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County officials attend conference

Several local county officials recently attended the Association of Indiana Counties (AIC) 2022 Legislative Conference. Featured above are (from left) David Botorff, executive director of the AIC; Andy Zay, District 17 Indiana State Senator; Shelly Septer, Huntington County Clerk; Jill Landrum, Huntington County Auditor; Kittie Keiffer, Huntington County Council District 4; and Terry Miller, Huntington County Council at large.
Several local county officials recently attended the Association of Indiana Counties (AIC) 2022 Legislative Conference. Featured above are (from left) David Botorff, executive director of the AIC; Andy Zay, District 17 Indiana State Senator; Shelly Septer, Huntington County Clerk; Jill Landrum, Huntington County Auditor; Kittie Keiffer, Huntington County Council District 4; and Terry Miller, Huntington County Council at large. Photo provided.

Terry Miller, of Huntington County Council, was one of about 200 county officials from around the state who attended the Association of Indiana Counties’ (AIC) 2022 Legislative Conference. Several other local officials were also in attendance.

County officials met with the legislators to express their concern about local government issues at this two-day event sponsored by AIC. The event was held at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Indianapolis on Jan. 25 and 26.

The AIC Legislative staff briefed county officials about legislation being discussed in the Indiana General Assembly that would have an impact on counties.

Attendees heard from Gov. Eric Holcomb as well as several other state elected officials, including Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch, Auditor of State Tera Klutz, Treasurer of State Kelly Mitchell, Attorney General Todd Rokita and Secretary of State Holli Sullivan.

AIC members also met with state legislators who attended the Wednesday lunch discussion as well as representatives from other state agencies throughout the event.

Gov. Eric Holcomb was a featured speaker during the opening session. Workshops focused on the U.S. Treasury and ARPA, as well as an overview of the Property Tax Study given by the Policy Analytics.

The keynote speaker was Tim Rahschulte, CEO of the Professional Development Academy, NACo. He discussed leveraging local leadership via legislation.