Educate Advocate Empower Contact Us Home > About the Illinois Municipal League The Illinois Municipal League (IML) was created to ensure the same thing that we still strive for today – uniting local governments to make one strong, common voice. From 1878 through 1908, various mayoral groups met and held conventions, and in June of 1908 over 30 cities gathered together for a conference in Chicago. Two years later in 1910, the Illinois Mayors Association was meeting annually and beginning to organize activities. From those meetings, a voice began to grow, and with that, recognition for the local voice did as well. By June of 1913, at the same convention, it was decided that a committee of 12 members would draft a constitution for a new organization. This new organization would strive to encourage and represent all municipal officials to the very best of its ability. This new organization would be called the Illinois Municipal League. Street Address Illinois Municipal League 500 East Capitol Avenue Springfield, IL 62701 Mailing Address Illinois Municipal League P.O. Box 5180 Springfield, IL 62705-5180 Office Hours 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday Contact Us Phone: (217) 525-1220 Fax: (217) 525-7438 Email: inquiry@iml.org About Us | Site Map | Notices | Staff Login © 1996-2021 All Rights Reserved.

ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE EDUCATION RESOURCES BACK TO IML IML was founded in 1913 with the sole purpose of assisting elected and appointed municipal officials and staff, like yourself, while serving your community. In that role, we provide advocacy representation at the national and state levels, offer legal assistance, develop best practice information and host educational seminars and conferences to support our members. IML’s new Education Resources webpage offers numerous resources that highlight various issues municipal officials encounter. Those resources include seminars on the basics of municipal government, the state’s sunshine laws and an introduction to IML’s legislative advocacy. In addition, IML provides fact sheets, publications and other items of interest to help municipal officials achieve success. Legislative Update IML Annual Conference Materials IML Newly Elected Officials Workshop Virtual Seminars Resources iml.org/education Virtual Seminars View the 19 Minute Presentation View the 32 Minute Presentation View the 34 Minute Presentation View the 28 Minute Presentation View the 20 Minute Presentation Resources Legislative Resources Legal Resources General Resources FACEBOOK TWITTER LINKEDIN BACK TO IML PHONE: (217) 525-1220 FAX: (217) 525-7438 SEND AN INQUIRY © 1996-2021 All Rights Reserved.