FCCMA Webinars

FCCMA offers webinars to both members and non-members through the Florida League of Cities and the Professional Development Committee.

All webinars are held on the first Thursday from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM, Eastern Time. Topics and speakers will be posted as soon as they are confirmed. All webinars are free.

To access previous webinars click here.

Fine-Tuning Your Disaster Preparedness, Organization, Expectations and Financials

May 2, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

ICMA Practice Areas: 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13

Program Summary:

This webinar will cover topics such as organizing your operations with limited resources and collaboration to better serve residents, managing expectations of your elected officials and outside constituents, pre-contract information and setting service levels. The webinar will also discuss ways to calculate your damage costs and the benefits of participating in Florida Recovery Obligation Calculation (F-ROC).

Panelists:

  • Kimberly Spill-Cristiano, Emergency Management Administrator, Pompano Beach
  • Emily Lewis, Deputy County Administrator, Charlotte County
  • Holly Raschein, Commissioner, Monroe County and Florida Government Relations Director, Ashbritt
  • Richard (Rusty) Sievers, Emergency Manager, Deerfield Beach

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Florida’s Water Quality Crisis

June 6, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

ICMA Practice Areas: 

Program Summary:

A clean and abundant supply of water is essential to our way of life, our cities and state’s economic well-being, and our future. Harmful algae blooms, Red Tide, flesh-eating bacteria, wastewater facility discharge, urban flooding, and stormwater runoff are just some of the water quality issues facing local governments across the state.

Effectively managing water quality issues depends on the partnership and coordination between state and local government, public-private partnerships, businesses and our citizenry. It requires examining infrastructure projects, land management policies, significant funding and legislation coming from Tallahassee.

This panel discussion brings together leaders at the forefront of one of the most important issues in Florida: water quality. Attendees will discuss state and departmental policies, public works priorities and planning decisions that can maximize water resources now and into the future.  Panelists will share experiences and case studies of alignment in action, discuss overcoming barriers between departments, and recommend innovations to build cleaner, more climate-adaptive and community-centric cities.

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