Focus on Municipal Management

15

The number of Atlantic City’s supervisory-level city employees who complete Certified Public Manager program training in May 2020.

Learn more about Atlantic City’s experience on page 18.

$2.1 million

Asheville, N.C., City Council appropriated up to $2.1 million from the sale of city-owned land to fund its community reparations process.

Read about various cities’ approaches to reparations on page 26.

37 years

Farmington Hills,

Mich., has been consecutively recognized for 37 years for its municipal budget.

See what the city is doing right on page 30.

250,000

The number of people who access Hilton Head Island’s website each month. The town has recently redesigned its website to make it more modern and easier to navigate. The update also enables it to be viewed on any type of device, including smartphones and tablets.

Source: https://www.hiltonheadislandsc.gov/news/news.cfm?NewsID=1741

99.7%

McAllen, Texas, realized a response rate of 99.7% to the Census. McAllen had organized a committee of business and community leaders to provide Census outreach, and after the COVID19 pandemic halted outreach plans, the committee pivoted and held a 12-hour Census Telethon.

Source: https://texasborderbusiness.com/city-of-mcallen-wins-statewide-award-at-annualconference/

25,000

Oakland, Calif., distributed 25,000 hotspots and laptops using an existing partnership with Oakland Unified

School District and several nonprofits. This effort was to reach digitally unserved and underserved households.

Source: https://www.calcities.org/detail-pages/ news/2021/10/20/oakland-is-closing-the-digitaldivide-through-oakwifi-and-education