2009 NCLM Annual Conference in Greenville, October 25-27, 2009

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Locks sworn in as NCLM President

Pictured: The Honorable Patricia Timmons-Goodson (left), associate justice of the N.C. Supreme Court, swears in Brevard Council Member Rodney Locks as the new NCLM President. Locks was sworn in during the conference's business meeting, which was held on Tuesday, October 27 in Greenville.

Oct. 28, 2009, Raleigh, N.C. . . .Brevard Council Member Rodney W. Locks has been elected president of the North Carolina League of Municipalities (NCLM), a voluntary, nonpartisan association of 542 cities, towns and villages. His election and installation took place at the NCLM 2009 Annual Conference held Oct. 25-27 in Greenville. He will serve a one-year term.

The League advocates for cities and towns at the state and federal levels and provides direct services to municipal officials, including the following: legal, management and employee relations assistance; research, reports and publications; and three governmental risk-sharing pools offering insurance coverage for municipal governments and their employees. The NCLM Board of Directors oversees League operations, recommends legislative goals for adoption by the membership and adopts policies between annual membership meetings.

Locks previously served as first vice president, second vice president, as a member of the Board of Directors, as chairman of the NCLM Finance, Administration and Intergovernmental Relations Committee and as a member of that committee. He also has served as president of the N.C. Black Elected Municipal Officials, a constituency group affiliated with the League. He has served as a member of the National League of Cities Finance, Administration and Intergovernmental Relations Policy Committee and serves on the N.C. State Energy Policy Council.

Other League officers elected include: First Vice President, Council Member Christopher D. (Chris) Jones, Clemmons; First Vice President, Mayor Loretta Clawson, Boone; and Immediate Past President, Mayor Gerald A. Jones Jr., Morehead City.

Elected to two-year terms on the NCLM Board of Directors are the following: NCLM District 1, Mayor James Sidney (Sid) Eley, Hertford; District 3, Mayor Eulis A. Willis, Navassa; District 5, Mayor David W. Combs, Rocky Mount; District 7, Council Member Robert A. Massey Jr., Fayetteville; District 9, Council Member T. Dianne Bellamy-Small, Greensboro; District 11, Mayor Robert A. Mullinax, Newton; At-large, Mayor Ronnie Williams, Garner; At-Large, Council Member Mary L. Cameron, Clemmons; At-Large, Manager Scott Hildebran, Blowing Rock; At-Large, Clerk Penelope Spicer-Sidbury, Wilmington; At-Large, City Attorney Thomas A. McCormick, Raleigh; and At-Large, Dr. Aaron P. Noble, Human Resources Director, Burlington.

 

Pictured: Immediate Past President Jerry Jones, mayor of Morehead City, looks on as Locks makes remarks.

 

        

Pictured: Also elected to the NCLM Board of Directors were Boone Mayor Loretta Clawson, second vice president (left) and Clemmons Council Member Chris Jones, first vice president.

 

Pictured: The 2009-10 NCLM Board of Directors: (front row) Greensboro Council Member T. Dianne Bellamy-Small; Wilmington Clerk Penelope Spicer-Sidbury; Navassa Mayor Eulis A. Willis; Wake Forest Mayor Vivian Jones; Brevard Council Member Rodney Locks, president; Clemmons Council Member Chris Jones, first vice president; Morehead City Mayor Jerry Jones, immediate past president; Rocky Mount Mayor David Combs; Clemmons Council Member Mary Cameron; Garner Mayor Ronnie Williams; (back row) High Point Council Member Latimer Alexander; Goldsboro Manager Joe Huffman; Albemarle Manager Raymond Allen; Pinehurst Manager Andy Wilkison; Lenoir Mayor Pro Tem Joseph Gibbons; Blowing Rock Manager Scott Hildebran; Hertford Mayor Sid Eley; Emerald Isle Mayor Art Schools; and Charlotte Council Member Nancy Carter.

(Not pictured: Boone Mayor Loretta Clawson, second vice president; Smithfield Council Member Andy Moore; Fayetteville Council Member Robert Massey Jr.; Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy; Newton Mayor Robert Mullinax; Whiteville Mayor Pro Tem Harold Troy; Raleigh Attorney Tom McCormick; and Burlington HR Director Dr. Aaron P. Noble.)

 

Pictured: Officials representing the League and the various branches of the armed forces signed the Military Community Covenant, vowing to give support to the families of those deployed.

 

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FUTURE ANNUAL CONFERENCES

2010       Winston-Salem       Oct. 24-26

2011       Raleigh                  Oct. 23-25

2012       Charlotte                Oct. 21-23

2013       Hickory                  Oct. 20-22

2014       Greensboro            Oct. 12-14