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Handbook Highlights

A

Accounting 

Acquiring Personal Property

Altering the Form of Government 

B

Background Checks

Budget Cycle

Budgeting Terminology

C

Citizen Participation and Interaction

City and Municipal Courts

Community Surveys

Compensatory Time

Council Rules of Procedure

D

Disposing of Personal Property

E

Establishing Budget Goals 

Executive Supervisory Role vs.Legislative Oversight Role

Exempt and Non-Exempt Status

F

Filling Vacancies in Office

Financial Trend Monitoring 

Focus Groups

Forms of Municipal Government 

G

General vs. Self-Government Powers

H

Hatch Act

Hiring Process

I

Interviewing and Checking References 

Interviewing and Hiring People with Disabilities 

Investing Public Funds
Is an Audit Designed to Detect Fraud?

M

Mayor's Veto Authority

Montana's Discrimination Laws

Montana Safety Culture Act

Montana Wrongful Discharge from Employment Act

Municipal Class, Powers, and Forms of Government

Municipal Contracts

Municipal Government Revenue Sources

Municipality Defined

N

Nepotism

O

Oath of Office

Open Meetings

Ordinances

P

Performance Evaluation

Personnel Records Management

Political Parties 

The Purpose of Debt

Q

Quorum Required

R

Resolutions

Rules of Order

S

Standards of Conduct

T

Testing

W

When and How to Change Classification


    Local Government Center

    Montana State University  
    P.O. Box 170535  
    Bozeman, MT 59717-0535
     
    Tel: (406) 994-6694  
    Location: 235 Culbertson Hall
     
    Director:
    Dan Clark
    daniel.clark@montana.edu
     
    Associate Director:
    Ashley Kent
    ashleykent@montana.edu
     
    Associate Specialist:
    Lydia Maunz
    lydia.maunz@montana.edu
     
    Program Assesment Analyst:
    Christine Hodges
    christine.hodges1@montana.edu

    Program Manager:
    Schuyler Germann
    schuyler.germann@montana.edu
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