Fellow FCCMA Members: Do not forget it’s time to register for the FCCMA annual conference! It’s important to register early, please make the commitment. Your President-Elect, Shannon Lewis (CM-Melbourne) and the Conference Planning Committee have been working really hard to put together another great conference. The President-Elect’s main job is to plan the annual conference…
By John Titkanich, City Manager, City of Cocoa One of the early ideas discussed and embarked upon for the FCCMA Communications Committee was to enhance, as managers, our level of engagement with newly-elected or re-elected members of the Florida Senate or Florida House of Representatives. As manager’s we serve on the front lines and in…
On Friday April 26, District II held a training event at the Sanborn Center in DeLand. The topic was “Current Trends and Best Practices for Employment Labor Law and Labor Negotiations.” Attorneys Jeff Mandel and Benton Woods both with the firm Fisher and Phillips, updated attendees on current trends and practices in this evolving law…
By Addie Javed, PE, Public Works Director, ajaved@pinellascounty.org and Tony Fabrizio, Public Information Specialist, Marketing & Communications, tfabrizio@pinellascounty.org Address: 22211 US Highway 19N, Building 1. Clearwater, FL 33765 Red tide is a naturally occurring microscopic algae, Karenia Brevis (K.brevis) that has been documented along Florida’s Gulf Coast since the 1840’s. It produces brevetoxins that affect…
How long have you been a FCCMA member and why did you join? I am a professional engineer and became FCCMA member in 2017. I attended my first conference in 2014 when one of my peers sent me the flyer to “So you want to be a City/County Manager: Taking the next step” workshop. It…
W. D. Higginbotham, a 25+-year FCCMA member, recently passed away. Mr. Higginbotham’s distinguished public sector career of over 30 years has included serving as chief executive officer and chief financial officer of cities in Florida and California. He served as City Manager of Gainesville, Melbourne Beach, Surfside, and Madeira Beach. After being recruited by the…
On October 30, 2018, FCCMA Professional Management Matters Vice Chair Sharon Ragoonan, Assistant Town Manager, Town of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea …
On October 30, 2018, FCCMA Professional Management Matters Vice Chair Sharon Ragoonan, Assistant Town Manager, Town of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea …
