The Massachusetts Municipal Councillors’ Association will hold a training session for all city and town councillors on Saturday, Nov. 16. The free meeting will be held at Cyprian Keyes Golf Club in Boylston from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and includes lunch. The program will begin with a session on municipal finance and budgeting, followed…
The Massachusetts Municipal Councillors’ Association will hold a webinar on parliamentary procedure on April 24. The free webinar will focus on the rules and procedures that govern how a city council meeting operates, including the role of “Robert’s Rules of Order” and individual city council rules. Marlborough City Council President Michael Ossing will be joined…
The Massachusetts Municipal Councillors’ Association will hold its third biennial training session for newly elected councillors on Saturday, Dec. 9. The program will begin with “You’ve Been Elected — Now What? Navigating Your Role as a Councillor” — a panel discussion with councillors who will share guidance on topics ranging from constituent services to working…
Social media will be the focus of the Massachusetts Municipal Councillors’ Association’s statewide meeting on Thursday, April 27, from 6 to 8 p.m., in Worcester. Anne Marie Noonan, an attorney with Valerio, Dominello & Hillman, will speak about best practices for councillors in the use of social media. She will focus on the legal issues…
Join a free webinar, designed specifically for city and town councillors, on developing best budgeting practices, including trend monitoring, capital budgeting, and transparency in budgeting. The featured speaker will be Northborough Town Administrator John Coderre, who has over 25 years of municipal management experience. He teaches in the MMA-Suffolk Finance Leadership Certificate Program and is…
The Massachusetts Municipal Councillors’ Association will hold a free “Cybersecurity for Councillors” webinar on April 21 from 12-1 p.m. A representative from the MassCyberCenter will discuss the basics of cybersecurity, focusing on how to adequately protect your community from becoming a cyber target and how to manage your risk. Best practices in social media practice…