Happy New Year! I hope you all were able to take a little time off over the Holidays and enjoy family and friends. We actually had a white Christmas here in Dallas that really helped give it that “Holiday feeling”. I’m sure everyone has made your New Year’s resolutions, and I hope one resolution you might consider is to get more involved in GFOAT. Getting involved is a great way to meet your colleagues from around the state and help advance the public finance profession in Texas.
Speaking of getting involved, we are looking for volunteers to serve as a co-chair of the Legislative Committee and there is another opening for a co-chair on the Newsletter Committee. Please let Becky know if you are interested in serving in either one of these key leadership positions.
We are half way through our GFOAT fiscal year and the Board and Committee Chairs met last week in Dallas for our winter meeting. There were two items that will be brought before the membership for review/comment and subsequently will be discussed and possibly voted on at the April board meeting. First, the membership committee made recommendations to adjust the membership rate structure. Becky has put together a brief summary of the proposed rate structure for your review and comments that is posted on the website. Second, the Board discussed the need to develop a technical training program that could be conducted at several locations around the state, possibly at colleges and universities.
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City of Burleson-Staff Accountant ~ Accounts Payable City of Plainview-Director of Finance San Jacinto River Authority-Purchasing Manager City of Sachse-Budget Officer
Job Posted on: 2/4/2010
Closing Date: 2/15/2010
Salary: $3239/mo.
Job Posted on: 1/28/2010
Closing Date: 3/29/2010
Salary: DOQ
Job Posted on: 1/28/2010
Closing Date: 3/29/2010
Salary: Not specified
Job Posted on: 1/27/2010
Closing Date: 3/31/2010
Salary: $41,657 - $52,071
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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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Our hearts go out to fellow GFOAT member Dottie Williams of Dumas. Dottie lost her 16 year old son, Claude Alan Hampton, on Friday January 29 as a result of a car accident. Services will be Friday at 2pm at Fritch High School. Please keep Dottie and her family in your thoughts.
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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