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Mastering the Hybrid Work Environment

Cultivating Culture and Overcoming Challenges.

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What Your Board Needs to Know About Financing

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How Leaders Master the Art of Crucial Conversations Around DEI

What Diversity, Equity and Inclusion really means to your agency.

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These Districts are Taking a 'Big Table' Approach to Permits

-and it may help everyone in the long run

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Turlock Irrigation District's Solar-Over-Canals Tackles the Food-Water-Power Connection

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Special districts are local governments created by the people of a community to deliver specialized services essential to their health, safety, economy and well-being, that the local city or county do not provide.

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    RE: Auction equipment

    By: Christie Watkins Koehn , 5 hours ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Thank you, Chris, I will check that company out as well. ------------------------------ Christie Watkins Koehn Office Manager Winton Cemetery District (209) 358-3703 ------------------------------

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    Contract Benchmarking

    By: Regina Cooley , 6 hours ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Happy New Year fellow Special District's. We are working on creating production matrix's and wanted to try to benchmark performance against other districts. As the Contract Administrator for my District ...

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    RE: Labor Code 220(a)-Final Paycheck

    By: Glenn Lazof , 6 hours ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Hi Shannon, I asked our RGS HR experts.   The bottom is line is that a special district is not required to process it the next business day.     As noted, a municipal corporation is exempt from the same ...

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    RE: Auction equipment

    By: Chris Munson , 23 hours ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    I don't know if this is part of your question or not, but check to see if you have a policy on surplus. For some agencies, they have requirements on how to declare property surplus, usually it is just ...

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    RE: Auction equipment

    By: Christie Watkins Koehn , yesterday
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Thank you, I emailed you. ------------------------------ [Christie] [Watkins Koehn] [Office Manager] [Winton Cemetery District] [Winton] [CA] [(209) 358-3703] ------------------------------

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    RE: Auction equipment

    By: Christie Watkins Koehn , yesterday
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Thank you, Christina, for the response. I will check those companies out. ------------------------------ [Christie] [Watkins Koehn] [Office Manager] [Winton Cemetery District] [Winton] [CA] [(209) 358-3703] ...

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    RE: Auction equipment

    By: Samarra Dalrymple , yesterday
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Hello Christie, I would love to discuss the benefits of utilizing GovDeals for all surplus equipment. Our strength is our nationwide presence, with over 4 million vetted bidders on our auction platform. ...

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    CSD responsibility vs private property

    By: Chris Doran , yesterday
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Hi All, Our CSD was approached by a member who has a fence they installed that crosses a seasonal stream. there is a large culvert that runs underneath the road we are responsible for maintaining. She ...

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    RE: Labor Code 220(a)-Final Paycheck

    By: Jennifer Bechtold , yesterday
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Hi Shannon, It's actually Labor Code 220(b) that applies here and this code does not apply to special districts, therefore there is no 72-hour requirement for final paychecks. This is according to our ...

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