In Greenville on Thursday, July 27, the Municipal Association will host the first-ever Small City Summit aimed at the specific needs and challenges of the state’s smaller cities and towns.
The Small City Summit will have a separate registration from the Annual Meeting, with a deadline of July 13. Seating availability is limited, and the Association will give registration preference to those municipalities whose populations are 3,000 or fewer. The event will have no hotel block of its own, and those attendees who will not attend the Annual Meeting will need to make hotel arrangements on their own. Those who attend both events will have their hotel rooms reserved during the Annual Meeting registration process handled by their city.
Topics for the summit include law enforcement policy changes required by Act 218, outsourcing of municipal services, city planning for small cities, business licensing and municipal legal requirements such as budgets, audits and monthly council meetings.