November is a month full of beautiful fall leaves, turkey, football and, of course, the Municipal Association’s annual database cleanup. Every year around this time, municipal clerks are asked to review, update and verify their city’s information in the Association’s database.
The database allows municipal elected officials and staff to receive important information from the Association. This includes news about training opportunities offered by affiliate associations and Risk Management Services, registration deadlines for the Annual Meeting, legal updates and background on legislation essential to local government.
The database also houses information to be used in the online and print versions of the 2017 Municipal Officials and Legislative Directory, which provides easy access to key demographic information, contact information and names of elected officials and key municipal personnel.
Municipal clerks will receive an email and letter in early November reminding them to make updates by November 23 using the Municipal Information Dashboard, which is accessible from the Association’s website. While the Dashboard can be accessed and updated throughout the year, it is important to update the information in November in preparation for the printed edition of the 2017 Directory.
Clerks have exclusive access to the Dashboard. For cities without a clerk, or if someone else should be designated to update it, contact Ashleigh Hair at ahair@masc.sc or 803.933.1288.