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CATEGORIES:Workshops
DESCRIPTION:<p>This skills-based\, three-part module is intended to improve
  your skills in budget review\, financial decisions\, and communication ab
 out important financial matters. It will build awareness and understanding
  of setting budget priorities and making financial decisions\, among other
  skills.</p>\n<h2>Part I-Setting Operating and Capital Budget Priorities</
 h2>\n<p><strong>February 28 @10-11:30</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Legislative 
 framework and Council’s role in municipal finance</li>\n<li>Relationship b
 etween the strategic plan and budget priorities</li>\n<li>Identifying and 
 setting priorities</li>\n<li>Operating and Capital Budgets</li>\n<li>Decis
 ion making</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Part II-Financial Statements and Reports</h2>
 \n<p><strong>March 2 @ 10-11:30</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Interpreting Finan
 cial Statements &amp\; Reports</li>\n<li>Ensure proper Financial Controls 
 are in place</li>\n<li>Financial Condition Index</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Part III
 -Monitoring Budgets</h2>\n<p><strong>March 4 @ 10-11:30</strong></p>\n<ul>
 \n<li>Monitor budgets and make appropriate adjustments</li>\n<li>Asking st
 aff important financial questions</li>\n<li>Communicating budget decisions
  to the public</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Co-Facilitator:</strong> Bonnie Cou
 lter\, CPA\, CA\, Director of Corporate Services\, Town of Truro<strong>Fa
 cilitator:</strong> Greg Herrett\, CPA\, CA\, CAO\,&nbsp\;Municipality of 
 the County of Cumberland</p>\n<p><strong>February 28\, March 2<sup>nd</sup
 > &amp\; 4<sup>th</sup>\, 2022 (10:00 – 11:30 a.m.)</strong></p>\n<p>Virtu
 al Workshop using the Zoom Platform|&nbsp\; All sessions are interconnecte
 d\, so attending all three is essential.</p>\n<p><strong>Registration Cost
 : </strong>The cost to attend is $300 if you register before February 14 a
 nd $350 after February 14\, 2022<br /><br /></p>\n<p><a href='https://form
 s.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=vOY6nmxuikSk43-c3Y05nmB3KlQYIpJHnD
 GEIHswSnxUNllBR1E5V1RNTUNRNjhYSVBSSURBMldKVC4u'>Registration for this Work
 shop can be found here</a></p>\n<p><em>This Workshop can only accommodate 
 25 registrants and is on a first-come\, first-serve basis.&nbsp\;</em></p>
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220228T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220228T113000
SUMMARY:Financial Management For Elected Officials
URL:https://amans.ca/20-workshops/88-financial-management-for-elected-offic
 ials.html
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=TEXT/HTML:<p>This skills-based\, three-part module is in
 tended to improve your skills in budget review\, financial decisions\, and
  communication about important financial matters. It will build awareness 
 and understanding of setting budget priorities and making financial decisi
 ons\, among other skills.</p>\n<h2>Part I-Setting Operating and Capital Bu
 dget Priorities</h2>\n<p><strong>February 28 @10-11:30</strong></p>\n<ul>
 \n<li>Legislative framework and Council’s role in municipal finance</li>\n
 <li>Relationship between the strategic plan and budget priorities</li>\n<l
 i>Identifying and setting priorities</li>\n<li>Operating and Capital Budge
 ts</li>\n<li>Decision making</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Part II-Financial Statements
  and Reports</h2>\n<p><strong>March 2 @ 10-11:30</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>I
 nterpreting Financial Statements &amp\; Reports</li>\n<li>Ensure proper Fi
 nancial Controls are in place</li>\n<li>Financial Condition Index</li>\n</
 ul>\n<h2>Part III-Monitoring Budgets</h2>\n<p><strong>March 4 @ 10-11:30</
 strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monitor budgets and make appropriate adjustments</l
 i>\n<li>Asking staff important financial questions</li>\n<li>Communicating
  budget decisions to the public</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Co-Facilitator:</s
 trong> Bonnie Coulter\, CPA\, CA\, Director of Corporate Services\, Town o
 f Truro<strong>Facilitator:</strong> Greg Herrett\, CPA\, CA\, CAO\,&nbsp\
 ;Municipality of the County of Cumberland</p>\n<p><strong>February 28\, Ma
 rch 2<sup>nd</sup> &amp\; 4<sup>th</sup>\, 2022 (10:00 – 11:30 a.m.)</stro
 ng></p>\n<p>Virtual Workshop using the Zoom Platform|&nbsp\; All sessions 
 are interconnected\, so attending all three is essential.</p>\n<p><strong>
 Registration Cost: </strong>The cost to attend is $300 if you register bef
 ore February 14 and $350 after February 14\, 2022<br /><br /></p>\n<p><a h
 ref='https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=vOY6nmxuikSk43-c3
 Y05nmB3KlQYIpJHnDGEIHswSnxUNllBR1E5V1RNTUNRNjhYSVBSSURBMldKVC4u'>Registrat
 ion for this Workshop can be found here</a></p>\n<p><em>This Workshop can 
 only accommodate 25 registrants and is on a first-come\, first-serve basis
 .&nbsp\;</em></p>
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CATEGORIES:Workshops
