Resources By Topic

This page provides helpful resources for Florida City Clerks. 

Education & Research

•  CMC Step-By-Step Guide [PDF]
•  Florida Institute of Government (IOG)

Ethics & Civility

• Florida Commission on Ethics
• Ethics Resource Center
• First Amendment Foundation
• Florida Attorney General’s Office

Elections

• Florida Division of Elections
• Florida Elections Commission

FACC 2021 Video

Click here to download the FACC video that was created in 2021.

This video can be used for presentations that celebrate CMC, MMC, and FCPC designations, and for presentations that take place at municipal councils and organizations.

FACC members, please feel free to share this video with your municipality at a council meeting, citizen groups, local television station, and house it on your website.

FLC-FACC Conduct Survey on City Clerks Office

The Florida League of Cities’ Center for Municipal Research conducted a survey of 292 municipal clerks in Florida regarding how the city clerk’s office is structured in their municipalities. The survey was conducted electronically from October 22 – November 15, 2019, with a response rate of 75% (or 219 clerks). Click here to view the survey results.

Florida Municipal Organizations

• Building Officials Association of Florida (BOAF)
• Florida City and County Management Association (FCCMA)
• Florida Government Finance Officers Association (FGFOA)
• Florida League of Cities (FLC)
• Florida Local Government Information Systems Association (FLGISA)
• Florida Municipal Attorneys Association (FMAA)
• Florida Municipal Communicators Association (FMCA)
• Florida Records Management Association
• Florida Redevelopment Association (FRA)

National & International Organizations

• International Institute of Municipal Clerks
• American Planning Association
• International City/County Management Association
• National Association of Parliamentarians
• National Civic League
• National League of Cities
• Neighborhoods, USA

Parliamentary Procedure

• National Association of Parliamentarians Parliamentary Procedure

Records Management

• Florida Division of Library and Information Services – Records Management
• Florida Division of Library and Information Services – Archives
• Municipal Code Corporation

State Departments

• Full State Agency Directory
• Florida Attorney General’s Office
• Florida Department of Emergency Management (DEM)
• Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
• Florida Department of Management Services (DMS)
• Florida Department of State
• Florida Department of Transportation (DOT)
• Florida House of Representatives
• Florida Senate

Tips for Taking Minutes

Mina’s Guide to Minute Taking:  Principles, Standards & Practical Tools by Eli Mina, provides practical, systematic advice on handling the minute taking task with clarity and confidence.  Specific topics include:

• Key principles for minutes: content, presentation
• Establishing minute taking standards
• Creating concise and objective summaries
• Knowing what to record and what to leave out
• Making it easy to track the history of decisions
• Recording motions and other formal procedures
• Protecting the confidentiality of in-camera meetings
• Building rapport with the Chair and the group

Book excerpt: http://www.elimina.com/minutes/minute-taking-excerpt.pdf Includes table of contents, introduction & Chapter 1.

Book available through amazon.com, IIMC and other retailers.