Friday, April 27, 2007

2007 Annual Conference


Was good to see all 114 Missouri County Collectors at the 2007 annual conference held at the Capital Plaza Hotel the week of April 23-26.

16 new collectors were welcomed to the association and while new to the elected office most have spent many years as deputies which should help make for a seamless transition and allow them to quickly make a contribution to the association.

The newcomers had an opening session on Monday where they got to know each other, network with many collectors who showed up at the conference earlier than required, and were brought up to speed on the auditing process by Tom Kremer of the Missouri State Auditors Office.

Kremer also spoke to the entire association on Wednesday. The entire association had a chance to hear seminars on topics such as sexual harassment, bankruptcies (with Western District Trustee Richard Fink), and TIF's.

The association appreciates the efforts of 2006-2007 President Jimmy Platt of Bates County and welcomes Sharon Cockrum (Clinton) who takes over the reigns for 2007-2008. Sharon will be assisted by 1st Vice President Linda Emmons (Franklin), 2nd Vice President David Erwin (Adair) and 3rd Vice President Debbi McGinnis (Polk).

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