WHAT'S
NEW?:
DiNapoli
launches local official training website
New
Exemption Reporting Requirement from ORPS
Special
Session Mid-Year State Budget Reductions
CALL
FOR SUPPORT - The
Local Officials Tax Relief Act
GOVERNMENT
EFFICIENCY - The Case for Local Control - report by Wendell Cox and the
Association of Towns
Erie
Canalway National Heritage Corridor Economic Impact Study 2008
Taxable
Fringe Benefit Guide for Fed, State and Local Govts
(on GFOA website)
OSC
guidance to
towns regarding the new LOSAP audit requirement
New
Round of Transportation Enhancement Applications Announced - Great
Source of Trail Funding
SAMPLE
CODE OF ETHICS FOR MUNICIPALITIES
The
PSC is soliciting comments regarding an order which will
establish new rules for the removal of old/obsolete utility poles.
Please visit the PSC website for further instructions regarding the
procedure to submit your comments www.dps.state.ny.us
Copy
of PSC Order
Request
for Leases: We have been asked to collect leases between local
governments and cellular telephone companies. If your town leases space on
town or special improvement district property please send copies of your
leases to our offices: Fax (518) 465-0724.
Cyber
Security Newsletter -September 2008
ATTENTION - NEWLY ELECTED
TOWN JUSTICES who are not attorneys must complete a mandatory certification course before they are eligible
to sit on the bench. Click for details
Shared
Municipal Services Incentive
Program
Components
of a Local Law Establishing and Empowering a Board of Ethics
Department
of Agriculture Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan
Grants
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TRAINING
EVENTS:
2nd
Bi-Annual Personnel Management School -
Monday,
November 17, 2008
- Colonie
Memorial
Town Hall
Achieving
Greener Communities -
Mt. Morris
,
New York
-
October 28, 2008
Presentations
on Project Review from Planning and Zoning Summer Schools:
[Note:
these are LARGE files]
October
National Webcast: Cyber Security Thursday, October 9, 2008 from
2:00pm-3:00pm
WEBINAR:
Local Governments and Community Interest in Natural
Gas Exploration
What do municipal officials need to know
about Marcellus Shale gas leasing and drilling?
[VIEW
THE WEBINAR HERE!]
4th
Annual Water & Wastewater Infrastructure Co-Funding Workshop
Land
Use Training Certificate
(submit
to your town to fulfill 4 hour requirement)
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Help
Wanted:
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INFORMATION
NEW
- TOWN
BUDGET CALENDAR - Updated for 2008
HELP!
LAND CONSERVATION EASEMENT LAW DECLARED ILLEGAL
Association
of Towns 2008 Legislative Program
Volunteer
Fire and Emergency Medical Services - Systems in Crisis:
[Press
Release] [White Paper]
[Cover]
Download
a Copy of the 2008
Town Questionnaire
NYS
Laws
2007-2008
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
2007-2008
RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE
Association of Towns Data Policy and Pricing
for Electronic
Mailing Lists
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NYMIR
- The
New York Municipal Insurance Reciprocal
The New
York State Municipal Workers' Compensation Alliance (Comp
Alliance) is a non-profit, tax-exempt group workers' compensation
plan established solely for the benefit of municipal entities in New
York State. Eligible for membership is any town, village, city,
county, or district corporation.
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The Comp
Alliance provides
its members with aggressive Claims Administration Services, focused
on achieving the timeliest resolution to all workers' compensation
claims, and proactive Risk Management & Loss Control Services,
including Fraud Prevention.
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