This webinar is designed for township officials who are not familiar with the intricacies of cable franchising. It is a primer for understanding municipal rights with respect to cable/internet companies. What are franchise fees and how are they calculated? Can we increase our franchise fee revenue? How can we get cable/internet service to unserved areas? Can we improve our broadband service through a franchise agreement? What is a PEG channel? We will address these and other important questions

This webinar will provide participants with an overview of the benefits of going digital – converting paper records to searchable digital images - with their records management. Topics discussed will include document conversion best practices, estimating your township’s return on investment, document management software options and current municipal records retention policies in Pennsylvania. Attendees will come away with an understanding of how to prepare for a successful digital migration project, including planning, scope, budgeting and timelines.

This webinar will provide an overview of Principles of Paving, paving techniques, PennDOT specifications, and lessons learned from local officials.

Managing your personal budget can help you cover expenses with less stress, more easily pay down longer-term debt like a school loan or mortgage and save for future financial goals. If you’re one of the 38% of Americans who don’t have a household budget — or you just haven’t looked at yours in a while — this webinar will provide strategies that can work for you. Learn how to find a budgeting tool you like, integrate savings into your budget, maximize your retirement savings, and borrow responsibly. This webinar, which is the first in a series, is an excellent opportunity for townships to provide their employees with additional benefits at no further cost. Please share with them or schedule a staff meeting so that everyone can take advantage of this helpful information.

This webinar will educate participants on how fire and emergency medical services (EMS) operate in Pennsylvania. Among the topics to be covered include the different types of fire-related services that may be offered, the different components of EMS and how they are structured and operated, and how municipalities can assist fire and EMS in handling the issues currently facing them, whether financial, operational or due to a lack of volunteers or staffing issues.

With e-commerce generating more distribution and fulfillment centers and delivery to nearly every property, the scope and importance of planning for land use and freight has greatly expanded. Considerations range from downtown deliveries to intersection turning radii, and from industrial park access to truck parking. Presenters will demonstrate how land use and transportation planning can better accommodate the movement of goods from production to consumer.

In light of such hot topics as climate change and natural disasters, townships need to address floodplain management and mitigation internally and externally with the public. This webinar, presented by John Luciani of FirstCapital Engineering, Inc., will address the continuous improvement processes that need to be performed and how to address floodplain ordinance changes. Topics will include 100-year floods, the watershed approach, and hazard mitigation.

Learn how your municipality can accelerate project completion, reduce costs, and utilize data collection for future developments with the help of 3D Laser Scanning. This webinar will explore the 3D Laser Scanner equipment and software, application usages, and the advantages of this digital surveying technology method. Do not miss your chance to be entered in a drawing to win one of three giveaway prizes!

This workshop provides details on medical, dental, vision, life and short-term disability plans offered through PSATS and how it benefits you and your employees to participate.

This webinar will discuss safety concepts and how to keep vehicles on the road through pavement marking, guide rails, signs and road surface improvements.