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How the Manager's Performance Evaluation can Improve the Entire District

The General Manager's performance evaluation should be an element that helps the Board and Manager be a better team. Here's how.

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Succession Planning for Special Districts

Focus on addressing hiring challenges while ensuring the public has confidence that the best available candidates are considered for the role.

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What Your Board Needs to Know About Financing

Adapted from the General Manager Leadership Summit 2022, this article highlights the type of content the Summit provides: Relationships between the Board and the General Manager and how to increase communication and understanding.

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Building a Risk Management Culture

Recognizing everyone in an agency is a Risk Manager is the key to increased safety on the job.

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Learn About Special Districts

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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Reclamation District Dives into Public Outreach

How Reclamation District 1000 uses public outreach for emergency preparedness

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CSDA Communities

Current Record Retention requirments

By: Gloria Sprague , 12 hours ago

Posted in: Open Forum

I need a copy of the most current Record Retention requirements and/or sample form for Special Districts / Small Volunteer Fire District... The one I find online searching - Gov.Code 60200-60204 & ...
RE: Minimum Sick Hours for Part Time Employees

By: Alison Lewis , 15 hours ago

Posted in: Open Forum

I've been wondering about this too. From what I've been told, the 40 hours applies to all employees, not just full-time. I want to follow this in case someone has different information. ------------------------------ ...
Claims Process, Procedures and Ordinance

By: Dori Petee , 18 hours ago

Posted in: Open Forum

Hello Everyone, I am looking for a current process and procedures as well as a supporting Ordinance or Resolution, for your claims process, specifically from other water districts. Any information ...
Mission and Vision Statements

By: Penny Cuadras , 22 hours ago

Posted in: Open Forum

Hello, Our District is in the process of creating a new Vision Statement, is a Resolution required to adopt a Vision Statement? Thank you, ------------------------------ Penny Cuadras Administrative ...
RE: Question about amending previous year budget

By: Colleen Lukoff , yesterday

Posted in: Open Forum

I would be curious as to why. A budget is a planning tool. Is your potential revision desired because you were way off the mark in the planning and you are concerned how it is perceived? Perhaps having ...
Minimum Sick Hours for Part Time Employees

By: Kym Johnson , yesterday

Posted in: Open Forum

Hello, I know there are changes coming in January to the California minimum Sick Hour Requirements. Full Time employees will increase to 40 hours per year. What about Part Time Employees? Is there ...
RE: Best practice policies - what's new to add?

By: Michael Meyer , yesterday

Posted in: Open Forum

Hello Summer, CSDA has a Sample Policy Handbook available for purchase from our bookstore . The handbook contains over 100 essential policies and is delivered to your agency in editable format so ...
RE: Policy for Volunteer Fire Department

By: Brian Kelley , yesterday

Posted in: Open Forum

Hi Sandy, I have reached out some fellow JPA contacts to see if they have any information they would be willing share or resources to point you in the right direction. Stay tuned as I hope my request ...
Volunteer Fire Department

By: Karrie White , yesterday

Posted in: Open Forum

Looking for any information for volunteer fire department policy and procedures manual. I am looking to establish a manual for our department. ------------------------------ Karrie White Administrative ...