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Upcoming Municipal Assistance Center Workshops

 

Municipal Labor and Employment Law Training, Thursday, May, 31, 2012. This workshop will cover the fundamentals of employment law and personnel administration in a municipal setting. Selectboard members, municipal managers and administrators, police and fire chiefs, and all other department heads and front line managers are encouraged to attend.

For registration and other information, please visit the VLCT Events Calendar, call 800-649-7915, or email info@vlct.org.

Training

  • Municipal Assistance Center

  • VLCT's Municipal Assistance Center offers many full- and  half-day workshops throughout Vermont covering topics from Planning and  Zoning to Personnel Administration and Budgeting and Financial  Management. Check the VLCT Events Calendar for descriptions and registration information and see our Custom Workshops page for information about on-site workshops specific to your needs.

  • Log On to Learn

  • New, discounted online webinars available to VLCT Members. Learn more about the program on the Log On to Learn page.

  • KnowledgeWave Training Discounts

  • Need staff training for Microsoft products? KnowledgeWave Training, Inc., has a long standing relationship with VLCT to give our members discounts on KnowledgeWave classes. These discounts are usually 20 to 55 percent off of their standard fees.

    Go to the KnowledgeWave website to check their schedule and then use our VLCT/KnowledgeWave registration form to sign up for a class. It's as simple as that.

Ongoing

  • VLCT Annual Report

  • Download a copy of the VLCT 2011 Annual Report for Town Reports (Word format) here.

  • Affiliated Links

  • The U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance is a nationwide purchasing cooperative designed to be a procurement resource for local and state government agencies, school districts (K-12), higher education and nonprofits. The Alliance's Go Green Program is a source for public agency access to buy and live "green."

  • The P-Card

  • The National League of Cities' new NLC Procurement Card (P-Card), can reduce payment processing costs and produce cash rebates for cities. The card is especially suited for small governments that can't meet the minimum spending requirements of bank-sponsored P-Cards. More information.