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The Massachusetts Municipal Councillors’ Association will hold a training session for all city and town councillors on Saturday, Nov. 16. Speakers will include (pictured l-r) former Amherst Councillor Shalini Bahl, Watertown City Manager George Proakis and Amherst clerk to the Council, Athena O’Keeffe.
The Massachusetts Municipal Councillors’ Association will hold a training session for all city and town councillors on Saturday, Nov. 16.
The free meeting will be held at Cyprian Keyes Golf Club in Boylston from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and includes lunch.
The program will begin with a session on municipal finance and budgeting, followed by an interactive zoning primer led by Watertown City Manager George Proakis.
This will be followed by a council operations session addressing the ins and outs of the councillor’s role, presented by a former Amherst Councillor Shalini Bahl and the clerk to the Council, Athena O’Keeffe, who are currently authoring a Handbook for the Amherst Town Council.
The day will begin with an MMA legislative and budget update.
Networking opportunities will be built into the program.
An invitation and registration information will be sent to all councillors and will be available on www.mma.org.