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Handbook for Newly Elected Officials (PDF 3930KB)
Our Newly Elected Officials Guide is designed to provide information and guidance on various laws and procedures to newly-elected officials of all local governments. (Updated 2021)
Our Newly Elected Officials Guide is designed to provide information and guidance on various laws and procedures to newly-elected officials of all local governments. (Updated 2021)
304 Questions That Have Actual Answers (PDF 1559KB)
In this handbook, we list the 304 questions about local government issues that you always wanted to know…with actual answers.
In this handbook, we list the 304 questions about local government issues that you always wanted to know…with actual answers.
Labor Law for Public Employers, Large and Small (PDF 10915KB)
This handbook provides a primer to local government officials on the laws and policies that govern collective bargaining and other employment-related matters. (Updated 2013)
This handbook provides a primer to local government officials on the laws and policies that govern collective bargaining and other employment-related matters. (Updated 2013)
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Local Government News (Fall 2013) (PDF 28548KB)
Ancel Glink's Local Government News, Fall 2013 edition of the firm newsletter
Ancel Glink's Local Government News, Fall 2013 edition of the firm newsletter
Quorum Forum 51: Parliamentary Procedures for Newly Elected Officials (4/1/2021)
Newly-elected and not-so-newly elected officials are preparing for business
after the local government elections. That’s why Ancel Glink’s Steve
Mahrt and Eugene
Bolotnikov joi...
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Quorum Forum 49: Not in my Park! Regulating Controversial Park Activities (2/4/2021)
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Park agencies manage many acres of public space where
sometimes controversial activities take place. What authority does your
organization have to regulate protests, public art, and more, while res...
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October 2018
Our Village has a resident that files FOIA requests once per week and the work to produce the documents has begun to take more and more of staff's time. Is it ever okay not to respond to a FOIA request?
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June 2018
One of our employees requires intermittent 15 minute breaks under FMLA. Are we required to compensate that employee for the time spent on those breaks?
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December 2017
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Can a home rule municipality adopt an ordinance that exempts certain records from public inspection, even though those same records may be subject to public inspection under FOIA?
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