MACC Annual Environmental Conference: Creative Approaches to Financing Your Commission
March 5, 2011
Kathleen E. Connolly will be presenting two workshops at the upcoming MACC (Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions) Annual Environmental Conference.
March 5, 2011
MACC Annual Environmental Conference
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, Massachusetts
Creative Appraoches to Financing Your Commission
9:45 to 11:00 a.m.
This workshop will focus on basic and creative ways to fund Conservation Commission operations and related activities. Topics include: how to use fees from wetland fund accounts, revolving accounts, and using "contributions" from developers. Attendees will also learn how the mass procurement act, MGL Chapter 30B, applies to them, such as in hiring consultants to review wetland permit applications. The legal background and citations for each law governing these techniques will be discussed.
Speakers: Kathleen E. Connolly, Esq., Counsel, Murtha Cullina LLP and MACC Officer
Kevin Paicos, Town Manager, Foxborough
George A. Hall Jr., Esq., Partner, Anderson & Kreiger, LLP
