Institute for Local Government News Fall 2000

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SPOTLIGHT ON
LOCAL LEADERS
Spotlight #16
CHUCK SWEET

Title
Town Manager
Town of Oro Valley
1993 -

EDUCATION
M.P.A., Northern Arizona University
B.A., Northern Arizona University

HOBBIES
Mountain biking, hiking, walking, and home projects

FACTOID
Chuck delivered his second son unassisted at home

"Regardless of the complexity of issues I deal with, my final recommendation rests with answering the question, "'What's in the best interest of the citizens of Oro Valley?"

INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENT ON
THE MOVE
Carol Whitaker and Tanis Salant attended a host of professional conferences this year. ACCMA in Sedona and Tucson, The League of Arizona Cities and Towns AACo in Mesa, and CSA's Board of

in Prescott, Directors Retreat in Payson and groundbreaing ceremony in Phoenix. Tanis gave presentations on county research for the U.S./Mexico Border Counties Coalition in Tucson and Brownsville, the American Society for Public Administration in San Diego, and the Kansas Association of Counties in Topeka.

INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROJECTS...

Tanis and Lexie, along with co-investigators from San Diego State, New Mexico State, and University of Texas-El Paso,

continue to work on the border county study for the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S./Mexico Border Counties Coalition. Site visits were made during the spring and summer to Brownsville, Edinburg, Rio Grande City, Zapata, Laredo, Eagle Pass, Brackettville and El Paso, TX; Las Cruces, NM; and Bisbee, Nogales, Tucson and Yuma, AZ. The study will be completed in December, Tanis also worked with the City of Tucson's Tucson-Mexico Projectm, giving a presentation on local government to Sonoran officials. Tanis and ASU's Lou Weschler gave a presentation to the APS Focused Futures Forum in Goodyear on "A Philosophical Foundation for Rural Economic Development." Work has begun on updating the Structure of Local Government poster for 2001, and graduate intern Nicole Fyffe is researching and writing a report entitled "Choices for the Unincorporated Commmunity in Arizona."