Schedule, Hotel & Registration

Administrators & Attorneys Annual Fall Conference

October 22-24, 2008 - Location To Be Announced. Details will be posted on line beginning Summer 2008.

2007 Conference Schedule

Wednesday, October 24
7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. - Reception

Thursday, October 25
7:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. - Registration
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Networking Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. - Welcome
Paul W. Comfort, County Administrator, Charles County and President, MD Association of County Administrative Officers
Robert S. McCord, County Attorney, Harford County and President, MD County Civil Attorneys Association
David S. Bliden, Executive Director, Maryland Association of Counties

9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. - General Session: Managing School Board Relations
Leslie Robert Stellman, Hodes, Pessin & Katz, P.A. , The Honorable Wilson Parran, President, Calvert County Board Of Commissioners, Robert C. Leib, Special Assistant on BRAC/ Education, Office of the County Executive, Anne Arundel County

10:00 a.m. – 10: 15 a.m. - Coffee Break

10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. - General Session: Special Taxing Districts/Tax Increment Financing
Lindsey A. Rader, Funk and Bolton, P.A., Carmen Jackson-Brown, Legislative Officer, Prince George’s County Council, and James E. Sanderson, Jr., Vice-President, Davenport & Co.

11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. - Coffee Break

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - General Session: Commission on Growth –
What We Should Worry About
The Honorable Jan H. Gardner, President, Board of Commissioners, Frederick County & MACo President, Sandy Coyman, Director, Dept. of Comprehensive Planning,
Worcester County, and The Honorable Stephen Lafferty, Delegate, State of Maryland

12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Lunch

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Breakout Sessions:
Attorneys – Standing in Neighborhood Associations
Drew Koslow, River Keeper, South River Federation, Eric W. Tiso, AICP, City Planner, Land Use and Urban Design Division, Baltimore City Dept. of Planning

Administrators – Green Buildings
Abigail Friedman, Project Director, Green Government Initiative, National Association of Counties (NACo), Jason Hartke, Manager, State and Local Advocacy, US Green Buildings Council, and Joshua Feldmark, Executive Director, Commission on Environment and Sustainability, Howard County

3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. - Coffee Break

3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. - Networking Discussions
Attorneys – State Attorney Generals’ Office Briefing - Cynthia Peltzman, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division
Administrators – T. Eloise Foster, Secretary, Department of Budget and Management, and Howard Freedlander, State Deputy Treasurer, and a discussion on Interoperability.

6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. - Dinner – off site

Friday, October 26
7:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. - Registration

7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Networking Breakfasts

9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. - County Government & The Courts
John Breads, Jr., Senior Counsel, Local Government Insurance Trust

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Coffee Break

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - 2008 General Assembly Budget Perspective and Other Issues
The Honorable Ed DeGrange, MD State Senate
The Honorable Tawanna P. Gaines, MD House of Delegates

11:30 a.m. - Adjourn