Honored by International Association

Margie C. Sommers, City Clerk, City of Rock Falls, Illinois, has been awarded the designation of "Certified Municipal Clerk" (CMC) from the International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC) for achieving its high educational, experience, and service requirements.

Ms. Sommers has been City Clerk of Rock Falls, Illinois, since 1979. She began her career with the City in 1972, serving as Deputy Clerk from 1972 until 1979. In April 1981 she was elected City Clerk and was the first woman in the City's history to hold this office. She has since been reelected twice...

Jo Anne Lambrecht, City Clerk, City of Moline, Illinois, has been awarded the designation of "Certified Municipal Clerk" (CMC) from the International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC) for achieving its high educational, experience, and service requirements.

Ms. Lambrecht has been City Clerk of Moline, Illinois, since 1989...

Kathleen A. Ryg, Village Clerk, Village of Vernon Hills, Illinois, has been awarded the designation of "Certified Municipal Clerk" (CMC) from the International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC) for achieving its high educational, experience, and service requirements.

Ms. Ryg has been Village Clerk of Vernon Hills, Illinois, since 1989...

Terry Klein, City Clerk, City of Pana, Illinois, has been awarded the designation of "Certified Municipal Clerk" (CMC) from the International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC) for achieving its high educational, experience, and service requirements.

Mr. Klein has been City Clerk of Pana, Illinois, since 1985.

Qualifies For Sustaining Membership in the
IIMC Academy For Advanced Education

John M. Costabile, CMC/AAE, City Clerk/Finance Director of the City of Chicago Heights, Illinois, has been accepted into the SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP of the IIMC Academy for Advanced Education.

The IIMC Academy for Advanced Education was instituted in 1981 to further the professional education of municipal clerks to enhance their skills as needed to meet the challenges of the office of municipal clerk. Every four years, all Academy members have to demonstrate that they have actively engaged in educational and professional participation that keeps them current with the changing events in the local government scene. •

September 1992 / Illinois Municipal Review / Page 3