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If you have not yet learned of the benefits and opportunities an OMCA membership brings to you, please read further—and be sure to join!
Ohio has approximately 930 municipalities and 88 counties. Each of these entities have a clerk, fiscal clerk, clerk treasurer, records clerk, or other title, but all of these position generally have one thing in common – they serve a Council/Commissioners/Board or other entity. That is where the Ohio Municipal Clerks Association can help each and every one of those positions by offering access to educational opportunities, a vast network, and support. We welcome not only clerks with a full OMCA membership, but also support staff with an associate membership.
Why should I join the Ohio Municipal Clerk Association?
Your membership in OMCA offers you the opportunity to be served by our mission to advance the municipal clerks profession through education, networking, and mentoring, which establishes clerks as experts in their field and leaders in the communities they serve. Your membership entitles you to reduced registration rates for the Annual Institute, One Day Academies and Athenian Dialogues. In addition, members are eligible for scholarship opportunities, may serve on the Board of Directors, vote in Board elections, be part of a statewide email system to ask questions and share information, and receive support and outreach from other clerks.
Who can join OMCA?
Full Membership – Voting Member
Individuals with the title of Clerk of Council, Municipal Clerk, Clerk Treasurer, Village Fiscal Officer or any similar title whose core duties include being responsible for the majority of:
- Secretary to an elected body;
- Meetings of that body and any subordinate committees, boards, or commissions;
- Preparation of agendas, minutes, and other official documents of such bodies;
- Fiscal responsibility for a village form of government;
- Custody of municipal seal and the execution of official documents;
- Management of records and archives of the elected body; and
- Administration of oaths of office and document certifications.
Associate Membership- Non-Voting Member
Individuals employed by a local government unit or other body as defined by policy and those individuals who can demonstrate a commitment to the mission and purpose of the association including:
- Employees of local governmental units;
- Individuals in transit between jobs; and
- Other, at the discretion of the board.
Retired Members - Voting
Any clerk, who has retired and was formerly a member of the Association, may be a member.
Affiliate Membership - Non-Voting Member
Open to individuals who qualify for a Full or Associate membership and serve a community with a population of less than five hundred (500).
What are the benefits of joining OMCA?
- • Email blast system to ask questions and share information with clerks across the state
- • Discounted registration rate for the OMCA Annual Institute
- • Discounted registration rates for One Day Academies
- • Discounted registration rates for Athenian Dialogues and regional educational offerings
- • Access to the quarterly newsletter – The Minute Minders
- • Access to scholarship opportunities
- • Access to the OMCA Mentorship Program
- • Access to the updated Clerk Manual
- • Access to a directory of all member clerks
- • Access to OMCA networking events
- • Ability to serve on the OMCA Board of Directors
- • Ability to vote in OMCA elections
- • Ability to serve as a OMCA volunteer
- • Ability to serve on a OMCA committee or as a Regional Director
- • Ability to be nominated as Clerk of the Year
How can I join OMCA?
Click the link to join the Ohio Municipal Clerks Association. All memberships are for a full year (January to December). Each person must have their own membership
