During February’s Hometown Legislative Action Day, the Municipal Association recognized municipal officials who completed training through two of the Association’s training institutes.
Municipal Elected Officials Institute Graduates
Twenty-eight mayors and councilmembers were part of the first graduating class of the SC Advanced Municipal Elected Officials Institute of Government. The SC Municipal Elected Officials Institute of Government added 38 new graduates.
The MEO Institute is specifically designed to give South Carolina municipal elected officials a knowledge base for establishing good public policy for their hometowns. It consists of both in-person and online courses. The next in-person course on March 17 will focus on basic budgeting and municipal finance.
The Advanced Institute is available exclusively to MEO Institute graduates. The next opportunity to attend an advanced course ("Municipal Utility Policy and Administration" or "Advanced Advocacy and Intergovernmental Relations") is October 19 in Columbia.
MEO Institute Graduates
Councilmember Tommy Anthony, Union; Councilmember Eddie Baughman, Blythewood; Mayor Wende Brown, Troy; Councilmember Jerry Chapman, Clemson; Councilmember Christopher Crawford, Abbeville; Councilmember Philip Cromer, Beaufort; Councilmember Deborah Davis, Camden; Councilmember Billy Dozier, Barnwell; Councilmember James Faison, Hampton; Councilmember June Hay, Clemson; Councilmember Kelli Hembree, Belton; Councilmember Joel Hodges, Hanahan; Councilmember Carol Jayroe, Georgetown; Mayor Kerry Johnson, Aynor; Councilmember Ed Kimbrough, Georgetown; Councilmember Thomas Lennox, Hilton Head Island; Councilmember Deshawn Maner, Allendale; Councilmember John McCann, Hilton Head Island; Councilmember Lynda McCoy, Belton; Councilmember Donnie McKinney, Pickens; Councilmember Terry Merritt, Mauldin; Councilmember Shawn Moody, Williston; Councilmember Terry Moore, Easley; Councilmember Alvin Murdaugh, Gifford; Mayor Julia Nelson, Manning; Councilmember Stuart Pohl, Seneca; Councilmember Donald Rich, Folly Beach; Councilmember Denise Rozman, Seneca; Councilmember Nicole Singletary, Lake City; Councilmember Dana Sloan, Elgin; Councilmember David Sloan, Moore; Councilmember Pamela Sloss, Union; Councilmember Mark Smith, Mount Pleasant; Councilmember David Spisso, Hardeeville; Councilmember Woodrow Thomas, Florence; Mayor Darren Tisdale, Kingstree, Councilmember Tara Vick, Chesterfield; Councilmember Brandon Weatherford, Eutawville
Advanced Institute Graduates
Councilmember Tonia Aiken-Taylor, Moncks Corner; Councilmember Johna Bilton, Moncks Corner; Councilmember Franklin Cape, Abbeville; Councilmember Robert Cavanaugh, North Myrtle Beach; Mayor Frank Crenshaw, Pendleton; Mayor Bobby Davis, Marion; Councilmember John Dunmyer, Hollywood; Mayor Kevin Etheredge, Jackson; Councilmember Sandra Gantt, Pendleton; Councilmember Robert Garner, Union; Councilmember Kima Garten-Schmidt, Summerville; Councilmember Lee Harley-Fitts, Allendale; Mayor Donnie Hilliard, Santee; Mayor Anne Johnston, St. George; Councilmember Stellartean Jones, Gray Court; Councilmember William Lohr, Walterboro; Councilmember Thomas Lowery, Sumter; Mayor Wayne McCall, Travelers Rest; Councilmember William McIntosh, Summerville; Councilmember Cynthia McMillan, Bamberg; Mayor Ernest Moore, Jonesville; Councilmember William Newman, Inman; Councilmember Tommy Rhodes, Ridgeland; Councilmember Annette Sausser, Hollywood; Councilmember Otis Scott, Williamston; Mayor Harold Thompson, Union; Mayor Patricia Watson, Wellford; Councilmember Wymond Wilkins, Wellford.