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Climate Priorities: Special Districts at the Forefront

Through smart innovation, public private partnerships and long range strategic planning, special districts are helping California meet climate goals and mitigate risks against climate related losses.

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Organizational Culture: The Great White Whale

Dave Mitchell will be speaking on Leading a Peak Performance Culture at the General Manager Leadership Summit.

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The Power of Partnerships

A message to members from CEO Neil McCormick, March/April edition of California Special Districts magazine.

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Trending: Using Social Media to Promote Transparency & Accountability

Incorporating social media into a district’s practices promotes not just efficiency, but also transparency and accountability.

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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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    RFP General Manager

    By: Michael Donahue , 16 hours ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Seeking sample requests for proposals for General Manager and administration services for small CSDs. What worked for your District? Thanks! ------------------------------ Michael Donahue Director San ...

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    RE: Employer Covid Policy

    By: Cruz Ramos , 20 hours ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Jennifer, thank you! We're looking at it from all perspectives...risk management association (who provided a template), CaOsha, and ultimately the legal rights of all employees who chose to vacinate and, ...

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    RE: Employer Covid Policy

    By: Jennifer Bechtold , 20 hours ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Hello Cruz, As I understand it, California employers CAN require employees to be vaccinated. I think there are allowances however for exemptions but there is also some information that only employers ...

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    Employer Covid Policy

    By: Cruz Ramos , yesterday
    Posted in: Open Forum

    BiolaCSD has two employees down with Covid, one is unvaccinated citing health/religious beliefs. The office staff situation is precarious at best for the other two employees due to the small size of the ...

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    Workshop for potential trustees

    By: Jennifer Addington , yesterday
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Hello. In election years our District typically holds an open workshop for residents who might be interested in running for a library trustee position. In the last two elections this workshop was hosted ...

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    RE: board self-evaluation survey/ form?

    By: Mike Sloan , 2 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Following.  I would be interested in that as well. ------------------------------ Mike Sloan Trustee Contra Costa County Employees Retirement Association Concord CA (925) 521-3960 ------------------- ...

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    RE: Contract and Procurement Training Materials

    By: Stacey Chanan , 2 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Hello Regina, I, too, made the transition from private to public procurement in the early 2000s.  I joined CAPPO - California Association of Public Procurement Officers, and it has been well worth it ...

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    RE: HR Consulting Firms for Classification & Compensation ...

    By: Shelli Lamb , 3 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    All: Thanks for all of your recommendations.  I've got some great leads. ------------------------------ Shelli Lamb District Manager Riverside-Corona RCD Riverside, CA 951-683-7691, ext 202 -------- ...

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    RE: Banking RFP Requirements

    By: Jerry Legg , 3 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Hi Patrick, I'm Jerry Legg and I'm the Government Banking Manager at Five Star Bank in Sacramento.  I don't know of a government code requirement to go out to bid for banking or any other services, ...

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