September 2: Second Annual Regionalization Toolkit Conference, "A Practical Guide to Sharing Municipal Services"

This second annual day-long conference will feature hands-on tools and practical presentations from a broad spectrum of current municipal collaborations. Participants will learn how to begin the process of collaboration, how to fund shared services and hire shared staff. This year’s sessions also address promising tools for analyzing regionalization in a number of municipal service areas. Attendees will receive template contracts, budgets, and agreements that can be brought home.

When/Where

Thursday, September 2, 2010, 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Hogan Conference Center
Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA

Registration

Registration fee is only $20! Register by August 17 – space is limited (Please consider limiting your town’s attendance to three.)

Download the registration form: http://frcog.org/pubs/regional_services/conference2010/regionalization_conference2010-d-rev.pdf 

Questions? Contact Contact Davette Young, 413-774-3167 ext. 101 or admin@frcog.org.

Conference Schedule

• 9:00 Registration and Coffee
• 9:30–10:00 Welcome and Introductory Remarks. Guests: The Honorable Tim Murray, Lieutenant Governor; Navjeet K. Bal, Commissioner of Revenue; and Robert Nunes, Deputy Commissioner of Revenue.
• 10:00–10:45 Opening Session. You Have Spoken: the results of the on-line regionalization survey and the Regionalization Advisory Commission
• 11:00–12:15 Morning Workshops
• 12:15–1:15 Lunch
• 1:15–2:30 Afternoon Workshops

Sponsors

Sponsored by the Mass. Department of Revenue’s Division of Local Services, the Franklin Regional Council of Governments, and the Mass. Association of Regional Planning Agencies.