OMAG Recognition Program

This program is available to members with active coverage through the OMAG Municipal Liability Protection Plan (MLPP).  OMAG believes the best run cities and towns have fewer claims and the claims they incur cost less money to resolve.  The OMAG Recognition Program seeks to strengthen municipal governance and reduce claims through education and self-assessment.

Benefits

Members who participate in the OMAG Recognition gain the benefit of learning and applying our “Best Practice” methods in constructing effective agendas and conducting business like meetings.

Criteria

To gain OMAG Recognition governing bodies must certify through official action (Resolution and certified meeting minutes) that once during each fiscal year:

• each governing body member received OMAG prescribed training – either in person or by distance learning (approved training listed in FAQs)

• the governing body either adopted/updated/reviewed their governing body handbook.
  (sample handbook here)

• the governing body completed and reviewed the Stability Test to audit its performance.

(download the Stability Test and Scorecard here)

• the governing body reviewed its MLPP Declarations page and Explanation of Coverage page.
  (Explanation of Coverage here)

"Understanding Your Declarations Page"

The Municipality Liability Protection Plan Declarations Page, often abbreviated as Dec Page, is an overview of your coverage and limits for your city or town. If you would like additional information, please contact the OMAG Member Services Dept (sample Dec Page here).

Use the links above to find/download a sample handbook, the Stability Test, and an Explanation of Coverage page.

Your MLPP Declarations page is unique to your municipality and will be found in your policy documents, mailed to you when your policy most recently renewed.

Note that, to be eligible for recognition, your municipality must be current in premium payment and must not have been cancelled due to non-payment in the previous 2 years.

If your questions aren't answered in the Frequently Asked Questions below, contact Bill Tackett at (800) 234-9461 or btackett@omag.org.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQS)

Answer: After the four steps outlined in the OMAG Recognition Program criteria have been completed.

Answer: Place on the governing body’s agenda a Resolution documenting completion of the required steps to be eligible to gain OMAG Recognition.  Send the adopted Resolution and a copy of certified minutes from the meeting at which action was taken to adopt the Resolution and approve the minutes (all members must be present at this meeting) to Bill Tackett, OMAG, 3650 S. Boulevard, Edmond, OK 73013

Answer: OMAG prescribed training includes in-person and online training from OMAG (including our online training partner LocalGovU) and/or OML, Mayors Council of Oklahoma, CMAO, OMCTFOA, MESO or National League of Cities training.

Answer:  Yes.

Answer: No, but all must receive OMAG prescribed training during the current fiscal year for the municipality to be eligible to achieve Recognition.

Answer: Not until the newly-appointed person receives training.  Online training is always available through our partnership with LocalGovU.

Answer:  YES!

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Answer:  This can be found in your MLPP policy documents, which are on the OMAG Portal. 

Answer: At a minimum, all governing body members must complete the form.  A best practice is to have two or three groups of individuals take the test to rate the municipality.  These groups could include governing body members, senior municipal leadership (clerk, manager, department heads) and appointed members of committees and commissions (such as library, planning and zoning, authorities, etc.)

Answer: Great members make for a great organization.