Financial Management

The Academy for Good Governance is a series of seven courses created by the NH Municipal Association (NHMA) and Primex, exclusively for elected governing body members (select board, town council, city council, board of aldermen, school board, and village district commissioners).  Courses are taught by experienced attorneys and staff from NHMA, Primex, HealthTrust, and the New Hampshire School Boards Association (NHSBA).  Attendees will receive education and training intended to make them more knowledgeable and effective in their governing body roles.

This workshop is a must for members of governing bodies, budget committees, and other local officials involved in the budget process.

Derryfield Country Club, Manchester - September 12, 2023
Littleton Opera House, Littleton – September 19, 2023

Program Agenda

9:00 am Introduction

Presented by Margaret Byrnes, NHMA Executive Director

9:05 am – 10:30 am Fundamentals of the Municipal Budget Process

Local governments are required to establish and maintain adequate internal controls for purposes of financial reporting, managing operations, and legal compliance. Learn about how to establish effective internal control as an integral part of a municipality’s governance system and ability to manage risk.

Please join NHMA's Government Finance Advisor, Katherine Heck, as she has put together this webinar for those municipal officials who are interested in pursuing an overview of these basic financial policies.

NHMA has refreshed and updated The Basics of Financial Policy publication to provide New Hampshire town and city officials with an overview of basic financial policies. In conjunction with this publication, NHMA’s Government Finance Advisor Katherine Heck has put together two introductory webinars for those municipal officials who are interested in pursuing an overview of these basic financial policies.

NHMA’s Government Finance Advisor, Katherine Heck has planned an array of classes designed to help city and town officials understand municipal revenue and finance policies and procedures.

The purchase and acquisition methods your municipality uses can influence its operational efficiency, cash flow and costs of goods and services. To mitigate risk and gain control over purchasing, you need real-time visibility into transactions and powerful tools that can help reduce paper-based expense administration.

Join Citizen's Bank Card Payment Consultant, Adam Pan, as he provides a general overview of the current state of electronic accounts, reviews the benefits and value of card-based solutions, and outlines available card programs in the marketplace today.

Default budgets are a particularly complicated area of municipal finance that have widespread impacts in official ballot (“SB2”) towns and school districts.