Powers & Duties of Newly Elected Officials

MARCH 13, 2025

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Local Government Conferences

JUNE 4, 2026

• Data Center and Nuclear Energy Presentation
• Battery Energy Storage

JUNE 5, 2025 - Conference Booklet
​JUNE 6, 2024 - Conference Booklet
JUNE 8, 2023 - Conference Booklet
JUNE 9, 2022 - Conference Booklet

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Fall Planning & Zoning Training

NOVEMBER 5 & 6 2025

• ​How to Use Strategic Planning to Maximize Renewable Energy Benefits
• The Value of Good Planning and How to Do It
• Planning & Zoning - An Intro

OCTOBER 23 & 24 2024

• Why Become A Pro-Housing Community
• Planning Boards 101
• The Basic of Referrals

NOVEMBER 15 & 16 2023

• Planning & Zoning Refresher
• Joint Boards
• Short-Term Rentals

Laserfiche Training

​MARCH 18, 2026
Introductory Class on Laserfiche

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Weebly Website Training

• Editing Your Website Using Weebly Handout
• Weebly Website Editing Cheat Sheet
• Basic Editing YouTube Video
• ​Perfect Image Placement in Weebly YouTube Video

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Water/Flood Training

APRIL 30, 2025
NYS DEC Wetlands Regulations 

FEBRUARY 12, 2025
NYS DHSES Hazard Mitigation Program

NYS DEC Programs - Role in Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Allegany Counties

FEMA in Cattaraugus and Chautauqua Counties

MARCH 14, 2024
NFIP Compliance Issues in NYS 

OCTOBER 25, 2023
Intro to the National Flood Insurance Program

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Other

FEBRUARY 20, 2022
NYS Retirement System Update

​MARCH 24, 2022
Safeguarding County Systems, Services, and Infrastrcuture

MARCH 31, 2022
Electric Vechicles & Charging Infrastructure & the NY Charge Program

FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Post Disaster Floodplain Administrator Response and Flood Insurance Options

YouTube Training Videos

• ​Affordable Housing - 2020
• Collaborative Opportunities for Small Drinking Water Systems - 2020
• Ethics for Water & Wastewater Professionals - 2020
• Planning Board Basics - 2020
• SEQR Basics & New Regulations - 2020
• Sign Regulation - 2020
• Site Plan Review - 2020
• Zoning: Getting it Right for Your Community - 2020
• Zoning Laws for Solar - 2020
  
  
• Administration & Enforcement of Your Zoning to Protect Community Character - 2021
• Enhancing Transparency & Effectiveness in Planning Procedures - 2021​
• Experiences with Battery Storage with Solar and Stand Alone - 2021​​
• Historical Preservation for Communities - 2021
• Innovations & Best Practices for Planning/Zoning Boards - 2021
• Living With Short Term Rental in Your Residential Area - 2021​
• Overveiw of ORES Siting Process 7 NYSERDA's Available Resources - 2021
• Overcoming Your Top Municipal Land Use Difficulties - 2021
• Planning Board Training: Get What Your Community Deserves - 2021
• Process for Re-Writing & Changing Zoning Laws - 2021
• Project Management: How to Efficiently Complete A Project - 2021 
• Real Property Revals - 2021
• Solar Energy Regulations - 2021
• Tips for Regulating Telecommunications Facilities - 2021
• Trail Towns: Gateways to Growth - 2021​​
• Zoning: An Introduction -2021​


• Electric Vehicles & Charging Infrastructure and the Charge NY Program - 2022​