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DRAFT AGENDA
1/28/15
MACo MIDWINTER CONFERENCE
Red Lion Colonial Hotel - Helena
February 9-12, 2015
ON-SITE REGISTRATION OPEN:
Lobby
Monday, February 9
11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 10
7:30 a.m. -5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 11
7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 12
7:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9
1:00 p.m.
Lobby & Natatorium
Exhibitors set up
1:00-4:30 p.m.
MACo Committees Meet:
Attendees who are not MACo committee members are invited
and encouraged to participate in the committee meeting of
their choice.
Legislative Room
Capitol Room
Lewis Room
Gallery Room
1. Agriculture Committee
2. Community, Economic Development
& Labor Committee
3. Health and Human Services Committee
4. Land Use & Development Committee
2:30-3:00
Natatorium
Coffee Break
3:00-4:30 p.m.
Committee meetings continued
4:30 p.m.
Judicial Room
Coalition of Forest Counties Meeting
4:30 p.m.
Senate Room
6 County Fort Peck Lake Group Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Executive/Legislative
Board of Directors’ Dinner Meeting
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10
7:00-8:30 a.m.
Judicial Room
JPA Trustees Breakfast Meeting
7:30-8:30 a.m.
Montana Room
Reservation Counties Meeting
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Clark Room
Clerk and Recorders Meeting
8:30 a.m.-12:00 noon
MACo Committees Meet:
Gallery Room
Lewis Room
Capitol Room
State Room
1.
2.
3.
4.
10:00-10:30 a.m.
Lobby & Natatorium
Coffee Break – Visit with Exhibitors
10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon
Committee meetings continued
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Executive/Legislative Rooms
Lunch
Presiding: Dave Schulz, MACo President and
Madison County Commissioner
Energy Committee
Justice and Public Safety Committee
Public Lands Committee
Transportation Committee
Introduction of the head table
Pledge of Allegiance
1:00-3:00 p.m.
State/Capitol Rooms
GENERAL SESSION
County Fairs
 Video of Montana fair
 County compliance
 Independent contractor requirements
 Entertainment
 Carnivals
 Food safety
 Fair boards versus advisory groups
 Emergency & weather preparedness
 Fairgrounds maintenance
 Use of facilities by others
 Social & economic impact of fairs
 4-H or FAA
Presenters: Bill Dutcher, Moderator/Manager, Metra Park (Billings)
Kim Knutson, Manager, Park County Fair (Livingston)
Mike Hashisaki, Manager, Sanders County Fair ( Plains)
Mark Campbell, Manager, NW Montana Fair and Rodeo (Kalispell)
Keith Hatch, Manager, Last Chance Stampede & Fair (Helena)
3:00-3:30 p.m.
Lobby & Natatorium
Coffee Break – Visit with Exhibitors
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Reappraisals
Presenters: Mike Kadas, Director, Department of Revenue and
Ed Caplis, Director, Tax Policy & Research
4:30-5:30 p.m.
Capitol Room
Oil, Gas, and Coal Counties Meeting
4:30 p.m.
Montana Room
Hard Rock Mining Counties
4:30-5:30 p.m.
Senate Room
Urban Counties Meeting
5:30 p.m.
Legislative Room
JPIA Trustees Dinner Meeting
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11
7:00-8:00 a.m.
Lewis Room
HCT Breakfast Meeting
7:00-8:00 a.m.
Montana Room
Coalition of Wildlife Counties Meeting
8:00 a.m.
State/Capitol Rooms
GENERAL SESSION - “EMPLOYMENT DAY”
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Nationwide Retirement Resolutions
Presenter: Roberta S. Eckert, Vice-President, Nationwide
Financial Retirement Institute
9:00-10:00 a.m.
Personnel Issues
10:00-10:30 a.m.
Coffee Break - Visit with Exhibitors
Sponsored by: Black Mountain Software
10:30-12:00 p.m.
Personnel Issues
12:00 noon-1:00 p.m.
Executive/Legislative Rooms
Lunch
Clerk and Recorders are invited to attend this session.
Safety Awards Lunch
GENERAL SESSION CONTINUED
1:00-2:00 p.m.
Exempt Wells: How the 1987 Definition of
CombinedAppropriation Affects Counties
On October 27, 2014, the Montana First Judicial District
Court issued an Order in the Clark Fork Coalition v. DNRC
case that concluded that DNRC’s definition of “combined
appropriation” as is relates to exempt wells was
unconstitutional and reinstated the 1987 definition of
“combined appropriation” of two or more exempt wells.
DNRC has issued guidance on how it will review
applications for exempt well certificates and is seeking
legislation to codify that guidance and the 1987 definition
of “combined appropriation”. The 1987 definition of
“combined appropriation” prevents developments from
using two or more exempt wells in the same aquifer if the
exempt wells exceed 10 acre feet per year, whether or not
the exempt wells are physically connected in the delivery
system of the water. This District Court ruling will have a
substantial impact on development in Montana. The ruling
is currently being appealed by the Montana Well Drillers
Association and the Montana Association of Realtors to the
Montana Supreme Court so stay tuned for part two of this
discussion.
Presenters: Tara DePuy, JPIA Contract Land Use Attorney
Ronda Wiggers, Lobbyist
200-2:30 p.m.
Public Surplus
The Public Group, best known for it’s on line auction for local
state and local government surplus materials, Provo, Utah
An internet based public auction software system, available to
government agencies at no cost to the agency, which
provides an easy to use way to sell, on line, 24 hours a day, 7
days a week, any surplus items . It features a national
data base of 4.5 million registered buyers, expanding your reach,
competition, and dollars returned to the taxpayers.
The system meets all transparency requirements necessary and
features built in audit systems to meet any and all procurement
laws. Public Surplus provides training, collections, and service,
both on line, and in the field and collects it’s fees in a “buyers
premium” paid directly to us by the winning bidder. We have been
in this business for over 15 years, and are one of the nation’s
largest on line auctions for public agencies with over 3500
government agencies and school districts using our system
nationwide.
Zackary Corbett, National Marketing and Sales Director
The Public Group
Don Stapley, Marketing Consultant, State and Local Governments
The Public Group (former County Supervisor , retired, Maricopa
County, Az. and former NACo President)
2:30-3:00 p.m.
Lobby & Natatorium
Coffee Break - Visit with Exhibitors
3:00-4:00 p.m.
State/Capitol Rooms
JPIA Membership Meeting
4:00-5:00 p.m.
State/Capitol Rooms
JPA Membership Meeting
5:00 p.m.
Executive/Legislative Room
MACo “Pool” Party
EVERYONE WELCOME!!!
Sponsored by: Dave Turner/Turner Consulting
Allegiance Benefit Plan Management
Legacy Consulting
Arthur Gallagher and Associates
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12
8:30-10:30 a.m.
State/Capitol Rooms
Staff Legislative Reports
11:00 a.m.
Load the bus to go to the Capitol
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Lunch in the Rotunda with the Legislators
1:00-4:00 p.m.
Spend the remainder of the afternoon at the Capitol
1:00 p.m.
For those not wanting to spend the afternoon at the Capitol,
bus will return to the Red Lion Colonial Hotel
4:00 p.m.
For those wanting to spend the afternoon at the Capitol, bus
will return to the Red Lion Colonial Hotel