BILL REYNOLDS ASSUMES PRESIDENCY OF STATE ASSOCIATION FOR TREASURERS

JACKSON - Cape Girardeau County Treasurer Bill Reynolds was elected president of the Missouri County Treasurers Association at the group's annual meeting and training seminar in Jefferson City earlier this month.

Reynolds will serve a one-year term and was chosen by his colleagues after having been first vice president the past year.

Reynolds, who became county treasurer in 1981, said he looked forward to his year of service and stressed that the goals of the organization are to help treasurers in the state's 114 counties with any problems they might have and to do their jobs better.

"If treasurers in any part of the state are having problems, we try to help them solve those problems," explained Reynolds.

The importance of the association has increased in recent years with the passage of legislation requiring all county officials to be certified each year.

The association is responsible for conducting the annual training sessions and Reynolds, as president, will direct the event next spring.

In his new role, Reynolds is also responsible for working with the association's legislative chairman to keep up to date on what the General Assembly is considering that might affect the office.

Reynolds will also serve this year as a member of the board of directors of the Missouri Association of Counties. The president of each association for elected officials holds a seat on the board during their terms.

Last week, in that role, Reynolds participated in the annual legislative conference of MAC.

Before his election as treasurer, Reynolds worked as a staff announcer, in ad sales, and as a sports announcer at KFVS Radio for 25 years. After that he owned Oglander's Clothing store in downtown for five years.