About

For over 30 years UW-Extension’s Local Government Education Program has been helping local government officials build their capacity to govern.

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LGE’s Mission

The mission of UW-Extension’s Local Government Education is to provide focus, coordination, and leadership to UW-Extension educational programs supporting local government, and to expand the research and knowledge base for local government education.

LGE’s Educational Outcomes

We provide instruction to local government officials:

    • To help new officials understand their roles and responsibilities as public officials in Wisconsin
    • To develop the abilities of new and continuing officials to fulfill their roles and responsibilities
    • To enhance the ability of Extension educators to establish relationships and work with local officials in their area
    • To help officials keep current on topics and practices which affect their communities
    • To help officials fulfill requirements when specific instruction is required by statute (such as Board of Review).

    This instruction is usually in one of five forms:

    • in-person workshops presented statewide in the spring and fall of each year
    • teleconference programs on individual topics offered live and in recorded form
    • video accompanied by written materials
    • the Local Government Education website
    • the Certified Public Manager Program group colleague cohorts and public classes

    We research questions about local government in Wisconsin to gain insight into trends and solutions to problems.

Local Government Education Specialists and Staff
 

Karl Green
Local Government Education Program Manager

karl.green@wisc.edu

Phone: 608-785-9763

Overall Local Government Education program delivery and coordination.

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Daniel Foth, JD
CPM Director

Local Government Specialist
Phone: 608-265-2852

daniel.foth@wisc.edu

Local government budgeting and finance, effective meetings and parliamentary procedure, Open meetings and records, and Women in Government, and 2020 Census

Education Support Staff
Laurie Lindquist

Laurie.lindquist@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 265-8136

Partners

We work with our partners to develop and present program content, and plan, coordinate and promote educational events, and contribute articles and chapters to the publications distributed by the statewide local government associations.

Wisconsin Counties Association

Wisconsin Towns Association

League of Wisconsin Municipalities

Wisconsin Municipal Clerks Association

UW-Extension County Offices

UW-Madison Transportation Information Center

Wisconsin Department of Revenue

UW-Madison Department of Continuing Studies

Contact

Local Government Education
432 N. Lake St., Rm. 439
Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Phone: 608-262-9960
Email: lgc@extension.wisc.edu