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  • Mayor & Councilmember Handbook

    This handbook serves as a reference guide for mayors and councilmembers in Washington cities and towns operating under the mayor-council form of government.

  • Budgeting with an equity lens

    CMLBugCities across the state and nation are grappling with the impacts of recent events. The pandemic highlighted not just class inequities, but the seemingly inseparable relationship between race, class, and access to public goods.
    (CML: Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging; 1 credit)

  • Public safety and retail crime webinar recording

    CMLBugView this webinar for a conversation and Q&A about public safety, retail theft, and organized crime impacting Washington communities.
    (CML: Effective local leadership; 1 credit)

  • Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

    May marks Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, which celebrates the histories of Americans from across the Asian continent and from the Pacific islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia!

  • Basics of Collective Bargaining – Negotiating with Unions in the Public Sector

    This manual is the definitive resource for anyone in a public agency involved in the collective bargaining process on behalf of management (only available to management representatives who have been granted access).

  • Top 10 tips for talking to the media

    Here are the top ten ways to communicate with the media that Meeghan Black gave during the January 2023 Mayors Exchange in Olympia.

  • Ever after

    Historic lessons learned in economic resiliency.

  • We call this meeting to order

    How the Open Public Meetings Act evolved during the pandemic and how to comply now.

  • With justice for all

    How cities are utilizing ARPA funds to address equity.

  • Capital idea

    How SeaTac’s standard business survey helped shape its pandemic relief plan.

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