Fall Institute 2011 Speaker Handouts

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Spring Seminar 2011 Handouts

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Executive Director
Position Vacant
executive@MiGFOA.org

Committee Highlights

  • Fiscal Stress Committee

    Committee’s work is complete but continues to supply information as needed to outside organizations

    Chair - Denise Hammond, MGFOA Honorary Life Member
    Supplied list of important topics for new Emergency Managers to review.  Presented findings at MTA Auditor Institute Jan 2012

  • Legislative Committee

    Chair - Catherine McClary, Washtenaw County
    Monitoring 2011-2012 introduced legislation and recently formed subcommittee to address personal property taxation issue with results sent to state.

  • Mentoring & Membership Committee

    Chair - Tim Haney, City of St. Clair Shores
    Continuing to evaluate active and expiring memberships.

  • Professional Development Committee

    Chair - Tom Colis, Miller Canfield Paddock & Stone PLC
    Finalized the March 2012 Advanced Accounting and Oct 2012 Advanced Debt day long classes and exploring a class on Grant Accounting and Reporting and an Introduction class for new MGFOA members and those new to government finance.

  • Standards Committee

    Chair - Joe Heffernan, Plante & Moran PLLC
    Monitoring all GASB exposure drafts: Recently this includes discussions and responses on Pension Reporting (amending GASB 25 & 27);  Reporting of Items Previously Recognized as Assets and Liabilities and reviewing the GASB Proposal: Financial Projections for Assessing Economic Condition of Governments.

  • Strategic Planning Committee

    Chair - Mike O'Connell, Wayne Co. Dept. of Management & Budget
    Refining MGFOA's role in long-term leadership issues, both internally and externally and evaluating the Executive Director position.

  • Technology Resource Committee

    Chair - Mark Warner, Plante & Moran PLLC
    Implementing plans to increase member awareness of and better leverage website forums.