City of Morgantown Officials Receive KLC Training Awards
KLC Executive Director/CEO J.D. Chaney and Immediate Past President and Auburn Mayor Mike Hughes recognize Morgantown Mayor Bill Phelps as a Certified Municipal Officer.
LEXINGTON, KY – The Kentucky League of Cities (KLC) was honored to present Morgantown Mayor Billy Phelps with a Certified Municipal Officer award. Mayor Phelps is among a small group honored this year with the distinction, the first city officials to reach the top tier in the KLC City Officials Training Center.
Morgantown Councilmember Dionne Merritt received a Level III Master of City Governance award. ABC Administrator/Code Enforcement Officer Robert McKee and Councilmember Amy Deweese each received a Level II Excellence in City Governance award. Deweese, Public Works Director Brad Johnson, and Planning & Zoning Board Member Danny Cardwell each received a Level I Achievement in City Governance award.
KLC Executive Director/CEO J.D. Chaney and Immediate Past President and Auburn Mayor Mike Hughes present a Level III Master of City Governance award to Morgantown Councilmember Dionne Merritt.
KLC administers the training center, a voluntary education program. City officials can complete education levels by attending KLC events and submitting outside educational credit from other municipal training.
“Cities are essential to shaping the future of Kentucky. The KLC City Officials Training Center aims to ensure the local leaders managing our cities have the most up-to-date knowledge and information needed to lead their communities,” said KLC Executive Director/CEO J.D. Chaney.
“As Mayor of Morgantown, I am incredibly proud of our city council members for being recognized with awards for education by the Kentucky League of Cities,” Mayor Billy Phelps said. “This recognition reflects the hard work they put into ensuring that our community continues to grow and thrive through education. Congratulations to each of them for this well-deserved honor.”
The KLC City Officials Training Center offers four tiers of recognition based on the number of training hours participants complete in city governance and ethics. The most prestigious of these is the Certified Municipal Official award, which is the most difficult to achieve. It requires 135 hours of approved courses, two hours of open meetings/open records training, and one hour of ethics review, demonstrating the high level of commitment and dedication of the recipients.
