2023 FCCMA Fall Symposium

From Principles to Practice:

Ethical Decision-Making in Public Service

Virtual Event

Thursday, November 2, 2023

1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET

Have you completed your ethics training for fiscal year 2023? 

Each year, Florida City and County Management Association (FCCMA) members are required to meet a four-hour ethics training requirement. 

If you haven’t completed your training yet, this year’s virtual symposium is designed to help you meet that requirement. The theme for the 2023 FCCMA Fall Symposium is “From Principles to Practice: Ethical Decision-Making in Public Service.” 

ICMA’s new Ethics Director, Jessica Cowles, kicks off the Fall Symposium with an in-depth look at the Code of Ethics. Then Palm Beach Gardens’ Purchasing and Contracts Director Km! Ra explains ethical challenges you may experience when dealing with vendors and contractors. Jessica Cowles comes back to offer real-life examples that reflect the values we hold as professionals working in local government. Both sessions will feature small group breakouts to ponder ethics scenarios, followed by reporting back some innovative solutions. 

The registration deadline is October 27, 2023.

The registration fee is $50 for members and $25 for student members.

Questions? Contact Carol Russell at FCCMA at 850.701.3607 or fccma@flcities.com

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Register and see Florida’s favorite local government trainer/consultant. Ok, I know, a bit much?!? But it should be a good presentation. Second of the year with he Florida City and County Management Association. Enjoyed doing the first one now I will look forward to seeing you there.

FCCMA Coaching Webinars

Ensuring Financial Resiliency for Your Local Government



June 22, 2023 

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET

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

Program Summary:

Budgets are the keys to our municipal operations. Budgets set our organizational goals, express our values to our stakeholders and allow our municipal operations to proceed from a financial perspective. Today, there are many hazards and situations needing our attention as leaders in our communities. Current trends making resiliency-focused budgeting difficult include Florida’s ever-increasing populations (and needs/wants coming with these population increases), environmental concerns, health concerns and of course the regular cycles of weather-related emergencies.

The focus of this webinar is on budgetary resilience, which is the practice of planning, collecting, allocating and distributing revenues and programmatic spending in support of long-term sustainability and equity in our municipalities. In essence keeping our communities viable, ever-improving and sustainable. Florida has and continues to encounter effects from many demanding pressures that must be identified, planned for and provided for in our respective budgets. More specifically, these hazards include impacts from hurricanes, sea-level rise, population growth, pandemics, availability of water resources and many others. Our leaders will need to employ strategies such as equitable budgeting, new revenue creation, cost-savings, exploring in-kind opportunities and utilizing partnerships of all kinds while providing value to the communities we manage.

Presenter:

Peter Cavalli, MPA, Founder, Tampa Bay Training

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Working with your UF/IFAS Extension Office April 6, 2023 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET ICMA Practice Areas: 4, 6, 8 and 14

Program Summary:The University of Florida is one of two land grant universities in the State of Florida and one of the nation’s top five public universities. With 67 offices in every county in Florida, UF/IFAS provides educational resources and support to citizens, organizations and public institutions across the state. This webinar will provide attendees with greater knowledge of the resources available to you locally through your Extension office and how to access the services of the University and how your municipality can access these services provided by the University to improve the quality of life for your residents.

Panelists: Pete Cavalli, Founder/Principal, Tampa Bay Training Jp Gellermann, Director, UF/IFAS Pinellas County Extension

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