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CCM ANNUAL
CONVENTION MOHEGAN SUN • 2021 NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 1
August 2021 Greetings to CCM Member Municipal Leaders, State Leaders, and CCM Business Partners: Mark your calendar right now for Tuesday, November 30 and Wednesday, December 1, 2021! Join us for the 2021 CCM Convention. Get Together Again with more than 1,000 state and local government leaders in Connecticut, at Mohegan Sun. It all begins now with your registration… The day opens in the Murtha Law Exhibit Hall for breakfast. Explore our exhibit hall filled with cuttingedge companies ready to provide solutions for your municipal concerns. More than 150 exhibitors await to help you with all your municipal needs. More than a dozen workshops will help you learn about navigating the challenges of working in local government. Hear from your colleagues and subject matter experts on topics ranging from risk management, an update from CCM’s ARP Advisory Committee, the Connecticut Trail Finder, affordable housing and land use legislation, a panel with state commissioners, short-term grants, cybersecurity, and more!
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We have also invited Connecticut’s congressional delegation to participate in a (special panel/ fireside chat) on Wednesday morning. Lunch, Awards & More CCM’s 6th Annual Municipal Excellence Awards, graciously sponsored by Halloran Sage, will be presented during the November 30th lunch. These awards recognize innovative projects and individuals that have significantly improved the quality of life for citizens, established partnerships, and built community support. The competition applauds the achievements of leaders and municipalities and encourages
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others to strive for excellence. We will also present our fourth graduating class of CCMOs, Certified Connecticut Municipal Officials, with their certificates. And, we will again award municipalities for participating in the Sustainable CT program. Annual Meeting, Dinner, & Awards Join us at the end of the afternoon for a pre-dinner reception, hosted by CIRMA. Be sure to stick around Tuesday evening for our Annual Meeting highlighted by the presentations of the Joel Cogen Lifetime Achievement Award and Richard C. Lee Innovators Award. These Municipal Excellence Awards are presented in honor of CCM’s longtime, 40-year Executive Director, and the founder of CCM and former long-time New Haven mayor respectively. In addition, we will also present our 5th annual #LoCoolGov scholarships, sponsored by Post University. After dinner, the President’s Reception will be held just down the hallway at Game On. This year, we are excited to partner with the United Way of South Eastern Connecticut/Tommy’s Toy Fund to help those less fortunate
than us. We hope you will participate in this holiday toy drive by bringing a new, unwrapped toy with you! Come celebrate the successes of Connecticut communities with us. Renew your spirit, recharge your batteries, and reconnect with your peers! You owe it to yourself and your community to be part of CCM’s Annual Convention at Mohegan Sun on November 30th and December 1st. CCM believes in Connecticut’s towns and cities. We are proud of our past. We understand this is a dynamic time we live in, and know our future is bright! We are so honored to have you as a member and are thrilled to be able to see you again in person!
Luke A. Bronin, CCM President and Mayor of Hartford
Joe DeLong, CCM Executive Director and CEO
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SCHEDULE
Tuesday, November 30th 7:30am
Registration (Sponsored by Connecticare) / Visit the Exhibit Hall
7:30am – 9:30am
Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
10:15am – 11:15am
Session A
Advancing Racial Equity in CT’s Towns and Cities State Commissioners’ Panel
Risk Management for Municipal Officials
PFAS - The Hidden Expense
CT Trail Finder: Engaging Trails & Greenspaces for Economic Development & Public Health
11:15am – 12:00pm
Break / Visit the Exhibit Hall
12:00pm – 1:45pm
Networking Lunch / Presentation of the Municipal Excellence Awards (sponsored by Halloran & Sage) and Sustainable CT Certification Awards / Presentation to Certified Connecticut Municipal Officials (CCMO) Graduates / Visit the Exhibit Hall
1:45pm – 2:45pm
Session B
Risks of Not Promoting Fair & Equitable Workplace
CAPSS Blueprint to Transform CT’s Public Schools
Social Services: Everything You Wanted to Know
Affordable Housing & Land Use Legislation
Making Our Communities Great Places to Live for All: Examples and Stories from CT Municipal Leaders
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SCHEDULE
2:45pm – 3:30pm
Coffee Break (sponsored by Titan)/ Visit the Exhibit Hall / Prizes Awarded for Exhibit Hall Passport Contest
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Session C
CCM’s ARP Advisory Service Committee
Successfully Managing Short-Term Grants and Funds
Cybersecurity: Preventing Costly Attacks to Your Municipality
Municipal Collective Bargaining After COVID-19
Connecticut’s Financial Outlook – Beyond the Headlines 4:30pm – 5:45pm
Reception (hosted by CIRMA)
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Annual Meeting / Dinner
Presentation of Joel Cogen Lifetime Achievement Award, Richard C. Lee Innovators Award; Presentation of #LoCoolGov Youth Scholarships (sponsored by Post University)
8:30pm – 12:00am
President’s Reception at GameOn
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SCHEDULE
Wednesday, December 1st 9:00am - 11:00am
Special Panel - In this special session, invited guests include U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy as well as U.S. Representatives John Larson, Joe Courtney, Rosa DeLauro, Jim Himes, and Jahana Hayes. CCM has also invited Connecticut’s own U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. Breakfast will be served before the panel.
