The Center for Local Government

The Center for Local Government's Fall Administrative Professionals (AP) Luncheon was held on November 7th and featured Dr. Rebecca Allen, the Chair of the Computer Science Dept. at the University of Mount St Joseph. Please contact Lori Stuckey if you would like to receive the notifications for future AP events that are held twice a year.

CLG will be hosting the Finance for Non-Finance Professionals Training Series Tuesday, October 15th-Friday, October 18th at Lebanon Fire Station 41. Each of the four daily sessions will run from 9am until 12pm. The four sessions will cover Local Government Funding; the Local Government Budget Cycle; Local Government Spending and Financial Regulations and Auditing. Please see the event flyer for additional details. To RSVP, please email CLG Assistant Director Cody Smith ([email protected]) with which sessions you plan to attend.

Issues such as poverty, aging, physical health, mental health, substance abuse, domestic violence, and underemployment stretch across every zip code in our region. Today, we hosted a demonstration of the Hamilton County 513Relief Bus (.www.513relief.org) to community facing officials from our member jurisdictions. The Hamilton County 513Relief Bus is a mobile platform designed to directly provide vital services across all of Hamilton County. ? The 513Relief bus customizes the services it offers as it travels around Hamilton County. This is done to best reflect the specific issues a community may face. The service providers who travel with the bus facilitate a direct link to resources and organizations around the County. In many instances the bus can provide services directly (e.g. providing birth certificates). In all cases, the goal is to provide a client with something immediately actionable. ? Today, our participants heard a data driven presentation on why all communities, zip codes, and income groups can benefit from the 513Relief Bus. They also role-played as service providers or clients so that they could experience the bus in action. Finally, there was an open discussion on the underlying issues facing our communities and how to best leverage available resources. ? If you are a Hamilton County local government or agency, I highly recommend contacting Travina Adams ([email protected]) to learn more about the 513Relief Bus and how it can impact your community.

CLG is excited to announce that we have brought Ziah Huett on board as our Fall Intern. Ziah is a Junior at Xavier University, majoring in Political Science and minoring in Economics. Ziah will be assisting the police departments in our Justified Use of Force Consortium with the creation of additional training scenarios for the virtual reality simulator. In addition, Ziah will be shadowing CLG staff during trainings, outreach visits and other Center business to learn as much as possible about the various aspects of local government. Please help us welcome Ziah to the team!

Thank you to all who attended our Annual Meeting and Leadership Academy Graduation this afternoon at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts. We had a great time celebrating our new graduates, as well as hearing from Tyler Bradshaw about the great work that the Joe Nuxhall Foundation is doing with the Miracle League Fields.

Thank you to everyone that attended our session, presented in collaboration with the City of Sharonville, on Government Records Management with Nathan Owens, Director of Records Management with the Ohio Attorney General's Office. Topics covered included compliance with Ohio Public Records Law, the importance of adopting and implementing a Records Retention Schedule, as well as best practices in regards to the storage of records and other vital information for local governments in Ohio. To view more of our upcoming events, please visit us at https://lnkd.in/edBVqBGG

Mark your calendars, the Center for Local Government's Annual Meeting and Leadership Academy Graduation is on September 11! See below for details and we hope to see you there!

The Center for Local Government is excited to announce that for the first time, we are awarding the W.D. Heisel Scholarship to TWO individuals. ? Alexandra Cline recently graduated with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Dayton and is now pursuing my MPA there as well. She has a passion for helping communities grow stronger and an MPA is getting her a step closer to doing just that. Learn more about Alexandra here: https://lnkd.in/gFhKuDUS. Joey Shope has worked in local government in the Dayton area for over 13 years. He is currently the Public Service Superintendent for the City of Beavercreek, with previous experience in Property Management, Procurement, and Budgeting. He is pursing my MPA at Wright State University to further advance his service to local government. Learn more about Joey here: https://lnkd.in/gyGWJkfQ ? The Heisel Scholarship is awarded annually to a local graduate level student who has a passion and a career intention relating to local government management.?A winning scholarship candidate must be accepted into a Masters of Public Administration graduate school program at an accredited college or university.??They should have the ultimate goal of seeking a career in local government management (e.g. City Manager, Township Administrator, County employment, etc.). You can learn more about the Heisel Scholarship and it’s past recipients on our website: https://lnkd.in/ggSdZEvf

The Center for Local Government and the City of Sharonville are excited to host Nathan Owens, Director of Records Management for the Ohio Attorney General's Office for a presentation on Government Records Management at the Sharonville Convention Center on Tuesday, August 20th! Please see the flyer below for more details and RSVP information. We look forward to seeing you there!

CLG's Summer 2024 Newsletter is here! Take a look inside to see all the great things that are happening with CLG and our members. If you would like to be added to the distribution list for our newsletter, please contact Executive Director T.J. White