County Commission | The Magazine October 2018 | Page 11

organization’s presence and role in Alabama.
On the outside, the building will bear the
Association’s brand and will clearly be the home of
county government in our state. We believe the new
facilities will enhance our services to counties and their
officials and employees.
By the time you arrive in Montgomery for this year’s
Legislative Conference, the staff should be making the
short move to 2 North Jackson Street, and work to
repurpose the current headquarters building will start
shortly thereafter. By the start of 2019, the Association
staff will be in its new home and all insurance functions
will be housed right alongside in two familiar buildings
just across the parking lot.
We’ll provide you more information in the coming
weeks but hope you will be able to stop by and see
the Association’s new headquarters building while in
Montgomery for the conference.
I realize it’s not 1977 and most of those 40-year-old
dreams are no longer relevant. But in 2019 and beyond,
county government remains the most important
provider of services to the citizens at the local level, and
this Association still has new many new goals to explore
and a new place to put those plans into motion. n
Congratulations
to Commissioners
completing Education Programs in 2018
ALABAMA LOCAL GOVERNMENT TRAINING INSTITUTE: A PARTNERSHIP OF
ACCA & AUBURN UNIVERSITY’S GOVERNMENT & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
q LEVEL II r q LEVEL I r
Hon. Sam Bradford | Chambers County Hon. Mack Mosley | Choctaw County
Hon. Leonard Millender | Conecuh County Hon. David Hester | Franklin County
Hon. Kerry Watson | Cullman County Hon. Ward Williams | Shelby County
Hon. Valerie Reubin | Dallas County Hon. Jerry Bishop | Walker County
Hon. Bobby Burleson | Marion County
Hon. Tommy Bowers | St. Clair County
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