Pre-Conference Workshop: Two Keys to Municipal Success: Sustainability & Engagement
Achieving financial sustainability is essential for municipalities to build long-term economic resilience and enhance the well-being of their communities. Effective stakeholder engagement—involving residents, businesses, and local organizations—strengthens public trust, promotes collaboration, and aligns stakeholders toward shared financial goals.
Elected officials face increasingly complex challenges, including growth pressures, housing and homelessness and community safety issues. Financial sustainability provides a foundation for addressing these issues strategically. At the same time, mastering community engagement techniques empowers councils to collaborate effectively with constituents, fostering meaningful dialogue that shapes decisions both in the short and long term. Combining sustainability with engagement helps municipalities navigate challenges while ensuring transparent, inclusive, and impactful governance.
AMO is offering a one-time special registration rate of $275.00 for this three-hour workshop.
About the Workshop Facilitators:
Jim Pine has 32 years experience as a CAO, a City Manager and for the past 20 as CAO of Hastings County. Jim’s experience includes a decade with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and housing in a variety of roles including Regional Director for Eastern Ontario. Jim was a member of the expert panel on a review of Ontario’s water and waste water sector and recently was appointed Special Advisor to the Minister of Health on a review of Public Health and Emergency Health Services (interrupted by the pandemic). Jim’s training experience includes as an instructor for AMCTO’s Municipal Administration Program.
Tony Haddad’s municipal experience includes roles as CAO, General Manager, Deputy Treasurer, Director and Senior Manager in financial administration, budgets, governance and public transit. Tony is a past Director with the Ontario Municipal Administrators Association (OMAA), Co-chair of the ONWARD Initiative and is a past President of the Association of Managers, Clerks & Treasurers of Ontario (AMCTO). Community service includes President of the Circle of Seven, Co-chair of Transform Shared Services and Treasurer of Sun County Minor Hockey. He is also the recipient of the 2016 Alumni of Distinction Award from St. Clair College and the 2017 Prestige Award from AMCTO.
Tony was the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for the Town of Tecumseh from 2007 – 2019 (retired).
Tony has engaged in a number of interim-CAO roles including in Amhertsburg and Chatham-Kent.
Date: January 18, 2025, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Sheraton Centre Toronto
Registration Fees:
$485$275 +HST per session (Individual registration only).- $75 +HST cancellation fee
AMO requires a certain threshold of attendance for the viability of workshops. If we are unable to meet this threshold 2 weeks in advance of the scheduled workshop, the workshop will be cancelled with AMO making all efforts for the workshop to be rescheduled. All registered attendees will be notified in a timely way.