In this webinar, an experienced municipal architect and grant writer/municipal finance specialist will offer a mission-drive 5-step process for municipal facilities projects, creative ideas for how to proceed with challenging projects, and recommendations for how to structure the financing to get the job done. Township supervisors, administrators and staff who are considering facilities projects should attend this webinar where they can also present their own facilities challenges for discussion.

In this virtual class, attendees will learn a workable, effective framework for establishing a hierarchy for outfall inspections, a protocol for performing inspections in the field, and method for inspecting documenting and addressing potential illicit discharges.

This webinar is designed for township officials who are not familiar with the basics of cable franchising. It is a primer on municipal rights and potential benefits available from cable/internet providers. How can franchising help you get broadband service to unserved areas? What are franchise fees and how are they calculated? Can you increase your franchise fee revenue? Can you improve customer service for your residents? What is a PEG channel? We will address these and other related issues in this webinar.

This webinar will provide local officials with a practical guide for expanding broadband service in their communities. Learn key strategies from the 5-step action plan prepared by Dan Cohen and Mike Roberts of Cohen Law Group for individual communities, including how to:​ Identify the specific areas of your municipality that are unserved or underserved Obtain key information and select provider(s) to build out those areas for broadband Secure federal and/or state funding for broadband expansion Ensure legal protections for your municipality

In this virtual class, you will learn how to use Microsoft Excel as a resource to analyze your township’s finances. Several tips and tricks for beginner and intermediate users of Microsoft Excel will be covered along the way.

Are you intrigued by the four-day workweek concept but afraid to enter "the Upside Down"? This "Stranger Things-themed" webinar was designed to provide participants with an in-depth examination of a recent case study completed in a mid-size municipality in Montgomery county that implemented this work schedule.

Municipal officials with a fiduciary responsibility sometimes are intimidated by the nature and volume of financial documents, data, and reports they review. This webinar will give helpful tips on how to read those documents, how to interpret them, and what are potential signs of fraud or corruption issues in your municipality. It will also discuss how to develop a workplace environment that promotes integrity among employees and proper methods for employee reporting of suspected fraud, waste, and abuse.

This webinar helps to solve the municipal planning paradox of matching need with funding when considering new facilities, renovations, expansions, or upgrades. The presenter, Martin Kimmel (Kimmel Bogrette Architecture + Site), is an architect and planner who has developed a unique planning process that promises an economical and expedient process to flesh out facilities projects, using targeted Project Mission and Needs Analysis, intensive research into building and site constraints, programmatic planning, 3-dimensional site and building renderings and detailed cost estimating. Through this process, the need, funding, and designs are aligned. The successful outcome is a constructed building that looks exactly as it was originally proposed. This MasterConcept Planning product has been used for more than 100 municipal facilities projects and is now offered at an affordable, fixed price so your township will be aware of the investment in advance.

Do you want to reduce stress and get more time back in your day? The zoning and permitting process can often be a time-consuming an paper intensive process. In this webinar, learn from representatives of Momentum ECM about how your municipality can digitize and automate these processes using Laserfiche to greatly reduce your turnaround time.

This webinar will take a deep dive into the Sunshine Act. Sam Wiser of Salzmann Hughes will review and discuss what there is to understand, what agencies, boards and commissions must comply with the Sunshine Act, public meeting requirements, exceptions to "Open Meetings," penalities, public comment, and much more.