Ormond Beach, FL - The Mayor of Ormond Beach has been appointed to serve on the Human Development Committee for the National League of Cities (NLC) for the second year in a row.
The NLC develops federal policy positions on issues involving social services, children and learning, poverty and income support, employment and workforce development, equal opportunity, Social Security and seniors, individuals with disabilities, public health care, mental health parity, and immigration reform. The City of Ormond Beach announced Mayor Bill Partington's appointment to the committee on Monday.
Partington will be instrumental in shaping NLC policies and will advocate for America's cities and towns before Congress. “I am honored to once again be appointed to serve on the NLC Human Development Committee to assist in shaping the organization’s policy positions on issues that are vitally important to every city and town in our nation," says Partington.
The NLC has seven Federal Advocacy Committees composed of local officials from NLC member cities and towns throughout the country. For more information on NLC’s federal advocacy committees, visit
www.nlc.org/advocacy/committees.
The leadership of this year’s committee will consist of Chair Gil Ziffer, Mayor Pro Tempore of Tallahassee, Florida; Vice Chair Angelia Washington, Council member of Jacksonville, North Carolina; and Vice Chair Robin Arredondo-Savage, Vice Mayor of Tempe, Arizona.
(Photo of Partington courtesy www.ormondbeach.org)
Featured Photo courtesy nlc.org
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