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January 7, 2009

Virginia Association of Counties


COUNTY CONNECTIONS

January 1 

Page 1
VACo issues preliminary summary of Gov. Kaine's proposed 2009-2010 budget recommendations
By Mike Edwards/medwards@vaco.org




Page 2
Name that County Courthouse!





Page 4
Clay Goodman III chosen as Roanoke County administrator




Page 5
ALERT: Bath County has new 911 dispatch center





Page 7
Prince George County honors employees



Plus the ever popular Employment Opportunities.

VACo Committee Interest Form
Become more involved in VACo. Serve on a steering or operational committee.


VACo's preliminary summary of
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's proposed
2009-2010 budget recommendations

Read VACo's report written by Mike Edwards and Dean Lynch. (UPDATED DEC. 30) 

Listen to the governor's speech from the press conference on Wednesday, Dec. 17. Audio
AUDIO COURTESY OF GOVERNOR'S OFFICE


VACo/VML Legislative Day 2009
Feb. 5

For the 18th year, the Virginia Association of Counties and the Virginia Municipal League are joining forces to co-sponsor Legislative Day on Feb. 5 at the Richmond Marriott.

VACo and VML staff members will report on legislation affecting local governments, then local officials are encouraged to go to the state Capitol to participate in committee meetings and lobby state legislators. In the evening, local officials are strongly encouraged to invite their state legislators to dinner.

Click here for an application and hotel information.

 


VACo/VML Center for Rural Virginia Caucus
Reception and Dinner
Feb. 4
Richmond Marriott

You are cordially invited to attend. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. Registration is required.
Click here for a registration form that can be printed and faxed back to VACo at 804-788-0083, attention Carol Cameron.


Supervisor Certification Course

Inventing Your County's Future: The Role of Community Planning (1)
Charlottesville
Jan. 30, 2009
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Inventing Your County's Future: The Role of Community Planning (2)
Charlottesville
March 27, 2009
10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

FEE: $400

CLICK HERE to complete the registration form. Once you complete the form, you may e-mail it to VACo by going to FILE and clicking on SAVE AS. Then SAVE file to your desktop and name it Supervisor_CountyName_Date. For example, Supervisor_HenricoCounty_12-10-08. Then attach the registration form to an e-mail and send it to ccameron at ccameron@vaco.org. Or you may print out the completed form and fax it to 804-788-0083, attention Carol Cameron.


VACo 74th Annual Conference




Visit the
2008 Annual Conference page for coverage of the event in Bath County.

Also the 2009 VACo Legislative Program is available.
The program was adopted at the Annual Conference.

 


For Your Information

VACo's 74th ANNUAL CONFERENCE



Nov. 9-11
The Homestead
"Counties Poised for Change:
The new face of local government." 

Thank you for your participation and support.
The 2008 Annual Conference was a great success.

Go here for recaps, photos, videos and other information from the conference. 

If you have any questions or concerns please contact
Larry Land at (804) 343-2504
or Carol Cameron at 
(804) 343-2507.


COUNTY CONNECTIONS
Read the January 1 issue that features a story about Bath County's new 911 dispatch center.




Employment Opportunities

More Employment Opportunities


VACo is proud of our Associate Members and encourage you to make their acquaintance. You’ll find individual pages that detail what our Associate Members do and how to reach their leaders. Have a look.


ABOUT VACo at a glance

VACo Board of Directors

VACo Steering Committee Members

Counties Listed by Region 

Virginia Map with links to county Web sites


Virginia Institute of Government Compensation Survey System on the Web

Building a Cleaner James River



Stormwater Discussion Forum

VACo has launched a forum that encourages a free-flowing exchange of information about the most effective and efficient approaches that local government professionals may want to contemplate as they manage their local stormwater programs. Please consider this Forum as a venue through which you can raise questions with, and have your questions answered by, your peers across Virginia.

Please visit the site at
www.vastormwater.hqforums.net. Become a part of the community by registering. You can find the button at the top of the page.


U.S. Communities- Government Purchasers Saving You Money

Nationwide Retirement Solutions

VACo Risk Management Programs

VML/VACo Finance Program


National Association of Counties

The Commonwealth of Virginia

Governor of Virginia



 
 

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promote and protect the interests of counties to better serve the people of Virginia.

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