ICMA's Local Government Excellence Awards celebrate the value of professional management and honor creative contributions to professional local government leadership.

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

Award for Career Excellence in Memory of Mark E. Keane: Russell Blake, city manager, Pocomoke City, Maryland

Assistant Excellence in Leadership Award in Memory of Buford M. Watson Jr.: Amy McEwan, deputy county administrator, Lake County, Illinois

Academic Award in Memory of Stephen B. Sweeney: Sam Gaston, professor and practioner-in-residence, Robertson School of Government, Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Early Career Leadership Award in Memory of William H. Hansell Jr.: Kirsten Wyatt, assistant city manager, West Linn, Oregon

PROGRAM EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Community Health & Safety Program Excellence Award

Catawba County Public Health Farmers Market (populations 50,000 and greater—Catawba County, North Carolina; Tom Lundy, county manager; and Mary Furtado, assistant county manager

Manly Council Crime Prevention Plan Manly Local Government Area (populations 10,000 to 49,999)—New South Wales, Australia, and Henry Wong, chief executive officer

Community Partnership Program Excellence Award

Building an Inclusive City (populations 50,000 and greater)—Renton, Washington; and Jay Covington, chief administrative officer

CrossTown Connect (populations less than 10,000)—Acton, Massachusetts, and Steve Ledoux, town manager; Boxborough, Massachusetts, and Selina Shaw, town administrator; Littleton, Massachusetts, and Keith Bergman, town administrator; Maynard, Massachusetts, and Kevin Sweet, town administrator; and Westford, Massachusetts, and Jodi Ross, town manager.

Community Sustainability Program Excellence Award

Onslow County Solid Waste Management Department Multi-Sector Collaboration for Alternative Revenue Stream Development and Long Term Waste Disposal Capacity (populations 50,000 and greater)—Onslow County, North Carolina; Jeffrey L. Hudson, county manager; and David B. Cotton, deputy county manager

Eco Village (populations 10,000 to 49,999)—River Falls, Wisconsin, and Scot Simpson, city administrator

Basalt Micro-Hydroelectric Plant (populations under 10,000):—Basalt, Colorado; Michael Scanlon, town manager; and Judi Tippetts, assistant town manager/finance director

Strategic Leadership & Governance Program Excellence Award

Tamarac’s Strategic Planning: Alignment and Engagement (populations 50,000 and greater)—Tamarac, Florida, and Michael C. Cernech, city manager

Citizen Engagement Program (populations 10,000 to 49,999)—Sedona, Arizona; Justin Clifton, city manager; and Karen Daines, assistant city manager

 Re-Inventing Municipal Government: An Entrepreneurial Small Business Approach (populations under 10,000)—Hawthorn Wood, IL, Donna Lobaito, chief administrative officer and Pamela Newton, chief operating officer

2016 Nominations

Nominations for the 2016 ICMA Local Government Excellence Awards will be accepted beginning in January!  Recipients will be honored during the 102nd ICMA Annual Conference in the greater Kansas City region in September.