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Municipal Issue Reports

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2010 Municipal Issue Reports:

• Report No. 2010-2 - Legislature's New 4-Day Notice Requirement for Certain Votes

 

• Report No. 2010-1 - Calendar of Procedural Deadlines for Missouri Municipalities
  • Calendar for Jan. 1 - Dec. 31 Fiscal Year
  • Calendar for July 1 - June 30 Fiscal Year

 

2009 Municipal Issue Reports:

• Report No. 2009-1 - Changes to Property Tax Provisions Update

 

• Report No. 2009-2 - US Supreme Court Declines to Hear Missouri Attorney General's Appeal of Funeral Protest Ordinance - Stems New Challenge to Maplewood Ordinance

 

• Report No. 2009-3 - New Penalty For Failure to File Annual Tax Increment Financing Report- November 16, 2009 Deadline Approaching

 

• Report No. 2009-4 - FCC Attempts To Impose New Restrictions And Penalties On Local Decisions On Cell Tower And Antenna Requests

 

2008 Municipal Issue Reports:

• Report Nos. 2008-1 & 2008-2 - Immigration Bill Impacts on Local Government

 

• Report No. 2008-3 - Minimum Contract Requirements for Cities

 

• Report No. 2008-4 - Business License Update

 

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Recent Presentations

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2010 Presentations:

2010 Missouri Municipal Attorneys Association Summer Seminar

"City Law 101: Fundamentals of Municipal Contract Law" by Daniel G. Vogel

• view handout

Missouri City/County Management Association Spring Conference

"Requirements for Public Works Contracts" by Paul V. Rost

• view presentation

 

Missouri City Clerks & Finance Officers Association Spring Institute

"A Day in the Life of a City Clerk" by Paul V. Rost & Emily R. Kelly

• view presentation

Chancellor's Certificate Program in Planning and Zoning

"Development Financing" by Thomas A. Cunningham & Joshua L. Payton d

• view presentation
• view handout

 

2009 Presentations:

Chancellor's Certificate Program in Planning and Zoning

  "Legal Aspects of Planning & Zoning" by Daniel G. Vogel

• view presentation

 

2009 Missouri Municipal League Annual Conference:

• "Planning and Zoning Fundamentals" by Thomas A. Cunningham
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• "Plays Well With Others - Getting Along in the Local Development Game" by Thomas A. Cunningham & Joshua L. Payton
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• "Property Tax" by Joshua L. Payton (Cunningham, Vogel & Rost, P.C.) & Nathan M. Nickolaus (City Counselor for Jefferson City, Missouri)
• view presentation

 

2009 Missouri Municipal Attorneys Association Summer Seminar:

• "2009 'CPR' Constitutional Amendments - Eminent Domain or Slumlords' Bill of Rights?" by Thomas A. Cunningham
• view presentation
• view handout
• view template resolution/policy

 

• "Subdivision and Public Improvement Guarantees:  Recent Developments, Statutory Mandates and Practical Measures to Reduce Risk" by Daniel G. Vogel

  • view presentation
• view handout
• view Form Letter of Credit
• view Subdivision Improvement Deposit Agreement
• view Estimate Form with Maintenance Obligation
• view Sample Inspection Form

Missouri Municipal League Elected Officials Training Conference

"Planning and Zoning Fundamentals" by Thomas A. Cunningham (view presentation)

UMSL Masters Program - Public Policy Administration

"Legal Aspects of Planning & Zoning" by Daniel G. Vogel (view presentation)

Missouri City Clerks & Finance Officers Association Spring Institute "General Topics in the Law" by Paul V. Rost & Emily Rushing Kelly

(view presentation)

 

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Recent Publications

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Statutory Requirements in Public Works Contracts

Missouri Municipal Review, September 2009

by Paul V. Rost & Ryan A. Moehlman

RED ALERT!! — Sweeping State Constitutional Amendments Would End Local Zoning Authority, Health & Safety Powers, and Redevelopment

by Thomas A. Cunningham, Esq.  (view article)

 

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Other Presentations

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2008 Presentations:

Missouri Municipal League Annual Conference

September 8 , 2008 Presentations by Thomas A. Cunningham, Esq.:

• "Nuts and Bolts of Planning & Zoning" (view presentation)
• "2008 Constitutional Initiative "Eminent Domain" Petitions - The Gathering Storm" (view presentation)

Missouri Municipal Attorneys Association Summer Seminar

"2008 “CPR” Initiative Petitions - Eminent Domain Analysis and Summary of Impacts" (view presentation or the presentation handout)

Illinois City/County Management Association Summer Conference

"Illinois Local Development Financing," (view presentation)

Missouri Society of CPA's Governmental Accounting Conference

"Local Development Financing" (view presentation)

Mid-Missouri APA Planning Presentation

"Legal Aspects of County and City Planning & Zoning" (view presentation)

Missouri City Clerks & Finance Officers Association Spring Institute

(view presentation)

Chancellor's Certificate Program in Planning and Zoning

Module 9, "Financing" (view presentation)

Local Development Financing

Leadership Camden County (view presentation)

2007 Presentations:

ILCMA Downstate/SWICMA, Joint Fall Meeting
"Trends in Illinois Land Use Law" (view presentation)

APA Planning Conference

"Going Green to Make Some Green:Incentives for and Benefits of Green Redevelopment and Historic Preservation" (view presentation)

APA Illinois Chapter, Citizen Planner Training Workshop

(view presentation)

Chancellor's Certificate Program in Planning and Zoning

Module 3, "Legal Aspects of Planning and Zoning" (view the presentation or the handout)

Missouri Municipal League Newly Elected Officials Conference

Planning & Zoning Fundamentals (view presentation)

Missouri City Clerks & Finance Officers Association Spring Institute

(view presentation)