Agenda

 

Thursday, June 11
 
9 a.m.       Registration
9:45 a.m.       Welcome -Damien Boley, Mayor, Smithville and MML President

      MML Services - Laura Holloway, Executive Director and Stuart Haynes, Deputy Director, MML
10:30 a.m.       Fundamentals of Municipal Government - Allen Garner, Attorney, Allen Garner Law, LLC
11:15 a.m.    Break
11:30 a.m.       Conducting City Business -Stephanie Karr, Attorney, Curtis, Heinz, Garrett & O'Keefe, P.C.
12:30 p.m.      

Lunch
*Sponsored by: Interim Solutions, LLC
1:30 p.m.       Budgets - Jeana Woods, CPA, Woods Accounting & Tax Services, LLC
2:30 p.m.       Break
2:45 p.m.       Planning & Zoning - Brian Malone, Attorney, Lashly & Baer, P.C.
3:45 p.m.       Break
4 p.m.       Economic Development - Carolyn Chrisman, Owner, Chrisman Consulting, LLC
5 p.m.       Adjourn
5:30 p.m.       Reception/Networking
*Sponsored by: GBA
         
Friday, June 12
 
7:30 a.m.       Breakfast
8 a.m.      

KEYNOTE - The Dignity Index
Description: The Dignity Index is a powerful tool designed to help shift how we interact with others in moments of disagreement or conflict in public and political spaces, and increasingly, in the workplace. Created by Tami Pyfer, Tim Shriver, and Tom Rosshirt, the index is more than a scoring system - it's a tool for cultural change that teaches critical skills for healthier discourse and human connection. Developing government cultures of dignity can help address what the 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer describes as the "widespread sense of grievance" that is eroding trust in both public and private entities.
9 a.m.       Break
9:15 a.m.       Revenue Sources - Erick Creach, Attorney, Gilmore & Bell, P.C.
10:15 a.m.     Public Works Contracting - Jackson Auer & Paul Campo, Attorneys, Williams & Campo, P.C. 
11:15 .a.m.       Break
11:30 a.m.       Missouri Sunshine Law - Erin Seele, Attorney, Cunningham, Vogel & Rost
12:30 p.m.       Adjourn