This webinar will demonstrate how municipalities are using simple, user-friendly GIS-based solutions to make municipal operations, such as code enforcement, more streamlined, automated, and efficient. Featured applications will include digitizing a municipal code enforcement inspection “smart form,” using a GIS-based dashboard to view spatial data and search property records, creating event-driven digital notifications, and automating letter and report production.

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, township elected officials and staff will learn about how they can best position their townships to tackle the many issues that arise from winter maintenance of township roads. This includes what your public works staff should be doing now to prepare, maintenance tips, and more.

Drones, or unmanned aerial systems (AES), are becoming a large part of public safety operations. As this trend continues, township officials and emergency managers need to understand the capabilities and strategies for UAS use for emergencies. This presentation will provide the information needed when considering a new UAS program deployment.

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.

Do you struggle with finding answers in the Second Class Township Code? Or, do you wonder if your township’s practices actually match up with the law’s requirements? Through this webinar, which will be set in a fun, game-style setting, you will become more comfortable with the Second Class Township Code and how it is organized and at the same time learn some new, or possibly forgotten, key aspects that will help you do your job in a more efficient and accurate manner.

If you are unsure whether you have everything ready for your township's 2023 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.