On the Move - June 27, 2016

NACo Officer, County Officials

• First Vice President Bryan Desloge spoke at the New Mexico Association of Counties Conference, held June 22–24 in Lea County (Hobbs), N.M. and represented NACo at the White House’s Data-Driven Justice event, June 13.
• NACo President Sallie Clark spoke at the Arizona Association of Counties Annual Conference, held June 22–24 in Maricopa County (Phoenix), Ariz., and at the Association of Oregon Counties Spring Conference, June 12–14, in Umatilla County (Pendelton) Ore.
• Harvey Ruvin, Miami-Dade clerk of the circuit and county courts and past NACo president, was recently honored as the “Elected Official of the Year” by the South Florida Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration. Ruvin was acknowledged for his championing of digital technology and environmental causes.

NACo Staff

• Jack Morgan, program manager, represented NACo at the Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) Innovation Summit in Pike County (Pikeville), Ky., June 6. The meeting focused on economic transition and diversification efforts in the 54-county footprint of Eastern Kentucky.
• Paul Beddoe, deputy legislative director, participated, June 6, in a discussion with members of the Association of Minnesota Counties District 10 meeting in Ramsey County on NACo’s Medicaid inmate waiver proposal.  District 10 comprises the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington.
• Nastassia Walsh, program manager, presented NACo’s Stepping Up initiative at the National Association of Latino Elected Officials meeting in Washington, D.C. on June 23 and at the National Association of Rural Mental Health’s Annual Conference, June 15–18 in Cumberland County (Portland), Maine.

NACo Rolling Out Flag Retirement Boxes 

• Flag protocol requires proper disposal of old or damaged U.S. flags. Through a partnership with the National Flag Foundation, NACo is pleased to announce that it will provide free flag retirement boxes to member counties at pilot sites in July. Flags deposited in the boxes will be collected and properly disposed of. The program will start at pilot sites in Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina. Questions? Contact Alex Koroknay-Palicz, membership coordinator, akpalicz@naco.org.