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Objectives

• To develop in elected and appointed public officials the skills needed for effective leadership and responsible, responsive policy making

• To cultivate and foster in our governing culture, an ethos of public service for our elected and appointed public officials as well as public employees

• To develop in public employees the skills needed for professional management, supervision and the efficient and effective delivery of public services

• To promote, wherever possible, the concepts and methods of intergovernmental cooperation including resource sharing and coordinated planning

• To foster expansion of the concept of excellence in government to include good citizenship and provide educational opportunities aimed at encouraging citizen involvement in local government

All of these objectives are to be reached in the context of upholding the seminal ideals of self government and American democracy.