What's Up, Waveland? - August 2017

Waveland Alderman Jeremy Burke reports on the Mississippi Municipal League conference, a Touch-a-Truck Community Awareness event, the city's new website and Team Waveland participating in Relay for Life.  

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Waveland Mayor Mike Smith and Aldermen Charlie Piazza and Jeremy Burke at the MML conference

Waveland goes to Mississippi Municipal League Conference

​This past month Mayor Mike Smith, Alderman Charlie Piazza and I attended the 86th Annual Mississippi Municipal League Conference in Biloxi. The MML Conference has over 1,500 attendees and is a great opportunity for public officials to get professional training and to network with other public officials from all over Mississippi.
 
I am proud to report that Mayor Smith was able to satisfy the graduation requirement for the basic level of the Certified Municipal Official (CMO) program. 

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I was also able to complete the advanced level certification and move to the professional development level portion of the program.
 
Although the certification course is voluntary, receipt of the designation of Certified Municipal Official requires completion of core courses: Municipal Organization, Municipal Law, Municipal Finance, Municipal Land Use and Community Development. The CMO program provides the participants training to become more effective leaders for Waveland.
 
Established in 1931, MML represents 295 city, town, and village governments in Mississippi. The mission of the MML is helping cities and towns excel through training, lobbying at the state and federal level, and providing resources and networking opportunities with state, federal and private entities. For more information about the Mississippi Municipal League, visit www.mmlonline.com.

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Waveland Community Awareness Day

The city of Waveland will be hosting a Touch-a-Truck Community Awareness event on Saturday, August 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Coleman Avenue. This event will feature police cars, fire trucks, tractors and many other unique machines for kids to explore. The event will be free to attend, and food and drink will be available for purchase.
 
For more important about this event, contact Don Siebenkittel at 228.467.3669, at the Waveland Police Department.

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Waveland Website

The city of Waveland website has a new look. Waveland-based Lime Pi Digital is building and will maintain the site. The last update I received was that Lime Pi is putting the final touches on the site, and it should go online in early August. More content will be added over the next several months, including a feature that will make reporting an issue to Waveland quicker and easier.

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Team Waveland

​City of Waveland will have a booth at the Relay for Life event on Saturday, August 5.  If you would like to volunteer to help at the booth or purchase a purple ribbon that goes towards Waveland fundraising efforts, please contact April Depreo at 228.202.5308.