Please join us for a breakfast gathering on April 17th from 9 AM to 11 AM at the Pace University Law School. The Chair of the Pace University Department of Public Administration, Dr. Rebecca Tekula and Dr. Gina Scutelnicu-Todoran, a professor in the Department will speak to the group about Pace’s community-engaged research. They will highlight their work in Westchester County and share some thoughts on how municipalities can engage with academics in research, assessment and evaluation. Current MPA students and alumni will be invited along with faculty.

Fall Training Session Agenda and Program Schedule

9:15AM – 9:55AM – Campus Arrival

9:30AM – 10:30AM - Continental Breakfast

10:00AM – 11:00AM – Robert Blaisdell, Risk Management Director and Mike Kenneally, Executive Director for NYSCMA member sponsor Comp Alliance, will present on Drug Testing and Employee Discipline within the regulatory framework of the newly enacted Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act. 

11:00AM – 12:30PM - Ed Eisenstein will present on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in local government. Mr. Eisenstein is an IT professional having worked in the public sector, as CIO for Nassau County on Long Island. He currently consults in the public and private sectors.

https://edeisenstein.com/        

12:30PM - Lunch

1:00PM – 2:00PM - Bryan Goldberger, an Albany based municipal attorney with labor law and collective bargaining experience, will discuss current collective bargaining negotiating strategies while providing updates on important recently enacted and/or pending PERB decisions.

2:15PM – 3:30PM - Campus Tours: Main Campus & Pine Lake Environmental Campus (Pine Lake Campus is a few miles from the main campus, requiring a short drive).

3:30PM – Training Seminar organized schedule complete.

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Learn about the Dashboard's data and how local stakeholders have used this free online resource to more fully understand local health needs and pressing challenges.

Most US cities lack actionable data specific to their jurisdictions on population health status, health determinants, and equity. To address this gap, a team at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, in collaboration with NYU Wagner School of Public Service, the National Resource Network, ICMA, and the National League of Cities, developed the City Health Dashboard for all 750+ U.S. cities with populations of 50,000 or higher.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Dashboard has added new measures of COVID risk and monthly unemployment to help cities think about their response and recovery. Learn about the Dashboard's data and how local stakeholders have used this free online resource to more fully understand local health needs and pressing challenges, better target resources to areas with the largest health inequities, and think about long term resilience.

Learn how Airbnb-style rentals impact quality of life, and how to effectively regulate, enforce, and even benefit from STRs in your jurisdiction.

Best represented by the types of rentals found on Airbnb, VRBO, and Flipkey, short-term rentals have grown from a cottage industry to a multi-billion-dollar market. Although it has positively impacted many economies, without strategic ordinances and effective enforcement, this rapidly changing market can harm communities and create significant headaches for local government.

Join Ulrik Binzer & Jeffrey B. Goodman to discuss how Airbnb-style rentals impact quality of life, and how to effectively regulate, enforce, and even benefit from STRs in your jurisdiction. In this session, you’ll learn:

• Current developments in the short-term rental market today through proprietary data.

• How, and why, to build a strategic ordinance that works.

• Key components of an effective enforcement program.

• How short-term rental enforcement can improve revenue collection.

Speakers:

• Ulrik Binzer, General Manager of Compliance Services, Granicus

• Jeffrey Goodman, Planner

This webinar is complimentary thanks to the sponsorship of an ICMA Strategic Partner, Granicus, who will have access to registration information.

ICMA Coaching Program Webinar Series

The days when employees were hired right out of college and stayed with the same company until they retired are long gone, and yet many organizations still follow the same talent management process from thirty years ago. Organizations must re-imagine best practices for attracting, growing, and retaining talent in this age of technological advancement.

What we'll cover:

• How can organizations attract and retain talent?

• Should talent be grown from within the organization?

• Is there a lack of clear guidance and general objectives about talent management in the Human Resources field?

We'll be using webinar tools (including real-time questions and live polling) to make this a great opportunity for audience interaction.

ICMA-CM: This webinar meets Practice 13 (Human Resources Management and Workforce Engagement) of ICMA’s Practices for Effective Local Government Leadership.

Preferred browsers for accessing the webinar: Chrome, Firefox or Edge.

SEMINAR SCHEDULE

• 9:00 AM President’s Welcoming Remarks and Association News

• 9:30 AM Legislative Updates and Post-Covid Economic Forecasts

• 10:15 AM Break

• 10:30 AM Results of the NYSCMA/CGR 2020 Local Government Survey

• 11:00 AM Pandemic Preparedness and Emerging Management Issues

• Lunch Break

• 1:00 PM Age-Friendly Communities: Case Material from Tompkins County

• 2:00 PM Open Discussion

Special thanks to our Secretariat SUNY Brockport, Dr. Celia Watt and Dr. Mike Hattery for hosting NYSCMA