Summer Conference Workshops 2022

Summer 2022 Workshops

Limits of Municipal Enforcement

• "Sorry, We Can't Do That!

Transforming Vacant Brownfield Properties

•  Maryland's Brownfield Redevelopment Assistance Program
• Maryland Department of the Environment's Land Restoration Program website: https://mde.maryland.gov/programs/land/MarylandBrownfieldVCP/Pages/index.aspx

Business Personal Property Taxes

• Business Personal Property Taxes and their Impact on Municipal and County Funding

COVID-19

• COVID-10 Lessons Learned

U.S. Economic Update

• U.S. Economic Update Navigating Uncertainty

Effective Meetings

• Effective Meetings (academy core)

Equity in Climate Resilience

• Equity in Climate Resilience, JaLeesa Tate

Ethics

• Ethics (academy core)

Hiker-Biker Trails

• Developing and Enhancing Your Trail Community, Commissioner Tim O'Donnell
• Maryland Counties Master Plans for Bike/Ped/Trails
• Tail Funding Projects and Estimated Cost Statewide 

Hot Button Legal Issues

• Disruptive Public Meetings
• Fees and Charges for Public Rights-of-Way and Public Property

• Taxpayer Standing

• Wireless Landlords: Checklist for Protecting Landlord Rights and Budgets by Gerard Lavery Lederer and Bennett Givens

Making the Most of Social Media

• Making the Most of Social Media
• Social Media Commenting Guide

 Mental Health and Public Safety

• City of Rockville Police Department
• City of Hyattsville Video

Municipal Budgeting 

• Municipal Budgeting (academy core)

OAG Independent Investigation Division

• Independent Investigation Division

Open Meetings Act

• Complying with Maryland's Open Meetings Act (academy core)
• Closed Session Template
• Compliance Checklist 
• Open Meetings FAQs – A Quick Guide to Maryland’s Open Meetings Act
• PRESIDING OFFICER’S WRITTEN STATEMENT FOR CLOSING A MEETING (“CLOSING STATEMENT”)

Opioid Operational Command Center

• Building Resilient Partnerships: Leveraging Intergovernmental Collaboration to Enhance Maryland's Opioid Crisis Response Strategy

Public Speaking

• Public Speaking for Municipal Leaders

Recruiting the Next Generation

• Recruiting the Next Generation While Valuing Experience

Grants Administration 

• Grants Administration from Conception to Closeout