Andalusia has been named a 2019 Certified Municipality by the Alabama League of Municipalities (ALM), a highly regarded honor awarded to cities and towns in which the mayor and all councilmembers have earned the professional designation of Certified Municipal Official. 

This was the second year Andalusia was recognized as a Certified Municipality. It also gained recognition in the inaugural class last year.

This designation through ALM signifies that the mayor and all councilmembers have completed a minimum of 40 credit hours of formal training on the foundational elements of municipal government conducted or endorsed by ALM via its Certified Municipal Official (CMO) Program. Qualifying municipalities are selected by ALM based on CMO program credit hour records during the previous calendar year and receive an official certificate as well as an annual Certified Municipality digital seal for use on the municipality’s website

“As mayor, I am proud that Andalusia is just one of a handful of cities to be represented with this distinction,” Mayor Earl Johnson said. “This is representative of the hard work members of our council have done, reading the assigned materials, and getting up to speed on the law. I know the citizens you represent appreciate what this represents.”

The 2019 Certified Municipal Achievement Awards were presented in Montgomery on Thursday, July 23, during the Business Session of ALM’s annual convention.