Several municipal officials recently earned their Accreditation in Business Licensing designation. These are Paige Belton, finance clerk, City of Abbeville; Laura Culler, director of finance and administration support, Town of Chapin; Randie Evans, business license inspector, City of Florence; Amy Knox, clerk trainee, City of Union; Andrew Ridout, business licensing administrator, City of Aiken; and Dorota Szubert, finance director, Town of Kiawah Island.
The SC Association of Municipal Power Systems elected its board for 2023 – 2024. The board includes President Robert Faires, director of utilities, City of Seneca; Vice President Tim Baker, utility director, City of Newberry; Members at Large Tim Hall, utilities director, City of Abbeville; Wade Holmes, electric utility director, Orangeburg Department of Public Utilities; Joey Meadors, director of utilities and public works, City of Clinton; Gregg Griffin, general manager, Bamberg Board of Public Works; and Past President John Young, general manager, Laurens Commission of Public Works.
Camilla Pitman, city clerk for the City of Greenville, received the 2023 International Institute of Municipal Clerks Quill Award, recognizing municipal clerks with a significant and exemplary contribution to their community, IIMC and their peers. Pitman also received the IIMC President’s Award of Merit.