Summer Legislative Conference

8am to 4pm        Alaska Municipal Management Association (agenda below)

7:30-1030am      AML Board of Directors

11:00am              ACoM Business Meeting

12pm to 5pm     Alaska Conference of Mayors

 Summer Meeting Agenda

8:00       Breakfast/Networking

8:30       Introductions

9:00       ICMA National Conversation – Katie Koester, City & Borough of Juneau

10:00     Break

10:15     Workplace Culture – John Leach, AMMA President, City & Borough of Sitka

11:30     Lunch – AML Presentation

1:00       Workforce Economy & Outmigration – Kevin Berry, UAA College of Business & Public Policy

2:00       AMMA Business Meeting

3:15       Break

3:30       Annual Conference Planning

4:30       Adjourn

7:30 am               Breakfast

8:00 am               Welcome and Introductions

• Mayor Pat Branson, City of Kodiak
• Mayor Scott Arndt, Kodiak Island Borough
• Beth Weldon, AML Board President
• Louise Stutes, Alaska State Legislature (invited)

8:30 am               Advocacy’s Impact

• Nils Andreassen, Alaska Municipal League
• AML Lobbying Team

9:30 am              Agency Issues – Working With State Agencies

9:45 am              Break

10:00 am       Hook, Line, & Sinking – What to Do When Facing Sudden Decline? Lessons From Fishing Communities

• Gary Hennigh, City of King Cove
• Kirsten Dobroth, Undercurrent News (invited)
• Kamalika Das, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy

10:45 am             Recruitment and Retention – Managing through High Vacancy Rates

• John Leach, City & Borough of Sitka
• Katie Koester, City & Borough of Juneau
• Felix Rivera, Municipality of Anchorage Assembly

11:30am              Senator Lisa Murkowski

12:00 pm             Lunch – Addressing Net Outmigration in Alaska’s Communities

• Kevin Berry, University of Alaska
• Nolan Klouda, Municipality of Anchorage

1:30 pm               Causes and Impact of Erosion of the Local Tax Base – Legislative Updates, Legal Issues, & National Trends

• Carole Triem, Alaska Municipal League
• Kamalika Das, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy

2:15 pm               Reimagining how Alaska Delivers Public Education

• Nils Andreassen, Alaska Municipal League
• Lon Garrison, Association of Alaska School Boards

3:00 pm               Break

3:30 pm              Where Do You Need Help? Planning and Capacity for Community Development and Public Works

• Erin Reinders, Alaska Municipal League
• James Marks, Alaska Municipal League

3:30 – 5:30          (Concurrent) Senator Murkowski Staff Office Hours, Board Room

4:30 pm               Adjourn

5:30 pm               Reception – Kodiak Marketplace

8:00 am               Breakfast

• Kodiak Economic Development Corporation
  • John Whiddon
• APEI and AMLJIA Consolidation
  • Brennen Hickok, Deputy Director, AMLJIA
  • Barbara Thurston, (invited)

8:45 am               Discussion of AML Policy Statement

Attendees will participate in small group discussion of current policy statements and identify potential changes or improvements for consideration by the Legislative Committee.

Plenary Discussion of State & Federal Legislative Issues

• What are municipal priorities?
• What are changes and State or Federal policy that AML should address?
• What are suggested topics AML could attempt to address?
• Resolutions to be considered by AML at Annual Meeting?

Review of Resolutions

Attendees will participate in plenary discussion of current and potential new resolutions for consideration of the Resolutions Committee, either identifying individual community interest or potential AML board resolutions. The final slate of resolutions will still go through standard AML processes.

• Old – recommended action to remove or improve slate of resolutions.
• New (potential)
  • Maintaining Local Control in Charter School Formation
  • Housing Affordability Transparency
  • Capitalizing a Workers Comp Presumption Trust
  • Implementing an Updated Needs-Based Senior Exemption

10:15 am             Break

10:30 am             Candidate Town Hall

• Attendees will provide information about local governments, advance municipal priorities, ask questions, and suggest policy positions during a webinar attended by any candidate running for state or statewide office. Candidates may respond along the way, and answer or follow up shared with attendees at the conclusion.

12:00 pm             Closing Session & Lunch – Congressional Delegation

1:00 pm               Adjourn