For Immediate Release:           October 12, 2011

For More Information:  KLC Communications -1.800.876.4552 or 859.977.3700

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2011-2012 Kentucky League of Cities Officers and Board Elected by Members

Paducah Mayor William Paxton - President
Lyndon Mayor Susan Barto - First Vice President
Midway Mayor Tom Bozarth – Second Vice President 

LEXINGTON - Paducah Mayor William “Bill” Paxton III took office as the Kentucky League of Cities President on October 6.  Lyndon Mayor Susan Barto was elected as First Vice President and Midway Mayor Tom Bozarth was elected as Second Vice President.

 The officers will serve one-year terms.  Each of them stepped into their current roles early when then KLC President and Bowling Green Mayor Elaine Walker was appointed Secretary of State in January.

 “KLC is fortunate to have an engaged and diverse Board representing cities of all sizes across the commonwealth.” said Jon Steiner, KLC Executive Director/CEO.

“Our officers are have already proven their willingness to actively participate on behalf of the membership, and this commitment will continue as we approach the upcoming legislative session,” said Steiner.

KLC members elected officers, as well as its Executive Board and Board of Directors (which sets the organization’s legislative priorities), at its annual business meeting during the KLC Conference & Expo last week in Lexington.

“I am so pleased that through the hard work of the Board of Directors over the past two years, we have brought KLC back to where our membership can be proud,” said Paxton.   “This has been achieved through the hiring of Jon Steiner as Executive Director/CEO and by increasing the organization’s transparency.  Our membership can take pride in the fact that the attendance at this year’s conference was up 64 percent as compared to last year’s numbers.”

Mayors Paxton, Barto and Bozarth were instrumental in big changes at the League including the hiring of Executive Director/CEO Jon Steiner who started at the League on November 1, 2010.  In the last year, KLC has streamlined operational processes and continued to increase transparency by posting all expenditures and financial audits, policies, budgets and meeting information online.  KLC came in under budget during its last fiscal year and budgeted less for ongoing operational costs for 2011-2012 including lower salary costs, all while increasing services to members.

A full Board of Directors roster is listed below.

2011-2012 KLC Executive Board

President                                 Mayor Bill Paxton (Paducah)                                     

First Vice President                 Mayor Susan Barto (Lyndon)                                                 

Second Vice President            Mayor Tom Bozarth (Midway)                                               

KLC Executive Director/CEO  Mr. Jon Steiner

City Clerk Debbie Batliner (Simpsonville)                              
City Manager Donovan Blackburn (Pikeville) 
Mayor Ed Burtner (Winchester)         
Mayor George Cheatham (Greensburg)                                            

Mayor Gale Cherry (Princeton)                                              

Mayor James Craft (Whitesburg)                   
Councilmember Ann Deatherage (Carrollton)                                    

Mayor Tom Hardesty (Shelbyville)                                                       

Mayor Roddy Harrison (Williamsburg)                                                                                   

Mayor Dan Kemp (Hopkinsville)        
Mayor Paul Meier (Crestview Hills)                
Mayor Teddy Preston (Louisa)                                                           

Mayor Bill Sheckles (Bardstown)                                                       

KLC Board of Directors
Mayor Steve Austin (Henderson)                   

Mayor Edwinna Baker (Lawrenceburg)
Commissioner Robert Blythe (Richmond)
Councilmember Sherman Bowman (Bonnieville)      
Mayor Nancy Camp (Elkton)  
Mayor Teresa Cantrell (Mayfield)

Mayor Claude Christensen (Sadieville)                      
Mayor Jeffrey Edwards (Monticello)               

Mayor Gregory Fischer (Louisville Metro)
Mayor Eddie Girdler (Somerset)
Mayor Jim Gray (Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government)

Mayor Bob Hunt (Cave City)              

Mayor Bill Kelley (Middlesboro)

Mayor Tom Kelley (Ashland)              
Mayor Scott Marshall (Guthrie)          
Mayor Russ Meyer (Nicholasville)                 

Mayor David Perkins (Morehead)      
Mayor Bob Porter (Paintsville)                       

Mayor Martin Voiers (Flemingsburg)  
Mayor Billl Wells (Murray)
Mayor Gary Williamson (Mount Sterling)       

Government Organization Representatives*
Linda Carter, Representative, Kentucky Public Human Resources Association 

Dennis Michael Crist, Representative, Code Administrators Association of Kentucky

Jim Tony Fulkerson, Representative, Kentucky Government Finance Officers Association

Chuck Haddaway, Executive Director, Kentucky Recreation and Park Society

Foster Haunz, President, Municipal Attorneys Association of Kentucky

Stan Holmes, Representative, Kentucky Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials

Chief Guy Howie, Representative, Kentucky Assoc. of Chiefs of Police

Susan Lamb, President, Kentucky Municipal Clerks Association

Chief Wallace Possich, Representative, Kentucky Association of Fire Chiefs

Larisa Sims, AICP, Representative, Kentucky Chapter American Planning Association

Tim Williams, President, Kentucky City Management Association

Wendell Wright, Representative, Kentucky Chapter American Public Works Association

*Governmental organization representatives are appointed by the KLC President.

KLC Active Past Presidents**
Mayor David Cartmell, (Maysville)

Councilmember William Taylor, (Greensburg)

Councilmember Daniel H. Ruckriegel, Sr., (Jeffersontown)

Councilmember Glenn Caldwell, (Williamstown)

 **As long as an elected city office is held.

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