Ben Kittelson, ELGL project manager, has been working in the Metro newsroom for the last month. Check out Ben’s first bylines in the below three articles. Check it out and tell the former Willamette University football star what you think. Bonus points given if you find any grammatical errors. Communities looking at smaller transit systems … Continued
Governing: OR’s Complicated Property Tax Rates Favor Higher-Valued Houses ELGL is excited to announce a lunch forum in partnership with the League of Oregon Cities. As anyone familiar with Oregon property taxes knows there is a lot of pressure on local governments and confusion for citizens in the current system. The LOC is working actively to … Continued
Update: Morrill To Resign as City Mananger – Accepts Appointment As GFOA Executive Director Chris Morrill Roanoke (VA) City Manager Education: College of the Holy Cross, BA, Political Science and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, MPA, Local Government Management Experience: Executive Board Member, GFOA and Assistant City Manager, City of Savannah Connect: LinkedIn Background Check Christopher P. Morrill was appointed Roanoke’s City Manager in … Continued
Energetic. Enthusiastic. 49ers Fan Background Check Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter Dan Englund has a diverse background in both the public and private sectors. Dan works full-time as the head Business Administrator at Listen Acoustics Inc., an Acoustical and Audio/Visual Engineering company. His administrator role includes Technical Engineering duties and Project Management with projects … Continued
This is the second post in a new series about growing up with a parent who is also a City Manager. We will interview a current local government professional who followed their mother or father’s footsteps into public service. For the first installment we interviewed ELGL Co-Founder and City of Tigard Senior Management Analyst, Kent Wyatt. … Continued
http://youtu.be/7LmGYjJzzcY Fifty Nifty Takeaways What do we hope to learn from this series? We hope you will gain a better understanding of the unique characteristics of local government in each state, we hope you will learn that there are others like you who are motivated to make a difference through the public sector, and we … Continued
A Southwest Webinar Save the date! Join us June 19th at 12 PM Central (10 AM Pacific) to hear from City of Irving’s Performance Administrator Aimee Kaslik. She will be presenting on the impact of a dedicated Performance Team on local government operations and what Irving’s Performance team has done to lead to some of their best practices as … Continued
Attention Southeast ELGL members! The University of North Carolina is hosting a great event this summer about women and public service. Featuring sessions on work-life balance, communications, and creativity. The keynote speaker is the North Carolina state treasurer, Janet Cowell. Read on to learn more about this opportunity. Engaging Women in Public Service: Taking Your … Continued
Oregon ELGL is proud to announce a new event on all the different aspects that are involved with running a Parks and Recreation department or district. Ken Warner the Assistant Director of West Linn’s parks department and Justin Cutler the general manager of the Sunset Empire parks district will be speaking. So mark your … Continued
How do you transform a city like Mayberry into the image of a professionally managed city? What is economic gardening? How does Oktoberfest define a city and a region? Eileen Stein, City Administrator of Mt. Angel, Oregon is well qualified to answer such questions. At least until a Fortune 500 company comes along and scoops … Continued
