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3 | Page December 2 0 I ssueWednesday, January 15, 2025Optional Pre-Conference Budgeting & Finance Workshop REGISTERDate/Time: Wednesday, January 15, 2025 | 8AM-4PMLocation: Hotel Topeka at City Center, 1717 SW Topeka Boulevard, Topeka, KS 66612Cost: $100 (Coffee and lunch included.)Certificate(s) Requirement: Foundations in County Government | Roads Scholar Level IIIInstructor: Ryan Adkison, Assistant County Administrator/Finance Director for Butler County5:30 pm Opening Reception. Stay tuned for more details soon!Thursday, January 16, 20257:00 %u2013 8:00 am Registration & Breakfast8:00 %u2013 8:15 am Welcome & Introductions8:15 %u2013 9:30 am County Government 1019:30 %u2013 10:00 am Refreshment Break10:00 %u2013 10:45 am TBD10:45 am %u2013 12:15 pm The Commission(er)%u2019s Role in Ensuring Transparency, Complying with the Kansas Open Meetings Act, and Running/Participating in Effective Meetings12:15 %u2013 1:15 pm Lunch1:15 pm The 3 Major Policy Arenas: Public Health, Public Safety & Public Works1:15 %u2013 1:55 pm 1st of 3: Public Health1:55 %u2013 2:35 pm 2nd of 3: Public Safety2:35 %u2013 2:50 pm Stretch Break2:50 %u2013 3:30 pm 3rd of 3: Public Works3:30 %u2013 3:45 pm Refreshment Break3:30 %u2013 4:00 p.m. The Commissioner%u2019s Job Description4:00 %u2013 5:00 pm Lincoln County v. Nielander Revisited: A discussion of the powers and obligations of elected county officials and how things %u201cought%u201d to work 5:00 %u2013 5:10 pm Reflections & Reactions5:15 %u2013 7:30 pm Reception & DinnerFriday, January 17, 20257:00 %u2013 8:00 am Breakfast Buffet & Talking with Your Citizens %u2013A Conversation with Mike Taylor8:00 %u2013 8:10 am Opening Context & Overnight Reflections8:10 %u2013 8:50 am Managing Financial Risk: Employee Safety and Workers Compensation 8:50 %u2013 9:30 am Managing Financial Risk: Property/Casualty/Liability Exposures 9:30 %u2013 9:45 am Refreshment Break9:45 %u2013 10:30 am. The County%u2019s Voice at the National Level: The National Association of Counties (NACo)10:30 %u2013 11:30 am The Commissioner%u2019s Job through the Rear View Mirror: What We Wish We Had Known11:30 am %u2013 NOON Closing Remarks & What%u2019s NextNOON Adjourn