The purpose of the California Cities Helen Putnam Award for
Excellence program is to recognize and promote the outstanding
efforts and innovative solutions by city governments to:
- Improve the quality of life in local communities
- Implement efficiencies in service delivery and operations
- Provide services responsive to the local community
The CCS Partnership’s Intergovernmental Collaboration Award
celebrates innovative but replicable examples of collaboration
among counties, cities, schools and/or special districts in
service to shared constituencies. Candidates for such recognition
include but are not limited to joint provision of public
services, joint use of public facilities, using alternative
methods to work through intergovernmental disputes, collaborative
efforts to seek public input on cross jurisdictional issues, and
joint study sessions that lead to collaborative joint
policymaking processes. The CCS Partnership is a collaborative
effort by the League of California Cities, the California State
Association of Counties, and the California School Boards
Association.
For more information, visit the website
for the Helen Putnam Awards.