Tuesday, July 22, 2008, at: 2:00-3:30 p.m. Eastern Time

This is part of a series of webcasts put on by the International City/County Management Association (ICMA). For more information and to register, go to ICMA's site.

If you're struggling with how to fund the development and maintenance of environmental systems--like drinking and waste water systems--the How To Pay: Challenges and Solutions Of Environmental Protection is for you and your local government team. The webcast, part of ICMA's Sustainable Communities Leadership Initiative will cover:

• a step-by-step process to help communities develop a sound infrastructure financing plan and contains financial and technical resources delivered by experts from EPA's Environmental Financing Project
• Bill Jarocki, Director, Environmental Finance Center, Boise State University will review the Financial Dashboard designed by the Environmental Compliance Center at Boise State. It helps decision makers understand the effects of their financial decisions on the sustainability of the water systems.
• Brian Bolton, Mayor of Conway, NC, will discuss a model, which looks at the impacts of a capital improvement plan on rate increases for customers and how the model has impacted their decision making process

The goal of the webcast is to help you get information about modifying rates, capital investment, asset replacement, and other fundamental financial management decisions, and obtain practical resources to improve public health by ensuring that your community has sound financing plans to pay for environmental infrastructure.

Who Should Attend?

The How To Pay: Challenges and Solutions Of Environmental Protection webcast targets local government leaders, environmental and public works officials, and finance directors. Due to the multi-disciplinary nature of the topic and the approaches that will be described, ICMA suggests that teams of local government officials participate on the webcast as a group.

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