By Mark Ryan, City Manager, City of Indian Harbour Beach The 2020 Legislative Session is racing toward the conclusion on Friday, March 13, 2020. As local government practitioners our membership is actively involved in the legislative process. I want to thank the members who work tirelessly to actively engage legislators on issues important to their…
The Alliance for Innovation’s national conference, Transforming Local Government (TLG) 2020, is just around the corner – May 5-8 in Phoenix…there’s still time to register!! What’s in store? You’ll hear from futurists, trailblazers and entrepreneurs as they unleash their super-powers. All the details about the conference are available here. Missed the early bird pricing? Not…
By Brandon Henry Earlier this year, FCCMA officially published its latest resource “Local Government Internships in Florida – A Brief Toolkit.” In envisioning a resource for local governments to launch, maintain, and/or grow their internship programs, FCCMA’s Professional Development Committee and Membership Committee collaborated to collect best practices and examples of local government internship programs…
The City of Ocala Human Resources is looking for any policies or procedures your jurisdiction has for a Flu epidemic or a pandemic response plan. We are especially looking for any plans you may have where it deals with your jurisdiction’s plans for dealing with your employees, the partial closing of operations, telecommuting to work,…
How long have you been a FCCMA member and why did you join? I joined FCCMA in 2012. I was encouraged by our then and current County Administrator Ray Sandrock to join as he explained the many benefits being a member of the Association. I quickly learned the value of the resources available such as…
The following membership applications have been received. If no current member comes forth with a reason why these applicants should not be approved as members, he/she will be invoiced for dues. Michelle Berger, District IV, Town Manager, Town of Sewall’s Point, Full Member; Jared Bickham, District VI, Capital Projects Manager, Charlotte County, Affiliate Member; Jack…
By Mark Ryan, City Manager, City of Indian Harbour Beach Greetings! The 2020 Florida Legislative Session is well underway. As of January 24, 2020, more than 3,400 bills have been for consideration during this session. Many bills are Local Funding Requests and relief bills for claims subject to the liability limits in Florida Statutes for…
