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Cities 101

Cities 101. FLC Annual Conference World Center Marriott - Orlando August 11, 2011. Agenda for Today. Welcome! Course designed for newly-elected and newly-appointed officials Philosophies of public policy, Home Rule, citizen engagement and public service

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Cities 101

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  1. Cities 101 FLC Annual Conference World Center Marriott - Orlando August 11, 2011

  2. Agenda for Today • Welcome! • Course designed for newly-elected and newly-appointed officials • Philosophies of public policy, Home Rule, citizen engagement and public service • Fundamentals of municipal government structure and function • Resources and FL-specific information

  3. Speakers • Dr. Mike Abels – former city manager and faculty member at UCF in Public Administration; ICMA-Credentialed Manager • Dr. Bob Lee – former city manager, faculty at FSU and director of CFLGE – Center for Florida Local Government Excellence; also ICMA-Credentialed Manager • Lynn Tipton – FLC staff (20 years) and trainer/presenter with FLC and IOG

  4. Your Materials • Packet includes: • Power points from three presenters • Resource pages • Glossary of terms and abbreviations • Intergovernmental Piece – “Know the Players” • Brochures for other training on back table

  5. City Orientations • Charter, Home Rule and Sunshine Law – with attorney • Fiscal review – budgets, audit, CAFR, debts (if applicable) • Facilities – tour; service delivery discussions • Meetings – review of process, agenda, materials

  6. Who, What are Florida’s Cities? • 410 active cities, towns and villages in FL – no legal difference in municipal name • One pending dissolution • Independent, public corporations – best definition • Range: 7 to 821,000 populations; 60% are 10,000 or less and median is 5,628 • 51 of 410 are 50,000 and above population • Incorporated versus unincorporated – only choices: currently 50/50

  7. More on Florida Cities • Elected bodies: councils, commissions – range of titles • Terms: 2, 3 or 4 year; some mixed • Part-time (unless charter says otherwise) and non-partisan for elected body • Every charter is unique! • Services vary greatly • Incorporations: 23 since 1990

  8. FL City Issues • Falling property valuations – impact on property tax (levied by 90% of cities) • Balancing demands and resources • Doing More with Less: service consolidation, service elimination – innovation! • Competing for Legislature’s attention • Intergovernmental issues • Financing Infrastructure – ‘catch up’ from peak growth years

  9. Resources for City Officials • FLC Web Site: “FL Municipal Officials Manual” – sent to you as DVD; can be down-loaded • Institute for Elected Municipal Officials: weekend training class • For Staff: associations – conferences, programs (see FLC web site) • Training with your Institute of Government and CFLGE • Local and regional league meetings

  10. Your Issues & Discussion • Mike, Bob and Lynn will take questions and comments

  11. THANK YOU! • We appreciate your attendance at this program! • These power points will be posted on the FLC web site after August 15th for access

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