Shane - 24, Sept/Oct 2021 Nickolaus, Nathan - 18, March/April; 32, Sept/ Oct 2021

EPA Takes New Steps To Regulate PFAS - 28, July/Aug 2021

O’Keefe, Kevin - 13, March/April 2021

How To Conserve Water When You’re Losing It - 23, May/June 2021

Price, James T. - 28, July/Aug 2021

Local Government Review: Public Works Projects Around The State - 36, May/June 2021

Rundle, Justin - 26, March/April 2021

Same Infrastructure, Fewer Tools: Managing the Ever-Increasing Demands For Private Use Of Public Right Of Way - 6, March/April 2021 What’s In A Name? Considerations When Naming Public Street - 25, May/June 2021 WWTP Benchmarking: How Does Your Wastewater Treatment Plant Compare? - 26, March/April 2021

Poindexter, Valarie - 12, May/June 2021 Rost, Paul - 16, May/June 2021 Sheets, Richard - 16, Nov/Dec 2021 Soronen, Lisa - 23, March/April 2021 Szarek, Leah - 19, Jan/Feb 2021 Tyson, Garrett - 25, May/June 2021 Vatterott, Frank J., Esq. - 33, July/Aug 2021 Young, John A. - 22, Jan/Feb 2021 Zalfini, Emilie - 23, May/June 2021

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