I had the great pleasure of joining Councilors Lavioe, Benson, Neale, Chatigny and Gilday at the MA Municipal Association annual meeting on Friday and Saturday (1/11-12). Mayor Kezer, Kendra Amaral and Michael Basque were also there. Amesbury has a good tradition of participation and for good reason. It was a fantastic opportunity to attend workshops, meet other legislators and executives, learn from our peers and meet vendors and staff from the Commonwealth. It was also a pleasure to see Mayor Kezer and Ms. Amaral receive an Innovations in Government award for the Amestat program.
I focused on financial workshops, attending "Debt Management for the Generalist," "Division of Local Services' Best Practices," and "Reading Financial Statements and Budgets." Most of new Councilors also attended these sessions. I'll try to highlight points of interest from those workshops soon.
I also had the chance to meet and chat with: our bond rater (S&P), our legal counsel (Koppelman and Page), representatives from the MA Board of Library Commissioners (about state of capital project funding), from the Dept. of Environmental Protection (about recycling and waste disposal), from the engineering firm that is looking at the potential new site for the DPW and many other legislators around the area and the Commonwealth.
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