ICMA Annual Award recipients will be honored at ICMA’s 98th Annual Conference in Phoenix, Arizona,  Wednesday, October 10, 2012.

 Professional Awards

• Gary D. Milliman, city manager, Brookings, Oregon: Award for Career Excellence in Honor of Mark E. Keane.

• William P. Buchanan, county manager, Sedgwick County, Kansas: Award for Career Development in Memory of L. P. Cookingham.

• Sarah J. Medary, assistant city manager, Eugene, Oregon: Assistant Excellence in Leadership Award in Memory of Buford M. Watson Jr.

• C. Robert “Bob” Stripling, professor of practice, Virginia Tech University, VA: Academic Award in Memory of Stephen B. Sweeney.

program awards

• Community Health and Safety Program Excellence Award (populations 10,000 to 49,999)—Cross Keys Water Project: Doylestown Township, Pennsylvania, and township manager Stephanie J. Mason; Buckingham Township, Pennsylvania, and township manager Dana Sime Cozza; and Plumstead Township, Pennsylvania, and township manager Carolyn McCreary.

• Community Health and Safety Program Excellence Award (populations 50,000 and greater)—City of Good Neighbors: Fort Smith, Arkansas, and city administrator Raymond W. Gosack, and deputy city administrator Jeffrey W. Dingman.

• Community Partnership (populations under 10,000): Right Brain & The Emotional Draw—Bayside, Wisconsin, and village manager Andrew K. Pederson, and deputy village manager Alex J. Henderson.
  

• Community Partnership (populations 10,000 to 49,999): Municipal Partnering Initiative (MPI)—Glenview, Illinois, and village manager Lawrence Todd Hileman; and Lake Forest, Illinois, and city manager Robert R. Kiely Jr.
• Community Partnership (populations 50,000 and greater): Together Townsville—Townsville, Queensland, Australia, and chief executive officer Raymond J. Burton.
• Community Sustainability (populations under 10,000): Westlake Windows: Transparent Government in Focus (TGIF)—Westlake, Texas, and town manger Thomas E. Brymer.
• Community Sustainability (populations 10,000 to 49,999): San Pablo Avenue Streetscape Project— El Cerrito, California, and city manager Scott Hanin, assistant city manager Karen E. Pinkos, and  environmental services division manager Melanie Mintz.
• Community Sustainability (populations 50,000 and greater): Environmental Deconstruction—Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, and city manager Garth Sherwin.
• Strategic Leadership and Governance (populations 10,000 to 49,999): A.C.T.I.O.N.! Mission Rollout Meetings—Wheat Ridge, Colorado, city manager Patrick L. Goff, and administrative services director/public information officer Heather M. Geyer.
• Strategic Leadership and Governance (populations 50,000 and greater): I VALUE Campaign—Hampton, Virginia, and city manager Mary B. Bunting.