Director’s Notes

andrelevanttopicsthisyear. We hope you are taking a fewminutesfrompreparing to come to Sioux Falls for the Annual Conference to read this issue! The City of SiouxFallshasworkedhard and has enthusiastically welcomed this Conference, and we are very pleased to join them in offering a packed agenda of information, great speakers,

It seems early to be gearing up for the legislative session, but to us, a big part of the Annual Conference is hearing from you on the Policy Committees’ work on the annual Statement of Policy. And in case you think these policies don’t matter, look at our legislative agenda for the past years.Everybillisbasedonastatementyouhaveadopted. Itisincrediblyimportantthatyoumakesureweaccurately represent you when we are talking to your legislators.

The ConferenceAgenda contains a wealth of information. For General Sessions, we are especially excited to hear from David Hancox, talking about the largest municipal fraud in history, and how you can make sure your town never becomes a victim of such theft.

We are really excited to offer the Mobile Workshops - a range of issues for you to choose from, tour, and hear about-weguaranteeyou ’llfindagoodideatotakehome!

Finally, our panel on small cell technology is both timely, and extremely important.You will learn about the benefits toyourcity,alongwithhowtodealwiththesitingrequests and make sure your citizens are being served well.

Inshort,wethinkyouwilllearnatremendousamount,get to meet and greet old and new friends, and have a great timeatthisyear’sConference.Wecan’twaittoseeyouall there!

Until next month, remember we are always available at 1-800-658-3633 or yvonne@sdmunicipalleague.org.

YvonneTaylor Executive Director