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Pros & Cons of a 9/80 Work Schedule

For districts that want to move away from the traditional “9-to-5” the 9/80 work schedule is a popular alternative. While it has its benefits, there are also a number of pitfalls that can inadvertently trigger overtime liability.

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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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    RE: truck purchase assistance

    By: Kris Lamkin , an hour ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Ford and Chevy (and likely Dodge but I don't have actual experience with them) offer government fleet pricing for agencies. A fleet can be as little as one vehicle so don't worry you have too few. The ...

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    RE: truck purchase assistance

    By: Glenn Lazof , 2 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    I don't have an answer re: grants, may depend on what the vehicles will be used for. CSDA Finance Corporation may be able to help with financing. Regarding competitive pricing try CMAS with State Department ...

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    RE: truck purchase assistance

    By: Christopher Brown , 2 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Contact the North Coast Unified Air District up in Eureka. They may have some grants available. ------------------------------ Christopher Brown Air Pollution Control Officer Feather River Air ...

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    RE: Audio - Visual Vendor

    By: Alex Anderson , 3 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Allan, I would recommend that you contact Western Audio Visual. They might service your area, it will probably depend on the size of your project. I've used Western Audio before and they do excellent ...

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    truck purchase assistance

    By: Glenn Gradin , 3 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    Hi, We are wondering if there are any assistance programs in purchasing a new truck, probably a hybrid 1/2 ton, in the form of grants or discounts. For our other truck we will consider a chassis cab ...

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    RE: Special Districts and stale checks

    By: Glenn Lazof , 4 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    From RGS Senior Advisor: Escheat them... Three years for most instruments. No difference between Payroll checks or Account Payable checks when it comes to the obligation to escheat the funds ...

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    RE: Special Districts and stale checks

    By: Brett Goodlin , 4 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    I appreciate the information, Cynthia. I've been wondering the same thing as Kimberly. I'll be sure to make note of the code you referenced and make an update to our procedure. I would, however, caution ...

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    RE: Volunteers

    By: Shirley Foster , 4 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    I support the practice of covering volunteers with workers comp insurance. However, we don't have any employees, just two independent contractors, and we don't provide workers comp for them. ------------------------------ ...

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    RE: Volunteers

    By: Cynthia Allen , 4 days ago
    Posted in: Open Forum

    We have a resolution to include volunteers on our Workers' Compensation insurance. The premium for them is based on the number of hours they volunteer each quarter. Resolution 109-94 ------------------------------ ...

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