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Sheila Jennings

Farwell,TX

Summary

I was in banking for 23 years before I went into Ag lending loan processing. At the bank I started out as a teller, transferred to the back room for processing checks, research on accounts and balancing GL accounts. From there I was transferred to a Commercial loan secretary for a couple of years and then I was asked to be transferred to the Consumer loan secretary because of the volume of loans they were processing. I quit to go to work for a Ag lending company as a loan processor because the bank was merging with a big company. I was there nearly a year and my husband passed away and it was too stressful with what was going on in the office so I went to work for the City of Clovis processing their payroll and all of the insurance and other deductions such as child support payments. I went around doing inventory for the cities assets for each department. Balancing each departments bank statements monthly. Then the City of Farwell called and asked if I would be willing to come to work for them. I collect water payments, accept payments for West Texas Gas. I balance those before closing every day. I get the water bills ready to be sent out. I take payments and schedule services for funerals at Sunset Terrace Cemetery. I schedule events at the Farwell Community Center. I also get the monthly council meetings agenda ready to mail and type the minutes for each meeting. I reconcile the bank statements each month. I set up the budget for each department each year. I am the clerk for the municipal judge so I take payments for citations in person and on the phone and print out complaints for new citations and then after a citation is paid off, I print out the closing documents for the judge to fill them in the paid out filing cabinet.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

City Secretary

City of Farwell
Farwell, Texas
05.2017 - Current
  • Provided support to the City Council in the preparation of agenda items and council meeting minutes.
  • Maintained official city records, including ordinances, resolutions, contracts, deeds and other documents.
  • Prepared agendas for board meetings, maintained records of proceedings and prepared minutes as needed.
  • Managed daily office operations by developing systems for filing, scheduling appointments and responding to telephone calls.
  • Participated in budget planning sessions to ensure appropriate allocation of resources.
  • Handled customer service issues that arose between citizens and city departments.
  • Served as notary public and issued various permits and licenses.
  • Supported municipal operations by processing financial transactions, reconciling vendor invoices, delivering on-call clerical support to district offices and assisting with month-end accounting.
  • Pleasantly welcomed visitors, answered phone calls and maintained front reception desk.
  • Used voice recorder or notepad to compose and transcribe meeting minutes.

Education

BBA - Business

Wayland Baptist University
Clovis
09-2008

Skills

  • Records Management
  • City ordinances knowledge
  • Money Handling
  • Legal Compliance
  • Document Management
  • Meeting planning
  • Clerical Support
  • Spreadsheet tracking
  • Calendar Management
  • Expense Reporting
  • Office Administration
  • Customer Service
  • Recordkeeping
  • Payroll Administration
  • Correspondence Writing
  • Check processing
  • Bookkeeping
  • Data Entry
  • Multi-Line Phone Systems
  • Organizational Skills
  • Detailed meeting minutes
  • AR/AP
  • Recordkeeping and bookkeeping

Certification

  • I am TMCCP certified and working on my recertification
  • Texas Certified Notary Public

Timeline

City Secretary

City of Farwell
05.2017 - Current

BBA - Business

Wayland Baptist University
Sheila Jennings