Barbourville City Clerk receives KLC training award

Nov. 1—LEXINGTON — The Kentucky League of Cities (KLC) presented Barbourville City Clerk Helen Strong with a Level II Excellence in City Governance award.

KLC administers the City Officials Training Center, a voluntary education program. City officials can complete education levels by attending KLC events and submitting outside educational credit from other municipal training.

"We are happy to serve our city officials with a variety of training through the City Officials Training Center program. This leads to better-informed city servants, which benefits all our citizens and their communities," said KLC Executive Director — CEO James D. Chaney.

The Level II Excellence in City Governance award requires a city official to attend a minimum of 58 hours of approved training with two hours of ethics training.