Presents
The 2008 William “King” Cole
Effective Local Government Series
Session I - Basics
January 17-18, 2008
Texas Municipal Center
First Floor Conference Room
Austin
Session II — Advanced
March 6-7, 2008
Mesquite
Conference Center
Mesquite
Who Should Attend?
- New city managers
- Assistant city managers
- Department heads
- College and university students
- Those who aspire to become a city manager
- YOU!
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.
How Did We Get Here? A History of the City Management Profession
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
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
Ethics - Laura Mueller, Legal Counsel, Texas Municipal League
Personnel - Evelyn Njuguna, Legal Counsel, Texas Municipal League
Purchasing - Karen Kennard, First Assistant City Attorney, Austin
7:30 - 8:00 a.m.
8:00 - 8:15 a.m.
Speaker: Ted Barron , City Manager, Mesquite
8:15 - 8:45 a.m.
Facilitator: David Harris, Assistant City Manager, Schertz
8:45 - 10:00 a.m.
Addresses ICMA Practices Groups 1 (Staff Effectiveness), 2 (Policy Facilitation), 5 (Quality Assurance), 6 (Initiative, Risk Taking, Vision, Creativity, and Innovation), 8 (Democratic Advocacy and Citizen Participation), 14 (Advocacy and Interpersonal Communication), 17 (Integrity), and Ethics
What skills are necessary for you to be an effective and respected leader of your staff, advisor to your city council, and servant to your citizens? How can you inspire and motivate those you lead and serve?
Speaker: Tom Muehlenbeck, City Manager, Plano
10:15 - 11:45 a.m.
Addresses ICMA Practices Groups 3 (Functional and Operational Expertise and Planning), 4 (Citizen Service), and 5 (Quality Assurance)
Desired community development and smart growth come from careful planning and knowledge of methods currently employed to manage future projects. This session addresses strategies for working with developers, citizens, and stakeholders to achieve the best possible future growth for your city.
Speaker: Robert Hanna, City Manager, Hudson Oaks
11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
Addresses ICMA Practices Groups 1 (Staff Effectiveness), 17 (Integrity), and 18 (Personal Development)
In a profession where there is no such thing as a nine-to-five, Monday-through-Friday schedule, how do you balance all the aspects of your life that need attention--professional, family, social, and personal?
Speakers: George Patterson, Town Administrator, Highland Park (invited) and Julie Couch, City Manager, Rockwall
2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Addresses ICMA Practices Groups 3 (Functional and Operational Expertise and Planning), 4 (Citizen Service), and 5 (Quality Assurance)
Speakers: David Miller, City Manager, Forest Hill; Jared Miller, Assistant City Manager, North Richland Hills; and Bert Lumbreras, Assistant City Manager, Austin
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Facilitator: David Harris, Assistant City Manager, Schertz
7:30 - 8:00 a.m.
8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Addresses ICMA Practices Groups 3 (Functional and Operational Expertise and Planning), 4 (Citizen Service), 5 (Quality Assurance), and 12 (Human Resources Management)
This session explores the purpose and role of human resources and demonstrates how an effective human resources department assists city management in proactively addressing issues relative to talent acquisition and retention, employee relations management, training/development, and workplace conflict--all of which are facilitated through two-way communication.
Speakers: David Harris, Assistant City Manager, Schertz; and LaShon Ross, Director of Human Resources, Plano (invited)
10:15 a.m. - Noon
Addresses ICMA Practices Groups 3 (Functional and Operational Expertise and Planning), 4 (Citizen Service), and 5 (Quality Assurance)
Newly appointed city managers discuss their experiences in their new roles and describe what they wished they would have known before their appointment.
Speakers: Jennifer Fadden, Assistant City Manager, Weatherford; Jason Little, City Manager, Melissa (Julie Johnston will contact); and Jeffery Snyder, City Manager, Idalou
Noon - 1:00 p.m.
