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  • City B&O tax rates and business licenses

    Gather resources on city B&O tax rates and license information, the city B&O tax model ordinance, and background on apportionment.

  • Elected Officials Essentials Workshop recordings

    Certificate of Municipal Leadership programThis video series is a must-see for every newly elected mayor and councilmember. This training fulfils the Open Government Training Act requirement for elected officials.
    (CML: Roles, responsibilities, and legal requirements; 3 credits)

  • The state of transportation in cities

    All across Washington, cities are stepping up to meet growing transportation needs in their communities. Yet cities lack access to basic funding to maintain and preserve city streets for current and future residents.

  • State of the Cities: Evolving public safety & criminal justice services

    This State of the Cities report, AWC examines the present conditions of public safety, along with the current state of criminal justice and behavioral health systems, to explore challenges that cities face and discover areas where cities can learn from each other.

  • Explore the results of AWC’s 2023 City Conditions Survey

    View a snapshot from our survey of Washington cities to see what communities are facing across the state.

  • 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).

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