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Wednesday, February 179:00 a.m. Registration Opens +
Clarkdale/Cottonwood Conference Foyer
11:30 a.m. Golf +
Golf registration will be separate at this conference. If you are interested in golfing, please contact Brian Wright
at bwright@eloyaz.gov.
1:00 p.m Employee Health Clinics: Meeting Expectations +
Clarkdale/Cottonwood Ballroom
1 CPE Speakers: Jeanni Ruddy, Total Compensation Administrator, Human Resources Dept., Goodyear Katie Wittekind, Wellness Program Manager, Northern Arizona Public Employee Benefit Trust Is your agency considering adding an on-site employee health clinic or participating in a multi-employer health clinic? Hear the City of Goodyear's eight-year operating experience with an on-site employee health clinic. Has it met their expectations in regard to cost savings, claim reductions, or utilization of the clinic vs. private medical services? Attendees will also hear about the experience of the Northern Arizona Public Employee Benefit Trust (NAPEBT) new employee clinic. What process did they follow in planning and implementing the Vera clinic? What are the Trust's projections for cost savings, claims reduction, and utilization? 1:50 p.m.Refreshment Break +
Clarkdale/Cottonwood Conference Foyer
2:00 p.m. Managing People of Different Personalities +
Clarkdale/Cottonwood Ballroom
2 CPEs Speaker: Joseph P. Eriole, Esq., COO, OnPoint Management Consulting We may not have the institutional control needed to handpick our personnel, and even if we did, there are no 'perfect fits' in a challenging workplace. But in most instances, the idiosyncrasies of any personality can be managed to strength. Management, after all, is not merely 'oversight;' the manager's job is, well...to manage! This session will seek to equip managers to better recognize and utilize the different personalities that make up their team. 4:00 p.m. Education Committee Meeting +
Bradshaw Room
5:00 p.m. New Member Meet and Greet +
Sedona Ballroom
Join new and current GFOAz members in a 15-minute meet and greet with the GFOAz Membership Committee. We'd love to see you there! 5:15 p.m. Welcome and Sponsor Reception +
Sedona Ballroom & Conference Foyer
GFOAz welcomes members to join us for an opening reception to thank our sponsors. The ongoing success of GFOAz is dependent on several factors, but possibly none as important as the continued financial support of our corporate partners. Thursday, February 187:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast +
Clarkdale/Cottonwood Conference Foyer
8:30 a.m. Change Management +
Clarkdale/Cottonwood Ballroom
1 CPE Speaker: Joseph P. Eriole, Esq., COO, OnPoint Management Consulting In this session Joseph Eriole will provide practical insight into managing organizational change proactively. The speaker will discuss how to balance decisiveness with empathy for the personnel under stress as well as leading the process with confidence. 9:30 a.m. Look! Up in the Sky! It's a Business License! +
Clarkdale/Cottonwood Ballroom
2 CPEs Speakers:Lee Grafstrom, Tax Policy Analyst, League of Arizona Cities & Towns Gary Tasky, Tax, License and Collections Administrator/Business Systems Programs Supervisor, Peoria Once upon a time, cities and towns could use their TPT license process as a means of tracking and controlling who was doing business in town. With recent changes to the Model City Tax Code, TPT licenses can only be used for collecting taxes, so now how do you regulate the business being conducted in your city or town? Welcome to the exhilarating world of the business license! More powerful than a locomotive (when it comes to providing a means to close down a scofflaw)! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound (assuming the zoning, fire, and building inspections have all been passed)! This session will provide the basics for developing a new business license or bringing your existing license up to speed. Faster than a speeding bullet? Tune in to find out! 11:30 a.m. Lunch and Annual Business Meeting +
Sedona/Verde Ballroom
Speakers:Ben Ronquillo, GFOAz 2016 President; Finance Director, Litchfield Park Mindy Russell, GFOAz Past President; Finance & Budget Assistant, Peoria All attendees are welcome to attend the annual business meeting in Granite Mountain. Past President Mindy Russell will recognize GFOAz's current sponsors and new GFOAz board members. 1:00 p.m. Finding Grants to Supplement Your General Fund Budget +
Clarkdale/Cottonwood Ballroom
1.5 CPEs Speakers: Dr. Beverly Browning, VP - Client Capacity Building, eCivis, Inc. Corey Coll, Enterprise Account Executive, eCivis, Inc. In this session, Dr. Bev Browning, vice president of grant writing services for eCivis, Inc. will show you how to find private and public sector grant funding opportunities for state, county, and city governments, school districts, colleges, universities, special districts, and private firms. 2:30 p.m. Refreshment Break+
Clarkdale/Cottonwood Conference Foyer
2:40 p.m. Understanding Internal Controls - The New Green Book +
Clarkdale/Cottonwood Ballroom
1 CPE Speaker: Karin Smith, Partner, Heinfeld Meech Do you know your color guide? You have seen the Yellow Book...we have a Red Book...occasionally some of us dig deep into the Blue Book, and now we have the GREEN BOOK! Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government (the "Green Book"), sets the standards for an effective internal control system for federal agencies and provides the overall framework for designing, implementing, and operating an effective internal control system. This session will review the standards outlined in the Green Book to better understand the organization of the five components of internal control. Effective best practices of each of the five components will be presented with practical strategies for immediate implementation. 3:40 p.m. Post GASB 68 Implementation Considerations: Where Do We Go From Here? +
Clarkdale/Cottonwood Ballroom
1.5 CPEs Speakers:Jim Anderson, Senior Consultant, Gabriel, Roeder, Smith & Company Mark Buis, Senior Consultant & Team Leader, Gabriel, Roeder, Smith & Company Now that municipalities and counties have implemented the new GASB pension, what are the implications for future fiscal years? 5:15 p.m. GFOAz Board Meeting +
Chino Room
6:00 p.m. Reception +
Sedona Ballroom & Conference Foyer
All attendees are invited to attend a reception in the Sedona Conference Foyer Friday, February 198:00 a.m. Breakfast +
Granite Mountain Room
9:00 a.m. Economic Update +
Clarkdale/Cottonwood Ballroom
1 CPE Speaker:Lee McPheters, Research Professor of Economics, W. P. Carey School of Business & Director, JPMorgan Chase Economic Outlook Center, Arizona State University This session will provide attendees with an update on the national economic forecast while paying particular attention to Arizona's current and near-term economic circumstances. 10:00 a.m. Arrested Development: The Continued Effect of Impact Fees +
Clarkdale/Cottonwood Ballroom
1 CPE Speakers: Matthew Rojas, Senior Associate, Squire Patton Boggs Pat Walker, Principal Owner, Pat Walker Consulting The dust has settled since the sweeping changes to the statute governing development fees, and it has been over a year since cities and towns were required to implement the new fee structure. But are you prepared to spend down your old balances by January 2020? Are you ready for the required biennial, certified audit in 2016 if your municipality did not create an advisory committee? Fear not, this session will cover the ongoing required maintenance for development fees. 11:00 a.m. Legislative Update +
Clarkdale/Cottonwood Ballroom
1 CPE Speaker: Tom Belshe, Deputy Director, League of Arizona Cities & Towns This session will update members on a variety of timely legislative issues. League legislative staff will provide an overview of the 2016 legislative session, and explain the challenges and opportunities we currently face. Attendees will also hear about the current status of legal issues that are affecting cities, towns and counties. 12:00 p.m.Conference Concludes
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