Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors

President's Leadership Award
Purpose: To recognize a township supervisor and a secretary or manager each year who have initiated significant programs or projects that have benefited their township and whose service to the township exhibits the highest standards of dedication, creativity, and leadership.

Examples of such achievements include local government cost cutting, coordination of a major local volunteer effort, the advancement of township goals in the state or federal legislature, the establishment of new local services or programs, or the successful implementation of local development projects.

The winners are presented with an award in front of thousands of township officials at the Association's annual convention each April in Hershey. They also receive coverage in the Pennsylvania Township News, the Association's monthly magazine.

Eligible Entrants: Eligible nominees include individual township supervisors, secretaries, and managers who held office or were employed during the calendar year before that year's award. (For example, a nominee must have served or worked for the township during 2003 to be nominated for the 2004 award.)

Entrants must be from a member township of the State Association and nominated by an elected official of the same township or by an officer of their county association of township officials. An individual may be nominated for recent or lifetime achievements. Anyone who has been nominated for the award and did not win is eligible to be nominated again. Two winners will be selected: one supervisor and one secretary or manager.

How to Enter: To nominate someone for the President's Leadership Award, you must fill out an official application, which is mailed to PSATS' member townships each November.

Documentation: Anyone making a nomination should submit newspaper articles, township newsletters, videotapes, or any other proof that will back up the accomplishments of the nominee. Entries also should include a brief biography of the nominee and should not exceed four, typewritten, double-spaced pages. A photo of the nominee also is requested.

Judging Criteria: Entries will be judged on the complexity of the problem(s) addressed; measurable improvements resulting from the accomplishment; use of original, innovative, or creative approaches and solutions; and the long-term or lasting benefit of the nominee's accomplishments.

Contact Person: Brenda Wilt, PSATS Associate Editor, phone (717) 763-0930, fax (717) 763-9732, e-mail bwilt@psats.org.

Deadline for Entry: Late January