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William "King" Cole Series - Session I Handouts

January 17 - 18, 2008

Thursday Sessions

Friday Sessions

8:00 - 8:30 a.m.

8:30 - 8:45 a.m.

Speaker: Mike Perez, City Manager, McAllen, and TCMA President

8:45 – 9:15 a.m.

Facilitator: David Harris, Assistant City Manager, Schertz

9:15 – 10:15 a.m.

Addresses ICMA Practices Groups 3 (Functional and Operational Expertise and Planning), 5 (Quality Assurance), 6 (Initiative, Risk Taking, Vision, Creativity, and Innovation), and 10 (Budgeting)

What does a day in the life of a city manager look like? In a nutshell, what are the essential responsibilities of a city manager?

Speakers: Mike Perez, City Manager, McAllen, and TCMA President; and Ken Roberts, City Manager, Selma

10:30 a.m. – Noon

Noon – 1:00 p.m.

A former city manager and the author of City Government That Works: The History of Council-Manager Government in Texas explains how the council-manager form of government evolved.

Speaker: Terrell Blodgett, Mike Hogg Professor Emeritus in Urban Management, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin

1:00 – 2:30 p.m.

Addresses ICMA Practices Groups 5 (Quality Assurance) and 6 (Initiative, Risk Taking, Vision, Creativity, and Innovation)

How do city management professionals establish and maintain successful relationships and work effectively with the city council and the city staff?

Speakers: Tom Hart, City Manager, Grand Prairie; and Bill Keffler, City Manager, Richardson

2:45 – 4:00 p.m.

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Facilitator: David Harris, Assistant City Manager, Schertz

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8:00 – 8:30 a.m.

8:30 – 10:45 a.m.

Addresses ICMA Practices Groups 3 (Functional and Operational Expertise and Planning) and 10 (Budgeting)

How do you develop a fiscally-sound budget for your city? What policies and procedures can you adopt to help you maintain the stability of your organization’s finances?

Speaker: Randy Moravec, Director of Finance, Addison

11:00 a.m. – Noon

Addresses ICMA Practices Groups 5 (Quality Assurance) and 6 (Initiative, Risk Taking, Vision, Creativity, and Innovation)

What are the basic concepts of public sector ethics? What practical, specific procedures can you establish to help make ethics an integral part of your personal and organizational life?

Speaker: Nick Finan, Assistant City Manager, Pearland; and Tom Yantis, Assistant City Manager, Georgetown

Noon – 12:30 p.m.

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

1:45 – 4:00 p.m.

Addresses ICMA Practices Groups 3 (Functional and Operational Expertise and Planning) and 12 (Human Resources Management)

With which basic municipal laws must you be familiar? Statutes covering such issues as open government, ethics, employment, and purchasing will be discussed.

Speakers:
Open Government - Lauren Crawford, Legal Counsel, Texas Municipal League
Public Information - Lauren Crawford, Legal Counsel, Texas Municipal League
Ethics - Laura Mueller , Legal Counsel, Texas Municipal League
Personnel - Evelyn Njuguna, Legal Counsel, Texas Municipal League
Purchasing - Karen Kennard, First Assistant City Attorney, Austin

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