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Committee endorses renaming Alabama Local Government Training Institute after late executive director Buddy Sharpless
Summary
Senators and former county commissioners supported SB80 to rename the Alabama Local Government Training Institute for Buddy Sharpless; committee members passed the bill by voice vote after several lawmakers and alumni praised Sharpless's role in creating mandatory training for county officials.
Committee members advanced SB80 to rename the Alabama Local Government Training Institute in honor of the late O.H. "Buddy" Sharpless III, who supporters said led passage of the institute and championed mandatory county‑official training.
A former county commissioner who credited Sharpless with creating the institute in the 1990s and several longtime staff and alumni told the committee that Sharpless organized training in budgeting, public works, personnel and ethics for newly elected county officials.
Brad Smith and other speakers urged the committee to approve the renaming as a modest recognition of Sharpless's decades of work; Senator Butler and Representative Woods supported the measure on the floor. The committee approved the bill by voice vote; no roll‑call tally was recorded.