11:00am – 1:00pm
Legislative Committee Meeting
1:00pm – 3:00pm
Board of Directors Meeting
Registration & Pricing Member Pre-Registration: $179
Non-Member Pre-Registration: $229
Member Onsite Registration: $229
Non-Member Onsite Registration: $289
Register online at: www.ccm-ct.org/Education-and-Events/CCM-Convention
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SPONSORS As of 8/3/21
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WORKSHOPS SESSION A 9:45-10:45
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State Commissioners’ Panel
Municipal officials often long for direct access to state agency heads to obtain clarity on requirements or to expedite required procedures. This session will provide local officials with the opportunity to learn how budget reductions to state agencies will impact towns and cities and how state agencies are working to continue to provide key services to municipalities in light of these reductions. Local officials are looking to learn how more can be done with less through “red tape” reduction and improved efficiency. Be a part of this important discussion on improvingt the State-Local Partnership with key State Commissioners!
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Advancing Racial Equity in Connecticut’s Towns and Cities
During this session, municpal officials will provide overviews of what their towns and cities are doing to advance racial equity.
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Risk Management for Municipal Officials
Co-sponsored by CIRMA This session will provide an overview of the multitude of risks faced by Connecticut’s municipalities and school districts. Additionally, presenters will discuss the best practices to implement risk management as a core function to continue to achieve the municipalities mission and work towards its vision.
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PFAS - The Hidden Expense
This presentation will be a follow-up to the 3-part PFAS Webinar Series presented in the Spring of 2020 and will discuss
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ways that municipalities may have to deal with PFAS investigations and remediation costs. The presentation will provide 1) an update on CTDEEP current and proposed PFAS actions, and 2) a case study that discussed the impacts to a municipality that used firefighting foams, including investigation techniques and developing cost assessments using traditional and alternative remedial technologies.
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CT Trail Finder: Engaging Trails & Greenspaces for Economic Development & Public Health Co-sponsored by Connecticut Economic Development Association (CEDAS) The State of Connecticut has a vast number of open space and outdoor recreational opportunities, many of which were heavily used and explored during the COVID-19 pandemic. This session will explore how communities can make the most of trails and green spaces to promote public health and economic development. The session will include an overview of tools for greenspace promotion including the Connecticut Trail Finder, www.cttrailfinder.com a free, interactive mapping website designed to help Connecticut residents and visitors explore trail and outdoor recreation opportunities, trailside services, and events as well as information for trail and land managers on how you can add trail systems to the tool. The session will also include discussion of greenspace disparities, impacts of increased use during the COVID-19 pandemic, and ways to engage new users. The Connecticut Trail Finder is funded through generous support from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Department of Transportation.
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WORKSHOPS SESSION B 1:45-2:45
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Risks Of Not Promoting Fair & Equitable Workplace
Co-sponsored by CIRMA This session will provide attendees with an understanding of the employment practices, and reputational risks of not supporting and promoting a fair and equitable workplace. It will discuss the symptoms of employment culture and behaviors that lead to discrimination claims, Risk Management strategies to reduce these risks, and a review of current cases and legislation identification of best practices.
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CAPSS Blueprint To Transform Connecticut’s Public Schools
Co-sponsored by CT Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS) The CAPSS Blueprint is an allencompassing, equitable strategy for funding and improving public education in Connecticut, one which addresses the highest priority needs as expressed by the Superintendents of Schools. These recommendations are aimed at state funding, legislation and state and local action.
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Social Services: Everything You Wanted to Know
Co-sponsored by Connecticut Local Administrators of Social Services, Inc. (CLASS) Social Services at the local level is often misunderstood. Cities/Towns often provide this service to residents but don’t understand what Social Services is and why it is important. This presentation will allow municipal staff to: • learn about what Social Services does
• understand why all town departments should be interacting with Social Services • understand how all residents can be assisted; not just the poor • learn how revenue is generated by Social Services Also this presentation will allow participants to ask questions. (Social Services can also be referred to as Human Services etc. at the town level.)
