This new IPA training course will focus on a variety of issues related to human resource management for local governments in Delaware. Course topics will include:

• Documenting HR issues and employment records
• Disciplining employees
• Understanding manager-council relations relating to HR issues
• Utilizing collective bargaining
• Developing and using municipal HR handbooks

Proper management techniques can help prevent problems and conflicts. With 12 years of experience helping local governments navigate HR issues, Aaron Shapiro, Esq. will lead workshop participants through the ins and outs of these tricky topics. This session qualifies for certificate credit in the Academy for Excellence in Local Government Leadership.

Cost: $55 | Instructor: Aaron Shapiro, Esq., Of Counsel, Connolly Gallagher, LLP

This event has reached capacity. To be added to the wait list, email Sean O'Neill (oneill@udel.edu).

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​The Biden Institute, in partnership with Governor John Carney, will bring together government officials, developers, investors and business leaders from across the nation for an opportunity to learn more about these new incentives and to assist communities in realizing the full potential of Opportunity Zones located in city, town/village and university-anchored communities.

Join us each month for a one-hour gathering to share your work and hear about four projects that are taking place throughout the school. SPPA faculty, staff, and students are invited to present a project, research tool, or even an idea for a new project in need of collaborators. Please RSVP to Sarah Pragg (pragg@udel.edu).

Planning 101 provides valuable information for all elected officials who consider and act upon comprehensive plans, land use and zoning matters, and other growth issues. Planning and zoning commissioners, board of adjustment members, and those who take part in community planning and land- development matters will enjoy this course.

Course topics will include:

• Delaware planning and zoning statutory requirements
• The elements of a comprehensive plan
• The basics of land use control
• The role of the planning & zoning commissioner

This session qualifies for certificate credit in the Academy for Excellence in Local Government Leadership and the Delaware Planning Education Program.

Cost: $55 | Instructors: Edward O'Donnell, AICP, Institute for Public Administration; Linda Raab, AICP; Max Walton, Esq., Partner at Connolly Gallagher, LLP; David Edgell, AICP, Office of State Planning Coordination

Register now | Download the event flyer | Registration deadline: January 17, 2019