GMA and ACCG will be hosting a four-hour contracts class for local governments focused on local government contracting, practice pointers, risk transfer, risk mitigation, indemnity, and technical compliance. Formulating, preparing, reviewing, and ultimately approving local government-related contracts can involve an often-complex mix of practical considerations, objective-driven criteria, and legal requirements.
This course will cover all of that ground with clear, easy-to-understand, and practical advice to aid in preparing meaningful agreements, combined with a significant legal element to assist in ensuring relevant statutory and case-driven elements are included within your agreements. This course will also provide meaningful day-to-day guidance to ensure contracts will perform in the manner intended while otherwise protecting and shielding your local government from risk and unintended consequences.
A notebook of pertinent material will be available and can be used as a resource in reviewing contracts for statutory compliance, risk abatement, indemnity, and state and federal rules regarding the legal status of those with whom your agency is transacting business.
This course is geared toward City and County Managers/Administrators, Elected Officials, Constitutional Officers, City/County Attorneys, city and county clerks, Risk Managers, and anyone who either develops contracts or oversees contract compliance or contractor activities.
Our presenter for this program will be Jeff Strickland
Jeff Strickland is a partner at Jarrard & Davis, LLP, a boutique private law practice that focuses on local government representation. His practice includes commercial transactions, government contracting and procurement, policy development and implementation, and legislation. Before joining Jarrard & Davis, Mr. Strickland served as a Senior Assistant City Attorney with the City of Atlanta Department of Law in its Aviation Practice Group dealing with multi-faceted issues related to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Prior to relocating back to Georgia in 2012, Mr. Strickland practiced law for nine years in Salem, Oregon, focusing on various matters, including municipal law, transactions, commercial litigation, and real estate. Mr. Strickland has earned a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice and a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia), a Master of Public Administration from Georgia College and State University (Milledgeville, Georgia), and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Willamette University School of Law (Salem, Oregon).
Breakfast and Registration: 8am-8:30am
Cost to Attend:
Members:
ACCG Property & Liability Insurance Program (IRMA) - NO CHARGE
GMA Georgia Interlocal Risk Mgmt. Agency (GIRMA) - NO CHARGE
Non-Members: $75 per person, payable in advance to LGRMS, 3500 Parkway Lane, Suite 110, Peachtree Corners, GA 30092.
CANCELLATION POLICY: If you do not cancel by telephone or email at least three days prior to the workshop you registered to attend and do not attend, you will be invoiced a no-show fee of $25.