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Building a Risk Management Culture

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Reclamation District Dives into Public Outreach

How Reclamation District 1000 uses public outreach for emergency preparedness

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What Your Board Needs to Know About Financing

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Mastering the Hybrid Work Environment

Cultivating Culture and Overcoming Challenges.

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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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    AB2449 Requirements

    By: Lynn Rowe , 16 hours ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    I am still trying to completely understand the new AB2449 legislation amending the Brown Act requirements. Is a resolution required each month for approval to hold board meetings (as it was with AB361)? ...

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    RE: Decorum

    By: Michael Gadoua , 20 hours ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Yes, well..... "Stuff Happens" :) ------------------------------ Michael Gadoua District Manager Bel Marin Keys Community Services District Novato CA (415) 883-4222 --------------------------- ...

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    RE: Decorum

    By: Gwen Kellas , 21 hours ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Thank you both for providing this much needed information.  It helps to know we are not the only CSD with toxic comments. ------------------------------ Gwen Kellas Director SSCSD San Simeon, CA --- ...

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    County Services

    By: Karl Drexel , 3 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Does anyone have a Resolution or Ordinance adopting their County's Building Codes and Sherriff's Vehicle and other Codes? We defer to the County for those codes but have not yet codified it. Thanks ...

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    RE: emergency operations plan for wastewater and solid ...

    By: Garrett Toy , 4 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Just found this in my spam folder. Thanks for sharing. garrett ==== Garrett Toy General Manager Tamalpais Community Services District 305 Bell Lane, Mill ...

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    RE: Is a Special District required to have an Attorney ...

    By: Tex Ritter , 4 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Many small Special Districts will have an MOU with their local county County Counsel for most services but may have to hire outside counsel in certain instances where there may be a conflict of interests ...

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    RE: Payroll Systems and TeleStaff

    By: Gena Finch , 4 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Although we no longer use Telestaff, we use CrewSense (also known as Vector Solutions), you might benefit from what we are doing. Our payroll is currently administered by the County of Santa Cruz but we ...

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    Is a Special District required to have an Attorney ...

    By: Jackie Vaughn , 4 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Is it mandatory to employ/contract with an attorney? ------------------------------ Jackie Vaughn Retired Board Director/PIO Lockwood Fire Protection District Volcano, CA 209-296-6868 --------- ...

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    RE: Retiring Employee Purchasing devices

    By: Becky Smith , 4 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    We are a very small district, in a rural area.  When our GM asked the board if it would be a problem for him to keep the phone # when he retired, they agreed that they couldn't think of a reason why  not.  ...

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