The ICMA Executive Board approved a request for council-manager recognition from Independence, Iowa, when it met at the ICMA Annual Conference in Tampa/Hillsborough County, Florida. Staff presented city manager Matthew Schmitz with the recognition certificate at the October conference.

ICMA recognition is granted to a local government that has established a position of professional management for its appointed executive and granted that position certain authorities and responsibilities. Formal recognition is prescribed in the ICMA Constitution:

• Article VIII. Membership and Government Recognition
  • Section 8. Recognition of Council-Manager Governments.
  • The Executive Board shall establish a set of standards that the Executive Director shall use to determine whether to recognize a local government as operating under the council-manager plan on behalf of the Association.

To learn more, visit ICMA Local Government Recognition and ICMA's Directory of Recognized Local Governments.