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Addresses ICMA Practices Groups 8 (Democratic Advocacy and Citizen Participation), 14 (Advocacy and Interpersonal Communication), and 16 (Media Relations)
Everyone agrees that it is essential for city officials to develop good communication skills to get the city’s message out. But what specifically are those skills, and how do you go about developing them?
Speakers: Laura Huffman, Assistant City Manager, Austin; and Kristen Vassallo, Chief of Staff, Austin
3:00 p.m.
About the William "King"Cole Series
Session I: Register by 5:00 p.m. (CST) on Friday, January 10, 2008, and receive the discounted early registration fee of $195. You will save $50 off the standard registration fee! For registrations received at TML after 5:00 p.m. (CST) on Friday, January 10, 2008, the registration fee is $245.
Session II: Register by 5:00 p.m. (CST) on Friday, February 15, 2008, and receive the discounted early registration fee of $195. You will save $50 off the standard registration fee! For registrations received at TML after 5:00 p.m. (CST) on February 15, 2008, the registration fee is $245.
The registration fee includes your tuition, course materials, daily refreshments, luncheons on Thursday and Friday.
If you are registered and cannot attend, we encourage you to send a substitute. If you cannot send a substitute, a $45 cancellation fee will be assessed if written cancellation is received by 5:00 p.m. (CST) on Friday, January 10, 2008, if you registered for Session I, or February 15, 2008, if you registered for Session II. No refunds will be honored after January 10 or February 15, respectively.
Session I: DoubleTree North
Hotel, located at
6505 North IH-35, is offering a room rate of $109 (Fri.-Sat.) or $129 (Sunday-Thursday)
with one complimentary breakfast. To receive this rate, mention the Texas
Municipal League corporate account numbers 560030697 when you call 512-454-3737.
Hampton Inn, located at 7619 North IH-35, is offering a room rate of $99,
which includes a deluxe continental breakfast with a hot item each day. To
receive this rate, dial 512-452-3300 and mention the Texas Municipal League.
LaQuinta, located at 7622 North IH-35, has a room rate of $79 for one person,
which includes a deluxe breakfast and a manager’s reception with food
and beverage Monday-Thursday (5:30 – 7:00 p.m.). To receive this rate,
mention the Texas Municipal League when you call 512-467-1701.
Radisson
Hotel Austin North, located at 6000 Middle Fiskville Road, is offering a room rate
of $89 single, $99 Double. To receive this rate, call 800-333-3333 and ask
for the Texas Municipal League's local negotiable rate #30730.
Session II: Mesquite Hampton Inn & Suites, located at 1700 Rodeo Drive in Mesquite, is offering a $96 rate for single and double or $116 for a single and double suite. Call 800-722-1891 and make reservations under the name Texas City Management Association, William "King" Cole. For this rate and room availability to be honored, reservations must be made by February 13, 2008.
The dress code for all workshop functions is business casual. Please remember that meeting room temperatures vary and plan accordingly.
AVIS discounts are available by making reservations
online at www.avis.com or by phone at 800-331-1600. The Avis World
Wide Discount (AWD) Number is J867208.
Enterprise Corporate Class discounts
are available at www.enterprise.com, or by calling 800-736-8222. Your Corporate
Class number is Y21222 and can be accessed by entering the association
acronym, TEX, at the Corporate Reservation section of the Web site.
Please let us know if you need special accommodations of any kind. WE WANT TO HELP! In order to respond to any special requests, we would appreciate as much advance notice as possible. Thank you.
Please call us at 512-231-7400, or e-mail wkcole@tml.org , if you have any questions.We're here to help.
- Register online now for Sesson I.
- Register online now for Session II
- Register for Both Sessions by January 4 and SAVE!
- Download and fax a .pdf version of the registration forms to 512-231-7495.
- Mail the
.pdf version of the registration forms to:
TML Administrative Services
1821 Rutherford Lane, Suite 400
Austin, TX 78754-5128