I don’t know about all of you, but I am ready for spring. This winter seems to have been one of the coldest I remember in North Texas and we have received more snow than usual. Although my kids have enjoyed the snow, I’m ready for some warmer weather. Speaking of spring, our GFOAT Spring Institute is just around the corner and I hope you will consider attending this event. We know budgets are tight for most entities so the Board approved a discounted registration fee to try and help curtail some of the budgetary pressure. This year’s Spring Institute will be April 11-13 and will be held at the Renaissance Austin Hotel. The hotel information is listed on the website, and the preliminary program will be out soon. Hotel reservations must be made by Friday, March 19 to receive the special room rate. Our two keynote speakers will be Dr. Mark Dotzour who is the Chief Economist at the Texas A&M University Real Estate Center, and Evan Smith who is the Editor-in-Chief and CEO of the Texas Tribune. The nominating committee is also finishing their work selecting a slate of candidates for the Board that will be voted on during the business meeting at the Spring Institute. Look for an email blast(s) over the next couple weeks announcing the slate for the Board and the preliminary program for the Spring Institute.
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City of West University Place-Controller City of League City-Budget Analyst City of Fort Worth-Accounting Manager/Controller ANN#D77-4 City of Grand Prairie, TX-Business Operations Manager - Parks & Rec
Job Posted on: 3/9/2010
Closing Date: 5/8/2010
Salary: $61,229-$85,721/annually DOQE
Job Posted on: 3/8/2010
Closing Date: 3/30/2010
Salary: 38,824.01 - 61,341.93 DOQ
Job Posted on: 3/4/2010
Closing Date: 5/3/2010
Salary: $73,986 - $118,373
Job Posted on: 2/25/2010
Closing Date: 3/26/2010
Salary: $63,574 - $101,719 /year DOQ
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Professional Development - CGFO: Next testing dates 2010. Contact suzette@gfoat.org
Wednesday, February 24th - City of Georgetown Library; 2:00-4:30
SPRING INSTITUTE - Sunday April 11, 2010 3:00-5:30
Regional 8 & 13 News (DFW): Contact Alan at adickerson@littleelm.org. Next Date: March 19, 2010.
Please make note of the new future dates: May 21, July 16, September 17. These were incorrect on the membership renewal forms.
Regional 14 News (Gulf Coast):
February 18, 2010. Generally the Gulf Coast chapter meets the third Thursday of each month. Contact Rhonda Daughtery, West University Place rdaughtery@westu.orgRegional 15 News (Tyler/Longview) : Meeting February 2, 2010 at 11:30-1:00pm in Longview. Read more here...
Ethics Committee:
“Take the time to recognize a Public Finance Officer for the good decisions that he/she makes every day ! The GFOAT Ethics Committee is soliciting nominations for the Lewis F. McLain Jr. Ethics in Leadership Award. Please submit your nomination(s) by the end of February, 2010. Download Application here. Thank you. GFOAT Ethics Committee”
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MEMBERSHIP FEE STRUCTURE - At the winter board meeting on 1/22, the board agreed to consider modifications to its member fee structure. The general objectives were to increase membership and to address fee equity between members of different entity sizes. To that end, the existing and proposed fee structure is as follows:
As you will see, the fees are the same for all jurisdictions, regardless of size of city, which helps address equity with special districts and non-city jurisdictions. The board wanted to keep the fee at the existing level for jurisdictions at the very smallest size.
BOOK YOUR ROOM NOW - April 11-13 Spring Institute at the Renaissance Austin. Link to hotel information here. The Scholarship and Foundation committee are accepting applications for registration and expenses at this event. Check out the application here!
MEMBERS ONLY!!!!! Check it out ... www.gfoat.org/members/ Please add your own RFPs and other useful documents.
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Spotlight on .... |
... is celebrating retirement soon!!!!!! to enjoy more gardening and landscape design
... credits boss Beverly Queen for his career in public finance and helping transition from private to public service
... big challenge was working through the 'unique opportunity' of a successful tax rollback election
... is proud of his efforts at instituting a daly cash management systems in the city
... emphasizes the importance of being able to get into the details and using the networking of other professionals
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Leadership in the Government Finance Profession
A Texas Perspective
By Randy Moravec, CFO, Town of Addison
The image of finance professionals in both the private and public sectors was sullied the past two years by events surrounding the collapse of capital markets around the globe. We witnessed the dissolution of once-mighty Wall Street banking and investment firms that either disappeared under a mountain of debt or suffered the ignominy of being bailed out by taxpayers.
Texas Sales Tax Analysis
by Lewis F. McLain, Jr.
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