TownTalk Lenexa City Clerk David Bryant named Clerk of the Year
Lenexa City Clerk David Bryant, left, was honored at a recent Lenexa City Council meeting by Mayor Mike Boehm for receiving the 2014 Mildred Vance City Clerk/Finance Officer of the Year Award.
Lenexa City Clerk David Bryant was awarded the 2014 Mildred Vance City Clerk/Finance Officer of the Year award by the City Clerks and Municipal Finance Officers Association of Kansas. Bryant has worked for the City of Lenexa since 1996 and has been serving as the City Clerk since 2009. He was instrumental in assisting Lenexa to be one of the first cities to create a paperless packet for City Council meetings. In addition, he assists in leading the Learning About Lenexa program, which invites Lenexa third-graders to City Hall for a day to learn about how government works. Bryant was recognized in April by the Lenexa City Council for the outstanding work he does for the community.
June 2014 • Issue 3
Lenexa Fire Department receives Class 1 ISO rating Effective July 1, the city becomes a Class 1 community based on the Insurance Services Office (ISO) independent rating system for measuring the quality and effectiveness of municipal fire protection. Lenexa is one of only 60 cities out of 48,000 surveyed in the U.S. to have earned an elite ISO Class 1 rating. There are currently no other Class 1 communities in Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, Nebraska or Iowa. The Lenexa Fire Department, accredited by the Commission of Fire Accreditation International, joins an elite group of just 17 accredited agencies to attain an ISO Class 1 rating. ISO’s Public Protection Classification ratings are used to help establish fire insurance premiums for residential, commercial and industrial properties. ISO’s evaluation program includes 10 classifications, with 1 being the highest and 10 being the lowest. The rating is based on a comprehensive review of fire department capabilities, the water supply system, and emergency communications system. Key local partners include WaterOne, a public utility that delivers Lenexa’s water service, and the Johnson County Emergency Communications Center, which handles dispatch and tracking services for fire incidents. According to ISO data, a community’s investment in firefighting services is a good predictor of future fire losses.
Communities with excellent fire protection can expect less property damage and higher survival rates. “Lenexa property owners can be confident that, thanks to top-quality fire protection, they’ll have access to the absolute lowest insurance rates for fireloss insurance,” said Fire Chief Dan Rhodus.