Transcript New Council Orientation

Acclimating Newly Elected
Officials:
What are the Resources & The Expectations?
Speakers
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Ken Strobeck, Executive Director; League
of Arizona Cities and Towns
The honorable Mary Manross, Former
Mayor; City of Scottsdale
Mike Letcher, Deputy City Manager; City
of Tucson
Basic Approaches
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Pre and/or post election meetings
Weekly meetings
Weekend retreats
Full/half day workshops
Common Topics
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Laws
Current city/county situation
Expectations
Local government background and context
Useful Materials
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For Staff
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For Council
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Orientation guides/outlines
Codes of Conduct/Rules of Order
General information packets
City Summaries
This presentation, with links to example
materials, will be kept on the ACMA website
Questions?
Resources
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Missouri Municipal League – Manual for newly
elected officials;
http://www.mocities.com/documents/NEO.may.07.pd
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South Dakota Municipal League – Elected officials
orientation;
http://www.sdmunicipalleague.org/vertical/Sites/%7B
2540DC39-A742-459F-8CAF7839ECF21E89%7D/uploads/%7BFF152FDA-03A3469C-BB36-06977AE2BE52%7D.PDF
City of Monroe, Michigan – Presentation for newly
elected officials;
http://www.ci.monroe.mi.us/Presentations_Council_
Orientation_2008.cfm
Resources Cont.
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City of Calgary, AB Canda – Council orientation for
newly elected members;
http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cityclerks/counc
il_policies/cc034.pdf
City of Benicia, California – Code of Conduct;
http://www.ci.benicia.ca.us/vertical/Sites/%7B3436C
BED-6A58-4FEF-BFDF5F9331215932%7D/uploads/%7B4AC76682-56064707-BBDE-5734E70BA276%7D.PDF
City of Corvallis, Oregon – Council Policy Manual
http://www.ci.corvallis.or.us/downloads/cmo/Council
_Policies/Ccpol2-09.council_orientation.pdf
Resources Cont.
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University of Santa Clara, California – Unavoidable
ethical dilemmas of newly elected local officials;
http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/submitted/na
dler/ethical_dilemmas.html
Western Governments of Australia – Elected
member induction;
http://www.dlgrd.wa.gov.au/Publications/Docs/Guide
lineNo4_ElectedMemberInduction.pdf
Canada – A manual for use by newly elected council
members;
http://www.gov.mb.ca/ana/publications/community/c
ouncil_orientation_manual.pdf