Punctuation might seem like a small detail next to everything else on a clerk's plate. But it's the body language of the written word. Nowhere does that matter more than in the documents your office produces every week: agendas, minutes, motions, and public notices that residents, council members, and courts may all read closely. The [...]
Looking ahead, September marks the start of real election crunch time. Clerks recruit poll workers and lock in training schedules. And this year, they should also build election worker safety planning into that prep. Local election officials report rising concern about safety heading into the 2026 midterms. Free, practical tools already exist to help. CISA [...]
Succession planning is a hot topic right now, and it's not surprising. According to ICMA, local governments are experiencing "peak 65" this year. Last month's ClerkBase newsletter auto-responders of "I've retired!" also seem unusually high. In some cases, municipal clerks are also the HR department in their agency. Even if that's not the case for [...]