Who is a member?
Our members are the local governments of Massachusetts and their elected and appointed leadership.
Local finance committee members are invited to the Association of Town Finance Committees’ Annual Meeting on Nov. 2. Speakers will include (l-r) Sharon Select Board Chair Kiana Pierre-Louis, Attorney Karis North and Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation President Doug Howgate.
Local finance committee members are invited to the Association of Town Finance Committees’ Annual Meeting on Nov. 2 at the Sharon Community Center.
The opening speaker will be Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation President Doug Howgate.
The meeting will feature four educational workshops, running concurrently during two time slots.
The first session,“Finance Committee and Budgeting 101,” will cover the basics for new members with Holliston Town Administrator Travis Ahern and Medfield Assistant Town Administrator Frank Gervasio.
A concurrent session on credit and bond rating will feature Kayla MacEwen, managing director at Masterson Advisors LLC.
The second session will feature town and school budgeting relations, and an open meeting law and public records law overview with municipal attorney Karis North.
After lunch, Sharon Select Board Chair Kiana Pierre-Louis will lead a workshop on having difficult discussions and de-escalation techniques. Pierre-Louis is an assistant dean at Northeastern University and a member of the MMA’s DEI Advisory Committee.
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 2:15 p.m.
The cost is $65 for dues-paying ATFC finance committee members and $75 for nonmember finance committee members and other local officials. All local officials are welcome to attend.
Online registration and a detailed agenda are available on www.mma.org.