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R A M Conference schedule continued 10 Strategies to Drive Community
Tuesday, May 24
E NC E P R O G 7:00 – 7:45 A.M. Monica Gould, President and Dr. Bob Whitmore,
Engagement
Continental Breakfast
Senior Consultant, Strategic Consulting
Partners. This interactive workshop explores 10
7:30 A.M. – 1 P.M.
strategies and techniques to engage community
Registration (Delegates and Spouses)
F E R 8:00 – 9:00 A.M. members and stakeholders in important
municipal business.
G E N E R A L S E S S IO N
C ON Presiding: Donald “Stretch” Reed Human Trafficking in the U.S.: Recognizing,
nd
2 Vice President
Rethinking, Responding
PSAB Legislative Update
Krista Hoffman, Homeland Security Exercise
Join Ed Troxell, PSAB Director of Government
2022 Affairs and Ron Grutza, Senior Director of Program Manager, PA Governor’s Office
of Homeland Security, will discuss how the
Regulatory Affairs, and Assistant Director of
dynamics and driving factors of sex trafficking
Government Affairs, as they review PSAB’s
in the US are numerous and complex. This
legislative agenda and provide important
presentation will provide participants with a
updates on legislation which will impact your
borough.
are victimized through sex and labor trafficking,
9:15 – 10:15 A.M. basic understanding of the ways in which people
C O N C U R R E N T S E S S IO N S and how communities can best identify and
report suspicions and link victims to services.
ARPA Administration Update
Krista Gardner, CPA, SEK CPAs and Advisors, will
review administration basics and best practices 10:30 – 11:15 A.M.
for the American Rescue Plan Local Fiscal C O N C U R R E N T S E S S IO N S
Recovery Funds program. Discussion will include Borough Councils Association Membership
accounting guidance for the funds, reporting and Business Meeting
requirements to the U.S. Treasury, and eligible Presiding: Judy Dici, President
fund uses. Mayors Association Membership
What does the 2020 Census Tell Us About Roundtable and Business Meeting
Pennsylvania Local Government? Presiding: Deborah Bargo, President
Data from the 2020 Census show that
Pennsylvania boroughs are in the midst of Conflict Resolution - Building a Collective
a major demographic shift. Boroughs are Path forward Despite Our Differences
becoming both more diverse, older, and for Monica Gould, and Dr. Bob Whitmore, Senior
some boroughs, more populated. Kyle C. Kopko, Consultant, Strategic Consulting Partners. Learn
Director of the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, to strengthen your ability to effectively manage
will discuss demographic trends among conflict in a variety of settings to overcome
Pennsylvania’s 956 boroughs and highlight fractured feelings and ineffective governing
potential implications for borough finances and board relationships to help solve complex public
services. issues.
11:30 A.M. – 1:30 P.M.
AWARDS LUNCHEON
(Included in PSAB Pkgs. A, D & E)
Presiding: Thomas C. Gramling, Sr., President
6 Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs Annual Conference & Exhibition
