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CLINICS AND INSTITUTES

Workshops Scheduled For Municipal Leaders

The Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, in cooperation with six community colleges and Governors State University, will conduct seven workshops for municipalities during the month of July. Officials and administrative personnel of municipalities are invited to attend this second offering of the same workshops as were presented during February and March of this year.

This Illinois Municipal Government Workshops series, primarily for small municipalities, features current information on federal and state grants and loans; local infrastructure project financing options; local revenue authority; and state requirements regarding such subjects as budgeting and the appropriation ordinance, filing procedures, the tax levy and Truth-In-Taxation provisions. Other topics to be included are how a community can inventory its infrastructure needs, plan its future infrastructure improvements, review its water rate charges and become a Certified City. These subjects also constituted the agenda presented at the first six workshops of this series.

Take-home information will be given to attendees on the program topics and Department of Commerce and Community Affairs staff will be there to provide assistance. Mayors, village presidents and other municipal officials and their staff are encouraged to attend.

No advanced registration is required, and there is no fee for attending. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., program at 9:00 a.m., and the event is finished by 3:00 p.m. The dates, co-sponsoring institutions, locations, and contacts are as follows.

July 9 (Wednesday)
OLNEY CENTRAL COLLEGE
West Building, Theater
305 North West Street
Olney, Illinois 62450
(618) 395-4351

July 16 (Wednesday)
SPOON RIVER COLLEGE
Centers Building—Learning Resources Center
Rural Route 1
Canton, Illinois 61520
(309) 647-4645 X240

July 23 (Wednesday)
GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY
Institute for Public Policy and Administration
GSU Building — Hall of Honors
Stuenkel Road & Governor's Highway
University Park, Illinois 60466
(312) 534-5000 X2267

July 10 (Thursday)
PARKLAND COLLEGE
Main Building, Room C-118
2400 West Bradley Avenue
Champaign, Illinois 61821
(217) 351-2200

July 17 (Thursday)
BLACK HAWK COLLEGE
Building 4 — Rooms 1 and 2
6600 34th Avenue
Moline, Illinois 61265
(309) 796-1311 X1354

July 24 (Thursday)
ELGIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Building A — Auditorium A
1700 Spartan Drive
Elgin, Illinois 60120
(312) 888-7376

July 31 (Thursday)
ROCK VALLEY COLLEGE
Educational Resources Center—Performing Arts Room
3301 North Mulford Road
Rockford, Illinois 61111
(815) 654-4290

For further information, contact the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs via its Local Government Hotline, 1-800-562-4688.

Page 28 / Illinois Municipal Review / May 1986