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    Rebranding Consultant Contracts

    By: Kimy Wall , 3 hours ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    I'm researching costs for consultants that facilitate rebranding efforts. If you've recently undergone a company rebrand, I would be interested to hear what consultant you used and your experience with ...

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    RE: Special Meeting due to Canceled Board Meeting

    By: MJ Brown , 8 hours ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Hi there, you can post a notice of cancellation for the Regular meeting and then post the Special Meeting at least 24 hours ahead of that meeting. You probably can administer the Oath at the Special Meeting ...

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    Special Meeting due to Canceled Board Meeting

    By: Rhiannon Fairchild , 4 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Good Morning All, If we are canceling our December board meeting (it falls on Christmas this year), and conducting a special meeting instead, is there anything that needs to be done/posted? Also, we ...

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    RE: Records Retention Policy

    By: Alison Bell , 9 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Mid-Peninsula Water District just completed their new Records Management Policy. Records Managment Policy Manual 2024 ------------------------------ Alison Bell Administrative Services Manager Mid-Peninsula ...

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    RE: Website Information Retention

    By: Debbie Rosales , 10 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Rebecca, Certainly not an expert on websites; however, I would think that, aside from your old news stories, the rest of the information that you have on your website is actually saved elsewhere within ...

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    RE: Consolidation

    By: Jen Torres , 10 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Thank you! I haven't received any responses yet. Any suggestions? Jen Torres ------------------------------ Jen Torres District Secretary San Lorenzo Valley Water District --------------------- ...

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    RE: Records Retention Policy

    By: Sirie Thongchua , 10 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Rebecca, Attached is the Monterey Bay Air Resources District's (MBARD) Records Management and Retention Policy. Regards, Sirie ------------------------------ Sirie Thongchua Executive ...

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    RE: Fire Districts - Budgeting Practices on Deploy ...

    By: Jennifer Bechtold , 10 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Hi Allain, This is a great question and one I asked our neighboring agencies just a few months back. For many years, our district used to just guess at a dollar amount for strike team revenue and also ...

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    Records Retention Policy

    By: Rebecca Cannon , 11 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Good afternoon, everyone, We are in the process of updating our records retention policy, and I was curious if anyone would be willing to share their organization's policy so we can check to ...

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