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Skills

  • Fluent in German
  • Researching skills
  • Sanitation practices
  • Project management
  • Contract oversight
  • Procedure equipment
  • Business operations
  • Team management
  • Strategic thinker
  • Document control

Work Experiences

  • Got better.
  • Solved
  • Guided
  • Made a proposal
  • Served as the chief spokesperson for a number of large cities.
  • Reduced
  • Made a decision.
  • Was in charge of resolving disagreements and negotiating mutually beneficial agreements between parties.
  • Invented
  • Answered 6 calls per several months to help customers with their questions and concerns.

Summaries

  • Articulate
  • Seasoned
  • City Clerk with 9 years of experience in record management and financial management.
  • Capable of informing the public and dealing with a variety of citizen complaints.
  • Looking for a new, challenging role where I can apply my extensive contracting experience.
  • City Clerk is a multi-talented City Clerk who is consistently rewarded for planning and operational improvements.
  • Contract forms, schedules, amendments, and vendor guidelines are all familiar to me.
  • Motivated administrative professional who excels at forming strong working relationships with coworkers, supervisors, and members of the community.
  • Excellent understanding of municipal election procedures as well as Colorado laws.
  • Motivated individual.

Accomplishments

  • Trained staff on new digital archiving protocols, resulting in document retrieval times being reduced by 63%. Additionally, certification compliance was maintained for all staff members.
  • Transitioned city's manual filing system to a digital format, reducing retrieval time by 67% and meeting legal compliance standards.
  • Responsible for drafting, reviewing, and finalizing city ordinances, ensuring proper legal language and compliance with state statutes.
  • Managed a $10 million city operating budget.
  • Led cross-departmental workshops on records management, standardizing filing procedures across 6 departments and increasing overall compliance.
  • Led a team of 10 clerks in maintaining records of city council meeting minutes and ensuring legal documentation was filed promptly.
  • Performed audits of municipal accounts payable processes, identifying over 84% savings through process optimization.
  • Processed over 9 vendor invoices monthly, ensuring accuracy and improving on-time payment rate by 53%.
  • Coordinated annual municipal elections, increasing voter turnout by 20% through community outreach initiatives.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.

Affiliations

  • National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators (NAGARA)
  • Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA)
  • City Clerks and Municipal Finance Officers Association of Phoenix
  • American Society for Public Administration (ASPA)
  • American Medical Informatics Association
  • State League of Cities and Towns - Illinois
  • Association of Town and City Management (ATCM)
  • Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)
  • Local Government Management Fellows (LGMF) Program - ICMA
  • National Association of Social Workers

Certifications

  • Certified Local Government Leader (CLGL)
  • Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
  • Certified Public Purchasing Officer (CPPO)
  • Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP)
  • Certificate in Information Governance (CIG)
  • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
  • Advanced Election Law Certificate (AELC)
  • CompTIA Security+
  • Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Budget Certificate
  • CompTIA Network+

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