A Proclamation, issued by Mayor Dan Slater, on behalf of the Orange City Council, on April 22, 2024, proclaims that the week of May 5 - 11, 2024 is designated as " Professional Municipal Clerks Week."
The Proclamation extends appreciation to all Municipal and Deputy Clerks for the services with which they provide their communities. Specifically, the Proclamation cites that the Clerk "serves as the professional link between the citizens, the local governing bodies and agencies of government at other levels."
The Proclamation was presented to City Clerk Pamela Coleman. It also honors Municipal and Deputy Clerks for "continually striving to improve the administration of their duties through participation in education programs, seminars, workshops and annual meetings of their state, county and international professional organizations."
The International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC), a professional association of City, Town, Township, Village, Borough, Deputy and County Clerks, sponsors Municipal Clerks Week. IIMC has over 16,000 members throughout the United States, Canada and 15 other countries.
Professor William Bennett Munro, author of one of the first textbooks written on the topic of municipal administration, wrote:
"No other office in municipal service has so many contacts. It serves the Mayor, the City Council, the City Manager, and all administrative departments, without exception. All of them call upon it, almost daily, for some service or information.”
The functions of the Clerk necessitate a thorough knowledge of law procedure, administration and interpersonal relations. IIMC further challenges Clerks to fervently pursue continuing education opportunities and professional networking to “establish [their] proper role as a member of the municipal executive team.”
Pamela Coleman has served as the City of Orange’s City Clerk since 2018 and has been a member of IIMC since 2012.
