• Years of experience as a municipal clerk; 
• Demonstrated greater-than-average performance in the position; 
• Active in county, state and national associations; 
• Demonstrated interest in improving their professional and personal skills, and in the advancement of the profession; 
• A record of contributing to the improvement of their community and the respect of community leaders.

Nancy Hedberg - Township of Scio

Nancy was nominated for the recognition of Township Clerk of the Year by M. Jack Knowles, Township Supervisor. Mr. Knowles writes, “We are pleased to nominate our friend and colleague Nancy J.C. Hedberg as MAMC’s Township Clerk of the Year.” Nancy has served the Scio community as their Clerk since 2008.

Nancy’s service to her community began long before she was elected to the position of Clerk. She served as a member of the Scio Township Planning Commission from 1987 – 2004, and the Board of Review from 1998 thru 2008.

Her community involvement doesn’t end there, since becoming Clerk she has continued to stay involved.  She is currently serving as the President of the Washtenaw County Municipal and Township Clerks Association, is a member of the Forms Committee convened by the Bureau of Elections,   currently serves as the Secretary of the Loch Alpine Sanitary Authority and is a member of the Washtenaw Area Transportation Study Policy Committee, a multi-jurisdictional agency that is responsible for the long range transportation planning in Washtenaw County.

During her tenure as Clerk, Nancy has streamlined the election processes in Scio Township. She was one of the first to jump in and utilize e-poll books and developed a number of checklists for election administration that future clerks can rely upon. In conjunction with the checklists, she developed an additional color-coded checklist of essential elements for the Receiving Board and the Chairs in the precincts. She worked to consolidate and redraw precinct lines after the 2010 Census redistricting to reduce the number of ballots styles from 23 to 10. A change that increased efficiency at the precincts and resulted in a cost savings in printing.

Elaine Brock, Scio Township Election Precinct Chairperson says this about Nancy, “Nancy is the perfect clerk. She is so organized and efficient that she makes my job as precinct co-chair a breeze. I have never asked a question or raised a point that Nancy was not already on top of. (As an attorney I can be pretty detail oriented) To add to that she is caring, approachable, energetic, and just plain enjoyable to be around. Nancy knows everyone and makes a sincere effort to be inclusive and positive about all her duties. Nancy is a township treasure that deserves to be recognized, rewarded and emulated.”

Ms. Hedberg writes, “A Township Clerk must be both a generalist and a specialist with institutional knowledge of an endless list of responsibilities. We clerks have the opportunity to interact with the public more often than most governments officials, and in carrying out day to day obligations, it has been my privilege to serve as a problem-solver, a teacher, a mentor, a resource, and sometimes a referee. It has been such great fun for me!”

Tina Martin – Village of Baroda

In 2012, Tina Martin was appointed Village Clerk for the Village of Baroda.  Beyond her statutory duties, Tina handled all public relations and community events for the village.  A big job on their own!  As other village clerks in small communities can appreciate, Tina has taken on many roles including being the “face of Baruda.”  Since there is no Village Manager, Tina represents the village in many capacities developing relationships with fellow local leaders in the business and municipal communities.

As part of her outreach, she is a member of MEDA, MAMC, is a member of the Berrien County Clerks Association, and a former Trustee and President of the Baroda Area Business Association.

In 2018 Tina was promoted and became “Clerk/Treasurer” by adding payroll, taxes, retirement plans, property tax collection, and settlement and reporting to her “to-do” list.  Tina continues her municipal education by gaining Planning and Zoning knowledge by completing the Citizen Planner program and is currently working on her Master Citizen Planner certificate.

A major achievement comes in the arena of Economic Development.  Baroda has a 14-acre industrial park that had been vacant for decades.  Within the last few years, Tina has worked with developers to sell of four parcels with another two committed for sale this year. A big driver behind these sales, and potential redevelopment, comes from Tina’s involvement with the USRD – Rural Development division.  Tina is working with them to guarantee funding to bring infrastructure to this formerly abandoned industrial park.  Work is scheduled to begin summer 2019.