Employee fraud or fraud committed by public officials is an issue in local government, unfortunately. This webinar will team an investigator and a CPA with experience in financial fraud examinations and forensic fraud methods to help municipal officials learn about common internal fraud schemes, as well as how to recognize weak internal systems and develop controls to prevent fraud by those who are entrusted with the finances of the municipality and it agencies.

Municipal stormwater regulations can put pressure on limited administrative and financial resources. This webinar will provide an overview of inter-municipal collaborative arrangements that have been used in Pennsylvania and have yielded efficiencies and cost savings. Pros and cons of each will be discussed in terms of initial investment, cost of compliance, co-benefits, and suitability for different situations.

In this webinar, Chad Bruckner of Intercounty Investigations & Solutions will review what constitutes a proper employee background screening process, the problems that arise if you don’t conduct proper background screening, and the benefits of a quality screening process, including how it positively impacts your municipality’s culture and performance. He will also review examples of successes and failures from municipalities around the state and review best practices, including when selecting third-party screeners.

A property is abandoned, and the neighbors are outraged. What do you do when an owner ignores/avoids code enforcement and tax sales? The Abandoned and Blighted Property Conservatorship Act gave municipalities a powerful tool to eliminate persistent blight. This webinar will introduce participants to the process of conservatorship, how to evaluate if a property fits the qualifications, and how to bring a property from blight to blessing in just one year.

If your township has a police department, contracts with another department for police services, or is part of a regional police department, you will want to attend this webinar to get caught up on all of the recent laws, as well as proposed legislation, affecting municipal police departments. You will also learn about what changes your townships and departments may need to make as a result of these new laws and legislation.

In this webinar, learn how your township can help its residents (and itself) with better stormwater management practices on residential properties. This presentation will discuss small scale practices designed to minimize runoff from residential properties including, rain gardens, rain barrels and cisterns, pervious pavement, lawn to natural area conversions, tree planting, and sustainable turf care.

In this webinar, representatives from Splashwire will review the 3Ps necessary to best protect your township – Process, Policy, and Procedures – against the ever-increasing number of cyber threats, whether those are malware or phishing attacks or other sinister efforts to access, take, or freeze your township’s data. They will also review the tools and ongoing management standards laid out by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and how they can be applied to your township.

The use of short-term rentals (STRs) has exploded across the commonwealth and country, making it critical for municipalities to be prepared to address the numerous issues that can result, including resident complaints and registration and zoning challenges. In this session, learn about the recent trends for regulating STRs around the country, as well as best practices to ensure that your municipality can address these issues head-on in an effective and efficient manner.

This webinar will review all of the ways in which municipal officials and employees can get tripped up with the Ethics Act. Mary Fox, the Ethics Commission’s Executive Director, will cover conflicts of interest, voting conflicts, statements of interest, requesting advisory opinions, and much more, as well as provide tips for how your municipality can best avoid finding itself in the unwanted spotlight due to an Ethics Act issue.

In this webinar, Tricia Springer, an experienced practitioner before the Office of Open Records, will provide the latest insight into what is confidential and what cannot be considered confidential in the workplace. She will use real world examples to make sure that your records are properly protected. She will also discuss the increasing use of electronic data in the workplace and who can access that data.