Utility Management Committee 2019 Training Event

 

"Building Resilience in your Organization"

January 23, 2019

We have a full day event planned, learning about how other utilities have handled a number of different topics, lessons learned and what we should be planning for in our own organizations.  

We are pleased to announce the following speakers for our event include:

• Lauren Coleman and Mike Helland, Clinton Water District 
• Aleksandra Gancheva and Shannon Wennblom, City of Bellevue
• Krista Bautista, Alderwood Water & Wastewater District
• Tammy Whipple, Sammamish Water
• Kevin Presler, Snohomish PUD
• Tom Hastings, Snoqualimie Pass Utility District
• Dan Sleeth and Sally Mohr, Covington Water District
• Randy Black, Lakewood Water District  

CEUs:

0.6 CEUs Meets WA Department of Health Relevancy Criteria for Waterworks Operator Professional Growth

0.7 CEUs Meets WA Department of Ecology Criteria for Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators

0.6 W/WW CEUs - assigned OESAC ID 3850  

Agenda

8:00     Registration Open 

8:30     Opening Remarks, Diana Landry

8:45     Innovative Ideas in Job Sharing, Lauren Coleman and Mike Helland.  Learn how a change in management structure is working, that had a single general manager now has a two member management team, one in the office and one in the field.

9:15     Succession Planning Through Knowledge Capture, Aleksandra Gancheva, and Shannon Wennblom.  Learn how a utility is facing the challenge of aging workforce and the risk of loss of institutional knowledge, especially by those key positions that are managed by sole performers.

10:15    Break

10:30    IT Panel, Krista Bautista, Tammy Whipple, Kevin Presler.  Examples of how three utilities handle their technological changes that offer both the promise of efficiencies but can also bring cultural and organizational challenges.

Noon    Lunch

1:00     Rebuilding a District to be Resilient, Tom Hastings.  Hear how a utility that was in financial, management facility distress is transforming itself and its relations within the District and with outside stakeholders.

2:00     Communications.  Challenges.  Culture.  Dan Sleeth and Sally Mohr.  Learn how staff identified improvement opportunities to move their utility from good to great in face of the many challenges that may affect the ability to deliver a reliable supply of clean and safe water.

3:00     Break

3:15     How to Develop Leadership Skills, Randy Black.  Real life examples and suggestions on ways to prepare and help determine if a candidate really understands what it means and takes to become a successful supervisor or manager.

4:15     Final remarks, Diane Pottinger.

4:30     End/Social

Registration is Open!

If you are going to be joining us at our event, please register now:

• Early Bird (By January 17, 2019):   $100 Members (AWWA-PNWS, PNCWA)/ $125 Non-Members/  $40 Students

• After January 17, 2019:  $125 Members/ $150 Non-Members/ $65 Students

Costs include lunch and light snacks in the morning and afternoon.  Coffee, tea and water will be provided throughout the day.  A networking social will take place at the end of the day.  

 For registration questions, please contact Diane Pottinger (dianep@northcitywater.org).

Thank you for your interest in our event and we hope to see you on January 23rd!

Sincerely,