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Navigating council conflict: How to step in without overstepping

Erika Smith2025-08-04T17:04:09+00:00September 10th, 2025|#clerkslife, city managers, municipal clerks|

At some point in a clerk's or manager's career, you're likely going to find yourself in a meeting where a disagreement builds to disruption and derails the meeting. Dealing with conflict within a city council meeting is never comfortable. When it falls on clerks and managers to be the “adult in the room,” it may [...]

Seeing the future of local government

Erika Smith2022-10-12T18:18:26+00:00October 12th, 2022|#clerkslife, cities, city managers|

National League of Cities released their America Works Report. The report examines the "five key drivers" that will shape workplace changes over the next decade, and what local governments can do. They identify the five key drivers as: "The robots are coming, but the workers are not" - more workers will need training in the [...]