If you are unsure whether you have everything ready for your township's 2020 Organization Meeting, required to be held the first Monday of January, then make sure to attend this webinar. Holly Fishel of PSATS will review best practices and checklists to help ensure that your township has a smooth organization meeting.

This year has seen a reemergence of development pressure and, with it, the return of validity challenges of old from those wanting to shake free of land use restrictions. However, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in a recent decision involving the regulation of short-term rentals, signaled a shift in thinking about how zoning ordinances are to be interpreted (in the context of a validity challenge). Join Michael Crotty of Siana Bellwoar as he uses these events to highlight the importance of familiarizing municipal planners and officials with the legal framework and processes behind validity challenges.

This webinar will explore fraud in local government with real-life examples. Along the way, municipal officials and employees will learn proactive steps they can take to prevent fraud and how to respond when they suspect something is amiss.

It is sometimes very easy for municipal officials and employees to confuse conditional uses and special exceptions and the procedures for addressing both. In this webinar, Kurt Williams and Tyler Beaston of Salzmann Hughes will review what you can and cannot do, as well as what you should and should not do, when your township receives request for conditional uses and special exceptions.

For (nearly) every elected and appointed official, doing the right thing for their township and making it a better place to live and work is the driving force behind public service. Sometimes, though, it's easy to identify the "right thing"" but not necessarily the "right way to get it done" - and you know what they say about roads paved with good intentions.

Participants will gain an in-depth understanding of the benefits of Fiber Reinforced Chip Seal Type A and B, which are crack-preventing treatments for use on township roads. Corinne Chalovich with Russell Standard Corporation will review the impressive advantages that Fiber Reinforced Chip Seal provides for preserving pavement life, especially when used in conjunction with differing waring courses as a SAMI layer (Type B). This webinar is intended for township engineers, roadmasters, other public works staff, supervisors and managers/secretaries.

The Trustees Insurance Fund, through PSATS, is offering a webinar to provide an introduction to our 457 Plan and help your township officials determine if this is a valuable benefit to offer to the employees. This benefit can be offered to both full-time and part-time employees for a nominal annual administrative fee.

In this webinar, a municipal grant writer will speak about “lessons learned” from her years of helping communities strategically use grant funding to accomplish their priority projects. Hear suggestions on how to develop quality, well-planned projects that are attractive to funding agencies. Learn tips on how to craft your community’s story so that it can be translated into competitive grant applications. Get honest, firsthand insight into some of the most popular state grant funding programs used by municipalities.

This webinar, presented by Samuel Wiser of Salzmann Hughes, will focus on the developing law concerning social media providing a public forum and how that may impact municipalities and elected officials. We will review recent court decisions as well as social media decisions coming out of the Office of Open Records. We will also explore how to deal with unruly members of the public or boards within the confines of the law.

Paving fabric is a tool that can be used to help stretch your township’s road surfacing funds. It has been proven to be a cost-effective method of increasing the life expectancy of newly surfaced roads. Paving fabric has been extremely effective in stabilizing the road surface, retarding reflective cracking and creating a moisture barrier. In this webinar, Kyle Turner of Cedarville Engineering Group will share his experiences, both positive and negative, with the product and how and when townships can incorporate paving fabric into their road programs.

Learn about strategies for starting an anti-blight campaign, the struggles you may face, and the massive rewards for persisting. Andrew Holter of Strategic Municipal Group will also present case studies to show the highs and lows of fighting blight.

The business case is a tool that organizations often overlook or underutilize when deciding where and how to spend resources and which projects to pursue. However, the business case is a critical tool that can be used to hone in on specific problems and help to inform the decision-making process. This webinar, presented by Amy Townson on Momentum Consulting, will highlight the importance and critical components of making a business case to assist when making key decisions for your township.

The Active Transportation webinar will discuss the latest research and guidelines for nonmotorized transportation modes. Corresponding to this encouragement of active transportation, communities are looking to develop active transportation plans to help create more facilities such as bicycle paths, sidewalks, trails, greenways, etc. This webinar will examine the safety and standards for these facilities, as well as how to develop an active transportation plan. The webinar will also highlight successful examples of local plans, practices, and policies in Pennsylvania. 

PSATS’ Annual Educational Conference & Exhibit Show is big. It’s action-packed. And knowing how to navigate it will help you reap the greatest return on your investment.

PSATS’ Annual Educational Conference & Exhibit Show is big. It’s action-packed. And knowing how to navigate it will help you reap the greatest return on your investment.

The Trustees Insurance Fund, through PSATS, is offering a webinar to provide an introduction to our 457 Plan and help your township officials determine if this is a valuable benefit to offer to the employees. This benefit can be offered to both full-time and part-time employees for a nominal annual administrative fee.

The PSATS Unemployment Compensation Group Trust has been assisting townships with the management of their unemployment compensation obligations since 1981. To keep you updated on the claim process, the Trust is offering an hour-long webinar to help lower your costs.

Municipal officials who want to improve the overall safety of their roads will find the Local Road Safety Plans and the Road Safety Audit (RSA) good tools for meeting their goals. The webinar will examine the components of a safety plan and an RSA and it will review national and state regulations and guidelines for using these tools. The webinar will explain the benefits of using these tools to evaluate safety of the roads.

The Trustees Insurance Fund, through PSATS, is offering a webinar to provide an introduction to our 457 Plan and help your township officials determine if this is a valuable benefit to offer to the employees. This benefit can be offered to both full-time and part-time employees for a nominal annual administrative fee.

The Trustees Insurance Fund, through PSATS, is offering a webinar to provide an introduction to our 457 Plan and help your township officials determine if this is a valuable benefit to offer to the employees. This benefit can be offered to both full-time and part-time employees for a nominal annual administrative fee.