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Cookeville City Manager James Mills has completed training for and earned the Certified Municipal Finance Officer designation.
A CMFO must meet the minimum qualifications of a chief financial officer for each municipality to “ensure competence in the handling of municipal funds and the protection of public monies.”
Candidates for the CMFO program must successfully complete a year-long series of ten courses relative to various municipal financial management topics. Currently, there are less than 400 officially certified municipal finance officers in the state.
Mills has served as the City Manager since July of 2019. Prior to that, he served as the Director of the Planning Department for 23 years.
