Intermunicipal Collaboration Framework

By Tim Duhamel

Understand ICF’s and the financial implications for your municipality!

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Course Content

ICF process – beginning to end
Develop a process to gather the required information
Develop an inventory of shared services
Methods for understanding shared costs
How to engage the public for ICF’s
Dispute resolution – process and rules
Mutual benefit (regional outlook)
Finance implications
Intermunicipal operating agreements
Shared capital costs for regional projects
Communicating the framework

Course Content
1. ICF process – beginning to end
2. Develop a process to gather the required information
3. Develop an inventory of shared services
4. Methods for understanding shared costs
5. How to engage the public for ICF’s
6. Dispute resolution – process and rules
7. Mutual benefit (regional outlook)
8. Finance implications
9. Intermunicipal operating agreements
10. Shared capital costs for regional projects
11. Communicating the framework

Course Info

Price:$125.00

PD Credits: 1.5

Category: Technical/Other

Updated: Apr 24, 2019

Duration: 1:29:21

Course Synopsis

About the Author

Tim Duhamel is the founder and President of Bloom Centre of

About the Author

Tim Duhamel is the founder and President of Bloom Centre of Municipal Education.

He is a municipal veteran whose career has spanned over 21 years.

His passion is creating educational material and conducting lectures for municipal professionals. He has lectured as far away as Kiev, Ukraine for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

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Course Description

This webinar provides an overview of the legislation and a foundational understanding of ICF’s and how they affect municipalities to better understand the nature of municipal cooperation.

Learning Outcomes

Understanding the ICF process – beginning to end
How to develop a process to gather the necessary information required
How to develop an inventory of shared services

Who Should Attend?

Any municipal financial professionals and senior executives from small, medium, or large municipalities.

All municipal financial officers will benefit from having a fundamental understanding and core knowledge of all financial processes.

Who Should Attend?

Register Today!

In Alberta (GFOA)

BLOOM can customize courses for your needs.

Some topics include:

Financial Planning & Management
- Municipal risk and opportunity reviews
- Financial condition assessments
- Budget process reviews and development
- Priority based budgeting
- Program and service costing
- Operating budget forecasting and financial solution development
- Asset management
- Capital budget development and prioritization
- Capital plan development and prioritization
- Capital plan funding strategies (debt, grants, reserves, operating budget)
- Long term financial plan development
- Municipal price inflation (MPI) development
- User fee and permit reviews
- Development levy plans
- Grant research and application support

Strategic Business Planning
- Strategic plan facilitation and development
- Business plan facilitation and development
- Situational consulting and strategy development
- Facility project plans and feasibility studies

Education & Mentorship
- CAO mentorship and education
- Finance officer mentorship and education
- Council orientation and education
- Environmental education
- Communication and writing mentorship

Project & Change Management
- Project plans
- Change management plans and facilitation
- Services reviews

Advocacy
- Representation and negotiations
- Intermunicipal agreement reviews, frameworks and facilitation
- Intermunicipal negotiations

Communications
- Communication plans and strategies
- Facility sponsorship packages
- Narrative process development (budgets, strategic plans, business plans)
- Business plan writing
- Budget communication support
- Media releases
- Media strategy
- Newsletter development
- Public survey development
- Business case development

Environment
- Environmental education
- Environmental communication plans and strategies
- Climate change adaptation plan development
- Environmental strategic planning
- Environmental grant research and support

Questions? Get in touch…

Intermunicipal Collaboration Framework

Understand ICF’s and the financial implications for your municipality!

Register Today!

Course Content

Course Info

Price:$125.00

PD Credits: 1.5

Category: Technical/Other

Updated: Apr 24, 2019

Duration: 1:29:21

Course Synopsis

About the Author

Tim Duhamel is the founder and President of Bloom Centre of

Municipal Education.

He is a municipal veteran whose career has spanned over 21 years.

His passion is creating educational material and conducting lectures for municipal professionals. He has lectured as far away as Kiev, Ukraine for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

About the Author

Tim Duhamel is the founder and President of Bloom Centre of Municipal Education.

He is a municipal veteran whose career has spanned over 21 years.

His passion is creating educational material and conducting lectures for municipal professionals. He has lectured as far away as Kiev, Ukraine for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

Course Description

This webinar provides an overview of the legislation and a foundational understanding of ICF’s and how they affect municipalities to better understand the nature of municipal cooperation.

Also covered: mutual benefit (regional outlook), finance implications, intermunicipal operating agreements (fire, recreation, FCSS, economic development, etc.), and shared capital costs for regional projects (cost models, analysis, negotiation).

Learning Outcomes

Understanding the ICF process – beginning to end

How to develop a process to gather the necessary information required

How to develop an inventory of shared services

Methods for understanding shared costs for services and capital projects

Shared capital costs for regional projects (cost models, analysis, negotiation)

How to engage the public for ICF’s

Dispute resolution – process and rules

Intermunicipal operating agreements (fire, recreation, FCSS, economic development, etc.)

How to communicate the framework with administration, Council and the public

Who Should Attend?

Any municipal financial professionals and senior executives from small, medium, or large municipalities.

All municipal financial officers will benefit from having a fundamental understanding and core knowledge of all financial processes.

Register Today!

BLOOM can customize courses for your needs.

Some topics include:

Questions? Get in touch…