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Affordable Housing & Land Use Legislation
Co-sponsored by Connecticut Association of Municipal Attorneys (CAMA) This session will provide an overview of the nuts and bolts of Public Act 21-29 and how it impacts municipal affordable housing and comprehensive zoning plans.
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Making Our Communities Great Places To Live For All: Examples And Stories From CT Municipal Leaders This workshop will showcase municipal leaders from Sustainable CT certified communities who will share stories about their town initiatives to build more inclusive, resilient, thriving communities. Municipal leaders will share best practices that will include examples from the broad range of Sustainable CT impact areas: inclusion and equity, local economies, land and natural resources, arts and culture, land use planning, mobility/ transportation, clean energy, community engagement, materials management, health and wellness, affordable housing, and homelessness prevention. Presenters will use of engaging storytelling to engage, inspire, and promote peer learning.
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WORKSHOPS SESSION C 3:30-4:30
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CCM’s ARP Advisory Service Committee
Connecticut towns and cities received approximately $2.55 billion statewide in funding from the American Rescue Plan (ARP). The funds from the ARP will be allocated and utilized for the next 5 years to invest in short and long-term strategies to address public health, economic recovery and infrastructure projects. Members of CCM’s Advisory Service Committee will discuss projects that have been considered and guidance that to assist towns and cities make investments that will afford returns into the future.
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Successfully Managing Short-Term Grants and Funds
This session will focus on how to successfully manage competitive grants and other short-term funding sources and how to avoid common pitfalls municipalities may encounter. With the pandemic and events of 2020, many federal and state funding programs emerged and municipalities were quickly charged with effectively allocating and managing an inflex of funds.
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Cybersecurity: Preventing Costly Attacks to Your Municipality
Are you concerned about the IT security of your municipality? Many cities and towns across the region have experienced phishing scams, exposure to dark web threats, internal hacks, and attacks to steal critical information data about your citizens and operations. The average cost of ransomware payouts tripled last year, rising to $233,817. In this session, we will cover how you can know your exposure and strategies to secure your IT systems, including best practices used to help other municipalities prevent and thwart cyber-attacks.
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Municipal Collective Bargaining After COVID-19
Co-sponsored by Connecticut Public Employer Labor Relations Association (ConnPELRA) This presentation will review how municipal collective bargaining has changed and will continue to change after the pandemic. Bargaining topics such as work at home arrangements, use of sick time for pandemic-related absences, workplace accommodations and union demands for hazard pay will be reviewed. The advantages of bargaining in person and/ or over Zoom will be discussed. How to respond to union requests for information related to PPP, ARP and Cares Act funding will be addressed. This presentation will also address the significance of new legislation in Connecticut, that takes effect on October 1, 2021, applicable to governmental employers regarding disclosure of employee information, union dues, and union access to facilities, systems and employees.
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Connecticut’s Financial Outlook – Beyond the Headlines
Connecticut’s pension obligations and high taxes are well covered headline news. Less clear - but no less important – is the state’s complete financial picture. How burdensome are the state’s obligations on Connecticut residents? On your city or town? Relative to other states? Join us to go beyond the headlines for a view into Connecticut’s total financial standing, and how Connecticut stacks up against peers and the nation.
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EXHIBITORS Beirne Wealth Consulting Services, LLC
Indus
BELFOR Property Restoration
Loureiro Engineering Associates*
BL Companies*
M.E. O’Brien & Sons
Cardinal Engineering Associates, Inc.
The Mercury Group
CIRMA
Nationwide Security Corportation
Colliers Project Leaders
NIC Connecticut*
Competitive Energy Services
OneDigital*
Con Edison Solutions
OpenGov*
ConnectiCare*
Pality*
Connection Public Sector Solutions
Pavers by Ideal
Construction Solutions Group
PFM Asset Management LLC
Crown Castle
Savy & Sons
CT Partnership Plan- Stirling Benefits
Specialized Data Systems, Inc.*
Distinctive TreeCare, LLC
Superior Spring & Mfg. Co. Inc.
Downes Construction Company*
Tighe & Bond*
Eagle Enviromental, Inc.
Titan*
The ECG Group*
Tyler Technologies
Edmunds GovTech
UNIQUE Paving Materials Corp.
Environmental Partners*
United Concrete Products
ESC - Environmental Systems Corp.*
Weston & Sampson
Full Circle Technologies, Inc.
Woodard & Curran*
GovDeals
* Municipal Business Associate (MBA) Member
GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.* Hartford Trucking Company
As of 8/3/21
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MUNICIPAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATE
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CCM ANNUAL
CONVENTION MOHEGAN SUN • 2021
Tuesday, November 30 - Wednesday, December 1, 2021