DESCRIPTION:<h2>Virtual Workshop using Zoom Platform</h2>\n<p>February 28\,
  March 2<sup>nd\,</sup> and 4<sup>th</sup>\, 2022 (1:00 – 2:30 pm)</p>\n<p
 >This financial management module is designed to build awareness and under
 stand how to create long-term financial strategies\, prepare and use opera
 ting/capital budgets\, review financial statements and other performance i
 ndicators\, and prepare year-end statements. We will also look at best pra
 ctices with respect to financial planning.</p>\n<h3>Workshop Objectives</h
 3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ability to review\, analyze and reach valid conclusions abou
 t financial statements and other indicators of a municipality's financial 
 performance</li>\n<li>Understand how to gather\, organize\, analyze and in
 terpret information essential to developing a long-term financial strategy
 </li>\n<li>Understand how to prepare operating and capital budgets</li>\n<
 li>Recognize the important factors when communicating budget contents to C
 ouncil and the public</li>\n<li>Supervise the preparation of year-end repo
 rts\, including audited financial statements</li>\n<li>Review of best prac
 tices with respect to financial management planning</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>Regis
 tration</h3>\n<p>To register for this module\, please&nbsp\;<a href='https
 ://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=vOY6nmxuikSk43-c3Y05nmB3KlQ
 YIpJHnDGEIHswSnxURjQ0MU9QTFJQRFc4OTZMM1k4QkVMRUlSVC4u'>complete the follow
 ing online registration form</a>.&nbsp\;<em>*Note:</em>&nbsp\;If you regis
 ter multiple individuals\,&nbsp\;complete one registration form per indivi
 dual. We can only accommodate up to 25 participants in this Workshop\, and
  attendance is granted on a first-come\, first-serve basis. The cost to at
 tend is $300 if you register before February 14 and $350 after February 14
 .&nbsp\; Once you have registered\, a calendar appointment with a zoom lin
 k for each session will be sent to you.&nbsp\;If you are a non-member\, as
 k your municipality about using one of their training vouchers to get a di
 scount. Please call Rebecca Kolstee for more information (902) 240-1857</p
 >\n<p>If you wish to cancel your registration\, you must adhere to the<a h
 ref='about-us/ama-policies.html'>&nbsp\;AMANS Event and Training Cancellat
 ion Policy</a>.</p>
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220228T130000
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SUMMARY:Financial Management 1: Strategy\, Statements\, and Budgets for Mun
 icipal Managers
URL:https://amans.ca/20-workshops/89-financial-management-1-strategy-statem
 ents-and-budgets-for-municipal-managers.html
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=TEXT/HTML:<h2>Virtual Workshop using Zoom Platform</h2>
 \n<p>February 28\, March 2<sup>nd\,</sup> and 4<sup>th</sup>\, 2022 (1:00 
 – 2:30 pm)</p>\n<p>This financial management module is designed to build a
 wareness and understand how to create long-term financial strategies\, pre
 pare and use operating/capital budgets\, review financial statements and o
 ther performance indicators\, and prepare year-end statements. We will als
 o look at best practices with respect to financial planning.</p>\n<h3>Work
 shop Objectives</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ability to review\, analyze and reach vali
 d conclusions about financial statements and other indicators of a municip
 ality's financial performance</li>\n<li>Understand how to gather\, organiz
 e\, analyze and interpret information essential to developing a long-term 
 financial strategy</li>\n<li>Understand how to prepare operating and capit
 al budgets</li>\n<li>Recognize the important factors when communicating bu
 dget contents to Council and the public</li>\n<li>Supervise the preparatio
 n of year-end reports\, including audited financial statements</li>\n<li>R
 eview of best practices with respect to financial management planning</li>
 \n</ul>\n<h3>Registration</h3>\n<p>To register for this module\, please&nb
 sp\;<a href='https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=vOY6nmxui
 kSk43-c3Y05nmB3KlQYIpJHnDGEIHswSnxURjQ0MU9QTFJQRFc4OTZMM1k4QkVMRUlSVC4u'>c
 omplete the following online registration form</a>.&nbsp\;<em>*Note:</em>&
 nbsp\;If you register multiple individuals\,&nbsp\;complete one registrati
 on form per individual. We can only accommodate up to 25 participants in t
 his Workshop\, and attendance is granted on a first-come\, first-serve bas
 is. The cost to attend is $300 if you register before February 14 and $350
  after February 14.&nbsp\; Once you have registered\, a calendar appointme
 nt with a zoom link for each session will be sent to you.&nbsp\;If you are
  a non-member\, ask your municipality about using one of their training vo
 uchers to get a discount. Please call Rebecca Kolstee for more information
  (902) 240-1857</p>\n<p>If you wish to cancel your registration\, you must
  adhere to the<a href='about-us/ama-policies.html'>&nbsp\;AMANS Event and 
 Training Cancellation Policy</a>.</p>
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