Missouri Association of Code Enforcement

Tamara Schenke Receives AACE President's Award

November 14, 2011 -- Tamara Schenke became only the fourth person in the history of the American Association of Code Enforcement to receive the organization's President's Award. The honor was bestowed upon Tamara by AACE President Sherri Johnston at the 22nd AACE Annual Conference, which was held November 1-3 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Prior to beginning her career in Code Enforcement, Tamara was hired with the City of Belton in 2000 as a police dispatcher and received a letter of commendation in her first year of employment for going above and beyond the call of duty in assisting a police officer during a hostage situation.

In 2003 Tamara was promoted to Code Enforcement Officer and during her first year in this position wrote and implemented a code enforcement policy and procedure manual, a department training manual and implemented a neighborhood cleanup program. In December of 2003 Tamara was selected as Employee of the Year due to all of her accomplishments.

Tamara has also created a Citizens Education Programs that includes a quarterly informational flyer on city codes which is distributed to the citizens of Belton, is a member of the City’s Code Review Committee, trains new Code Enforcement Officers and implemented a power point training session for landlords, homeowners associations and other groups and individuals interested in learning more about city codes.

Tamara founding member and officer of the Heartland Association of Code Enforcement (HACE). She has organized training seminars held in the Kansas City Metro area and helped organize MACE Annual Conferences. Tamara currently serves as Secretary for the American Association of Code Enforcement.

LEFT: Tamara Schenke (left) receives the AACE President's Award from Sherri Johnston (right).

AACE President (now Past President) Sherri Johnston congratulated Tamara on her award saying, "As the President of AACE giving the award and now the Past President, I personally want to congratulate Tamara Schenke on receiving the 2011 AACE President’s Award. This is a prestigious award given by the President of AACE to a member who has exceeded their abilities and gone above and beyond their regular job description. Congratulations Tamara!"

After accepting the award, Tamara said, "It is truly an honor for me to receive this prestigious award. It shows that hard work and dedication to your profession is appreciated."