All local finance committee members are invited to the Association of Town Finance Committees’s Annual Meeting on Nov. 5 at the Sharon Community Center. Needham Town Manager Kate Fitzpatrick will open the meeting with a presentation on resiliency, sharing insights on her own resiliency journey spanning 25 years in local government. Her crowd-sourced poem, “We…
Note: Advance registration has closed but walk-ins are welcome. COVID-related recovery programs and capital planning will be the focus of the Association of Town Finance Committees’ Spring Conference on Saturday, April 30, at Pine Ridge Golf Club in Oxford. In the first educational session, MMA Senior Legislative Analyst Jackie Lavender Bird will discuss the American…
The Association of Town Finance Committees will hold its Annual Meeting this fall as a three-part Zoom webinar series. The webinars will be held on Oct. 21, Oct. 28 and Nov. 4 from 7 to 8:15 p.m. The Oct. 21 session will feature MMA Legislative Director Dave Koffman and Senior Legislative Analyst Jackie Lavender Bird.…
The Association of Town Finance Committees will hold its Annual Meeting this fall as a three-part Zoom webinar series. The webinars will be held on Oct. 21, Oct. 28 and Nov. 4 from 7 to 8:15 p.m. The Oct. 21 session will feature MMA Legislative Director Dave Koffman and Senior Legislative Analyst Jackie Lavender Bird.…
The Association of Town Finance Committees will hold its Annual Meeting this fall as a three-part Zoom webinar series. The webinars will be held on Oct. 21, Oct. 28 and Nov. 4 from 7 to 8:15 p.m. The Oct. 21 session will feature MMA Legislative Director Dave Koffman and Senior Legislative Analyst Jackie Lavender Bird.…
The Association of Town Finance Committees will hold a free member webinar on May 19 from 7 to 8 p.m. ATFC President Brian Boyle, a member of the Bolton Advisory Board, will lead a presentation on how finance committees and other volunteer boards can set themselves up for success by focusing on larger projects during…
Topic: The Meeting Before Town Meeting: Holding a State of the Town Meeting Before Town Meeting even begins, some towns are busy at work preparing what’s commonly called the State of the Town Meeting. This is the ‘meeting before town meeting’, where residents can learn about warrant items, ask specific questions about a certain article,…
The Association of Town Finance Committees will hold its Annual Meeting virtually this fall, beginning on Oct. 22 and continuing on Oct. 29 and Nov. 12, all on Zoom. The kick-off meeting, scheduled from 7 to 8:30 p.m., will include an ATFC business meeting, a legislative update from MMA Legislative Director John Robertson, and an…
The Association of Town Finance Committees will hold its Annual Meeting virtually this fall, beginning on Oct. 22 and continuing on Oct. 29 and Nov. 12, all on Zoom. The kick-off meeting, scheduled from 7 to 8:30 p.m., will include an ATFC business meeting, a legislative update from MMA Legislative Director John Robertson, and an…