GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government
Hosted by Ben Kittelson and Lauren Palmer and Marissa Baum · Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)
4.9from 216 ratings
- 750
- Episodes
- 148
- Transcribed
- 216
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2015
- First episode
About GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government
GovLove is a podcast about the people, policies and profession of local government. From Mayors and City Managers to interns and everyone in between, we interview the people making a difference in their communities to learn about the great work being done at the local level. GovLove is brought to you by Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL).
- Publisher
- Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)
- Category
- business · government
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 9 Jul 2015
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
148 of 750 episodes have a transcript.
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
#749 Enhancing Customer Service in Development Services with Jeff Marino, Champaign, IL
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
#748 Prioritizing Customer Experience in Local Government with Sabrina Abdulla, Sugar Land, TX
25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
#747 Parks and Rec to City Management, Jennifer Wills, Longview, WA
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#749 Enhancing Customer Service in Development Services with Jeff Marino, Champaign, IL
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Our sanitary district has a very expensive fee. So we got some feedback at one point about they get down the road for the sanitary permit. They get hit with a six-figure fee that they weren't anticipating. So we try to notify them of those at these pre-application conferences. And then when they submit, hopefully they've thought about a lot of those things and they're able to identify them before they even submit the application. Absolutely. And then when they submit, we then route it to different departments, so the engineering, fire, public works. We also try to do a fairly robust outside agency review. […]
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- Jeff Marino
- Sabrina Abdulla
- Jennifer Wills
- Josh Edwards
- Chris Morrill
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- 4.9 / 5
- 216 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100
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- 97
- Social presence
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- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government?
Ben Kittelson and Lauren Palmer and Marissa Baum host the show. Published by Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL).
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