In Annapolis, Md., April 24–25 the National Council of Elected County Executives (NCECE) held its annual spring conference, where they heard from representatives from the Clinton Administration and the Congress. Maryland Governor Parris Glendening, former Prince George’s County (Md.) executive, hosted a dinner for NCECE members. NACo staff in attendance included Tom Goodman, public affairs director, who staffed the meeting, and Tom Joseph, deputy director of legislative affairs, who gave a legislative update.
Goodman and Naake represented NACo at an awards breakfast on May 6 to honor the Dallas County (Texas) Hospital District’s Community Oriented Primary Care Program, a winner of the Public Empoloyees Roundtable’s 1996 Public Service Excellence Award.
On April 29, Neil Bomberg, associate legislative directo, and representatives of other government organizations met with Assistant Secretary of Labor, Tim Barnicle on the future funding of Job Training Partnership Act programs.
Legislative Director Reggie Todd and Associate Legislative Directors Haron Battle and Larry Jones were presenters at the National Association of Black County Officials, meeting May 1–4, in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Todd, Battle, Prince George’s County (Md.) Executive Wayne Curry, and Arlington County (Va.) Supervisor Al Eisenberg attended, April 25, the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Henry Cisneros’ “State of America’s Communications” address at the Press Club in Washington, D.C.
Strategies for moving legislation on fair labor standards, local flexibility and Occupational Safety and Health Reform was the subject of a May 7 meeting attended by Todd, Jones and Bomberg with representatives from other public interest groups.
The 1996 PEBSCO national sales meeting was held on April 24–27, in Biscayne, Fla. where Executive Director Larry Naake and Financial Services Center Managing Director Steve Swendiman and other staff were on hand to discuss initiatives to assist PEBSCO in marketing the NACo Deferred Compensation Program and ways to enhance financial services. Staff in attendance also included Enterprise Services Director Lee Ruck, Corporate Relations Director Tom Sweet, Financial/Marketing Analyst Fred Zeldow, and County Services Representative Kaye Braaten.
Ruck, Information Technology Services Director Win Lyday, Madison County (Ala.) Board of Commissioners Chairman Mike Gillespie, Executive Director North Carolina Association of County Commissioners Ron Aycock and Lake County (Ill.) Administrator of Management Services Randy Murphy attended a planning committee meeting, May 1-3 in Huntsville, Ala.
NACo President Doug Bovin attended the Wyoming County Commissioners Association annual conference in Sheridan, Wyo., where he spoke to the delegates on the benefits of NACo and its services.
Bovin also spoke on aging issues at the National Conference of State Legislatures conference on May 4, in Austin, Texas.
(NACo On the Move is compiled by Angela M. Sides, special correspondent.)