The SC Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Institute has nine new graduates after its most recent session — MCTI Year 1, Session A — in September.
The newest graduates are Amy Craig, municipal clerk, City of York; Cecilia Newman, records management administrator, City of Sumter; Donna Steed, town clerk/treasurer, Town of Awendaw; Emily Lollis, finance manager, City of Easley; Jennifer Bradley, HR director/city clerk, City of Easley; Kelly Tarlton, town clerk, Town of Pageland; Levanie Summerville, assistant city clerk, City of Columbia; Regina Ashba, town clerk, Town of Blackville; and Sharon Durst, municipal clerk, Town of Blythewood.
The Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Institute is designed to provide municipal clerks and treasurers with the skills critical to their respective professions. MCTI is approved for certification credit by the International Institute for Municipal Clerks and the Association of Public Treasurers of the United States and Canada. The Institute is offered in a series of six half-week sessions. Two sessions are offered every year.
Year 1, Session A, covers forms of municipal government, the role of a municipal clerk, meeting administration; financial management, business license administration, procurement and records management. Presenters for this September’s session included City of Columbia Clerk Erika Hammond discussing how clerks can manage the needs of a city council and the municipality’s staff. It also featured SC Department of Archives and History Local Government Records Analyst Chris Condon explaining the SC Public Records Act and the resources that SCDAH has to help local officials with records maintenance and compliance.