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Upcoming VTGFOA Events

Annual Meeting & Summer Workshop
​June 11, 2025

Springfield Area Parent Child Center (SAPCC)
80 Jack and Jill Lane
North Springfield, VT 05150

Agenda

8:30a - Registration
8:55a - Welcome - Angela Aldieri, VTGFOA President
9:00a - Building a Long-Term Capital Plan - Ken Linge, Vermont Bond Bank & Jennifer Silpe-Katz, Finance Officer
10:15a - Break
10:30a - Understanding Debt Capacity and Financing Tools for Municipalities - Ken Linge/Michael Gaughan, Vermont Bond Bank
11:45a - Annual Meeting
12:15p - Lunch
1:30p - GASB Annual Update - Lisa Parker, GASB
2:30p - Safe Journey Home!
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    Registration Deadline: June 6, 2025
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Previous Topics

  • Taxable and Nontaxable Fringe Benefits - Bill Hall, Senior Financial Consultant, VLCT
  • Ethics and Local Government - Madeline Motta and Julie Hulbard, Vermont State Ethics Commission
  • Records Retention for VT Municipalities - Megan Wheaton-Book, Records Management Specialist, Vermont State Archives and Records Administration
  • Best Practices, Policies and Procedures for Municipal Governments - Bill Hall, Senior Financial Consultant, VLCT; Angela Aldieri, Staff Accountant, City of Winooski; Lauren Morrisseau, Finance Director, Town of Essex and Village of Essex Junction; Aaron Fransst. Town Manager and CFO, Town of Colchester
  • Essential Methods for Effective Project Management - Joseph P. Eriole, Esq., COO, OnPoint Management Consulting
  • VMERS Update - Jennifer Burdick and Laurie Lanphear, Retirement Division, VT State Treasurer's Office
  • Writing a Better MD&A - Bill Hall, Senior Financial Consultant, VLCT
  • Managing Delinquent Taxes and the Tax Sale Process - Kevin O'Toole, Dover, VT
  • Fraud Risk Management - Fred Duplessis and Rick Brigham, Partners, Sullivan Powers & Co.
  • Insurances for Municipalities - VLCT
  • Independent Contractor or Employee? - Kerin Stackpole, Paul Frank & Collins, PC
  • C-101 Quarterly Wage and Health Care Contribution Reporting - Meghan Kirby, UC Tax Field Auditor, VTDOL
  • Keep an Eye on the Cadillac Tax; Deb Loughlin, Principal, Digital Benefit Advisers
  • Accepting Credit Cards for Municipal Services - Shelley Quinn, VP of Cash Management & Government Banking, Merchants Bank; Aaron Frank, CFO, Town of Colchester
  • GFOA's Best Practices in Budgeting - John Fishbein, Senior Program Manager, Technical Services Center, GFOA
  • Managing the RFP Process - Michael Gilbar, CFO, VLCT
  • Realizing the Full Potential of Your Financial Management Software - Ernie Saunders, President, NEMRC
  • Capital Planning and the Use of Capital Reserves for Funding - Wendy Wilton, City Treasurer, City of Rutland; Aaron Frank, CFO, Town of Colchester; Bob Giroux, Executive Director, VMBB
  • GFOA Best Practices for Grant Administration - Bill Hall, Senior Financial Consultant, VLCT
  • OMB's "Super-Circular" Uniform Guidance - Bill Hall, Senior Financial Consultant, VLCT
  • Financial Analysis and the Budget Cycle - Chad Hewitt, CPA, Sullivan Powers & Co.; Sarah Duffy, Finance Manager, St. Albans City
  • Employee Engagement and Successfully Managing Performance - Kerin Stackpole, Attorney at Law, Paul Frank + Collins, PC
  • Pension Reporting for Local Governments - Beth Pearce, Treasurer, State of Vermont
  • Annual GASB Update - Lisa Parker, Project Manager, Governmental Accounting Standards Board
  • Lean Process Improvement Techniques - Kate McGovern, Bureau Chief, New Hampshire Bureau of Education & Training
  • Lean and the Business Transformation Initiative at the Department of Environmental Conservation - John DosSantos, Financial Administrator, DEC
  • Financial Reporting of Deferred Inflows and Deferred Outflows of Resources, and Net Position - Bill Hall, Senior Financial Consultant, VLCT
  • Fraud, Waste and Abuse: What Government Officials Need to Know About Employee Theft and How to Combat It - Christopher Marquet, Marquet International Ltd

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