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Nuts & Bolts

Nuts & Bolts

This entry-level seminar is intended for those who are brand new to the Municipal Clerk profession and those who have not yet received their designation. The training focuses on subjects such as meetings, notices, public hearings, boards and commissions, working with your legislative body, elections, the Brown Act, Political Reform Act, Public Records Act, professional development, and a myriad of other topics.

This seminar is offered four (4) times annually. Two sessions will rotate among North, Central and South locations; and two virtual sessions will be offered each year. In order to plan ahead, training is consistently offered during the first full week of February and June, the fourth full week of August and the 3rd full week of November.

 

Attendees who complete an assessment quiz will earn 4 CMC education poins

 

Session Cost (In-Person or Virtual):

$250 for CMCA members | $350 per participant for non-members

2025/2026 Schedule

 

Nuts & Bolts (Virtual)

August 27-29, 2025 

Registration opens late June 2025 (click here for details)

Jennifer Woodworth, MMC - City Clerk, City of Hollister

Britt Avrit, MMC - City Clerk, City of Saratoga
 
 

Nuts & Bolts (Virtual)

November 19-21, 2025

Click HERE to register

Holly Charlety, MMC - City Clerk, City of El Cerrito
Joelle Fockler, MMC - City Clerk, City of Concord
 

Central Nuts & Bolts (Hollister)

February 5-6, 2026

Registration opens early December 2025

Jennifer Woodworth, MMC - City Clerk, City of Hollister
Britt Avrit, MMC - City Clerk, City of Saratoga
 

Southern Nuts & Bolts (Brea)

June 4-5, 2026

Registration opens early April 2026

Lucinda Williams, MMC - City Clerk, City of Fullerton
Kerry Bigelow, MMC - City Clerk, City of Chula Vista
 

Updates

Check the Events Calendar for upcoming seminars. Click here for Scholarship Information.