Mayor of the Year Award Criteria

Eligibility
Current mayors who have a minimum of two years of service, a member of the association, a League member and may only receive the award once. Individuals currently on the Iowa Mayors Association Executive Committee are not eligible.

Criteria
Selection will be made on the basis of service rendered to their community, including service rendered to city government through the Iowa Mayors Association and the League. Service to cities includes but is not limited to, with other community organizations, leadership in other municipal organizations, exceptional service to their community and local region, providing extraordinary service to cities in training, education and development of local leadership, advocating for cities and providing professional assistance and support to cities.

Selection
Individuals are nominated by members of the League, Iowa Mayors Association, Iowa City/County Managers Association and Iowa Municipal Finance Officers. The nominations are submitted to the Iowa Mayors Association for approval. In addition, other entities within their community can add a letter of support to the application.

Applications can be emailed to Alan Kemp at alankemp@iowaleague.org or the League’s Membership Services team at mbrsvcs@iowaleague.org.