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Thursday, January 24

 

9 to 10:15 a.m.

Around the Capitol: Legislative Update

Fireworks Regulations: Boom or Bust?

How ‘Fracking’ Affects Your Township

Keep Your Property Tax Revenue

Master Plan: Who Am I?

Roads Don’t Just Fix Themselves

Surviving ‘Turf Wars’ With Other Officials

The Invisible Homeless in Your Township

Things I Wish I’d Known When I First Became a Clerk

Tips for Treasurers

What the Agriculture Industry Wants From Townships

 

10:45 a.m. to Noon

Assess Your Township Board’s Performance

Bookkeeping Basics

Cell Towers: A Revenue Opportunity? Regulation Concerns?

Considerations in Suburban Wildlife Management

Current Issues in Planning and Zoning

Dealing with Malcontents

Fundamentals of Municipal Financing

Local Government Trends in Citizen Engagement

Master Plan: What Do I Want to Be When I Grow Up?

Managing the Modern Township Office

MTA Committee Forum: Intergovernmental Relations

Roles and Responsibilities of Deputy Officials

Things I Wish I’d Known When I First Became a Supervisor

 

1:30 to 2:45 p.m.

Anatomy of a Township

Best Practices to Avoid First Amendment Pitfalls When Regulating Signs and Billboards

Elections Update

Engaging Your Community to Strengthen Planning

From Field to Fork: Local Food and the Local Economy

Managing Change

Minimizing Potential Liability

MTA Committee Forum: Assessment & Tax Administration

New Look at an Old Plan

The Changing Media Landscape

Things I Wish I’d Known When I First Became a Trustee

Utility Cost of Service and Rate Study

 

3:15 to 4:30 p.m.

A Small Township’s Guide to Using QuickBooks

Assessing Your Assessor

Choosing and Using Volunteers

Creating a Culture of Teamwork

Emergency Management—Is Your Township Prepared?

Invasive Phragmites: What Can You Do?

Land Banking: It’s Not Just for Urban Townships

Legal Pitfalls in Human Resources

Liquor License Matters

MTA Committee Forum: Uses in Natural Resources

Things I Wish I’d Known When I First Became a Treasurer

Trail Towns: How Trails Can Create Opportunities for Economic Development

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