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, they will be invoiced for dues. Jennifer Bramley, District VII, City Manager, City of Dunedin, Full Member; Joe N. Halman, Jr., District VIII, Deputy County Manager, Polk County, Full Member; Boniswa Joseph, District…
Hurricane Irma is now past and, while the cleanup and rebuilding will continue for weeks or months, we should take a minute to reflect on all that we have been through. As managers, some of our biggest challenges are in responding to natural disasters. If you have worked in Florida for very long, it’s likely…
Hugh David Williams, 83, of Merritt Island, passed away on September 20, 2017 at A&M Assisted Living Facility in West Melbourne. He was a member of FCCMA for 38 years and an honorary member since 2004. He spent his lifetime devoted to city/town management beginning his career in the 1960’s in his native Pennsylvania. During…
Thursday, October 26, 2017 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (EDT) Course fee: $95 Are your meetings out of control, lengthy, confusing? Parliamentary procedure is a useful tool for conducting meetings, assuring fairness, and completing business in an orderly manner. People who are knowledgeable about Robert’s Rules of Order can improve the quality of meetings and frequently affect…
Many of our communities continue to recover from Hurricane Irma and may be doing so for quite a while. As we go through this process, one thought constant on our minds is, “will FEMA reimburse us for this?” No one recovery is the same, especially when debris haulers are stretched so thin and jurisdictions are…
FCCMA District VII Director Matthew Campbell, Kenneth City Town Manager, presented a resolution to Bruce Haddock, Oldsmar City Manager, at the September 19th Council meeting. The resolution recognized Bruce for his public service upon the occasion of his retirement from the City of Oldsmar. A RESOLUTION OF THE FLORIDA CITY AND COUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (FCCMA)…
10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time, Thursday, November 9, 2017 Register now for this no-charge webinar open to all persons interested in local government: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6993253872327827714 Topics: What are challenging, controversial issues that local governments face? What are best practices that local government professionals can apply to help their communities resolve them? What are effective…
This session will be held Friday, November 3, 2017 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:35 p.m. at the Palm Beach State College Boca Raton Campus, Humanities and Technology Building Lecture Hall 103, NW 8TH Avenue, Boca Raton, FL 33431-6490. Doors open at 7:30 a.m. for Registration, Networking and Continental Breakfast. The program begins promptly at 8:00 a.m. KEYNOTE SPEAKER…
