Upcoming Training

2024 Regional Training

Strengthen Your Core: Fundamentals of Municipal Government

Agenda | CMO Program Information | Certified Municipality Achievement Awards | Harassment Policy | Ethics Advisory

Join other elected officials and municipal personnel for the 2024 CMO Regional Training. The League’s Legal Team will lead five one-day trainings on fundamental topics in municipal government, a Legislative update, and additional presentations. View agenda and additional Information at the quick links above. Training dates / locations are listed below. Registration fee is $150 per person. Official should only register for one of the regional trainings as the agenda is the same for each event.

Cancellation Policy:

Any cancellation(s) 14 days prior to the event date will result in a $25 cancellation fee. Any cancellation(s) within 14 days of the event date will result in a 50% charge of the full registration fee. Additionally, if not cancelled within 14 days prior to the event date, any attendee that has registered and not submitted payment will still be subject to a 50% charge of the full registration fee. The League reserves the right to cancel any CMO Regional Training session for which 30 or fewer participants are registered.

Substitutions: Municipalities may request to substitute a municipal official or personnel for an event registration that would otherwise be cancelled. Request must be submitted in writing (emailed) to Alexis Kelly, akelly@almonline.org prior to the event date.

Registration Transfer: If an event registration would otherwise be cancelled, and there is an upcoming CMO Regional Training event in the same year with space available, a registrant may request the registration be transferred to another CMO Regional Training event. Request must be submitted in writing (emailed) to Alexis Kelly, akelly@almonline.org prior to the original registration event date. This event transfer option is not permitted for registrations where the registrant was a No Show for an event.

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 four (4) 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.

CMO Program Webinars

The Certified Municipal Official Training Program offers LIVE webinar training and ANYTIME training to expand the educational reach to our member municipalities. For mayors and councilmembers, webinar training and successful test completion(score of 70% or better)on material presented earns credit hours in the Core Curriculum, Basic, Advanced or Emeritus programs. Ask questions during the live training or submit questions by email to our legal staff following a live or anytime training. Our in-person League events are valuable, and we’ll always offer them, but online and anytime training will have a place too. We think you will find the addition of webinars a helpful resource to provide training for elected officials and municipal personnel. We hope to “see” you online soon!

How it works:

• Watch for the online training schedule through ALM’s website, E-newsletter and E-Blasts.
• Register for a training. Receive webinar credentials and reminders to the email on the event registration. Check spam, junk or clutters folders if emails are not received in the registrant’s inbox.
• On the day of training, click the link in the email to join the webinar.
• Following the webinar, receive a link to the recorded training for reference.
• Registration Fee: $45.00 - Payment required with credit card at time of registration
• Registration Limit: Limited to 50 registrants. Early registration is recommended!
• Refunds: Registration fees for webinars are non-refundable.
• Who should register: Elected Officials and Municipal Personnel.

Questions?  Contact Cindy Price

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