Strengthen Your Core: Fundamentals of Municipal Government
Looking for in-person training in a city or town near you? Are you an elected official and aspiring to achieve the designation of Certified Municipal Official? This training is for you! Join other elected officials, and municipal personnel for the 2022 CMO Regional Training. This year, the League’s Legal Team will lead one-day trainings on three fundamental topics in municipal government, a Legislative Update and additional presentations.
Notice: Event registrations require a unique valid email address for each registrant that is checked regularly since the email address is used to communicate important event information, i.e., event confirmations, CMO credit form & survey link, and event updates.
CMO Credit Hours: This session is approved for four (4) credit hours in the Basic, Advanced and Emeritus Programs. Three sessions meet elective core curriculum requirements. Credit hours are not awarded for duplicate training in the core curriculum. Only municipal elected officials receive credit hours in the CMO Program.
Registration Cancellation: Full registration fee refunds are available 15 days or more prior to the event date. No registration fee refunds for a cancellation less than 10 days from the event date.
Earning the professional designation of Certified Municipal Official prepares elected officials to serve their citizens and help create better communities. This designation requires 10 credit hours of required and elective coursework (Core Curriculum) and 30 additional credit hours by attending League events approved for CMO credit hours. Strengthen Your Core: Fundamentals of Municipal Government qualifies as two and one-half (2.5) elective core curriculum hours. Additionally, the League recognizes, commends and awards municipalities where the mayor and all councilmembers are Certified Municipal Officials thereby distinguishing the municipality as a Certified Municipality. This designation represents the mayor and all councilmembers have completed a minimum of 40 credit hours of formal training on municipal government conducted or endorsed by the Alabama League of Municipalities.
Acknowledgement of Enhanced Safety and Health Measures.
Registration and attendance at, or participation in, the Alabama League of Municipalities (the League) in-person events constitutes an agreement by the registrant to abide by the League’s and the host property's efforts to comply with current CDC recommendations (and any state of Alabama requirements) and to engage in certain health-and-safety-beneficial conduct while attending the event as requested by the League (wearing a mask, engaging in appropriate physical distancing, not attending the event if feeling sick or showing certain symptoms).