Agenda

​​Earn 5.5 Hours MCLE (Including .75 Ethics Hours) 

8:30 - 9:15 a.m.
Registration

9:15 - 9:30 a.m.
Moderator and Welcome
Marcus Norris, City Attorney, Amarillo and TCAA President 

9:30 - 9:45 a.m.
Types of City Government
Scott Houston, General Counsel, Texas Municipal League

9:45 - 10:15 a.m.
Open Meetings
Scott Houston, General Counsel, Texas Municipal League 

10:15 – 10:45 a.m.
Public Information Act
Bill Longley, Legal Counsel, Texas Municipal League

10:45 - 11:00 a.m.
Break

11:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Economic Development
Bill Longley, Legal Counsel, Texas Municipal League

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Municipal Finance
Kuruvilla Oommen, Deputy City Attorney, Irving

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Box Lunch – Ethics
Ross Fischer, Denton, Navarro, Rocha & Bernal, Austin

1:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Municipal Court
Ryan Turner, Texas Municipal Courts Education Center 

1:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Liability
Mick McKamie, McKamie Krueger, San Antonio

2:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Land Use 
Amber Slayton and Kim Lafferty, Lafferty & Slayton, PLLC, Dallas

2:30 - 2:45 p.m.
Break

2:45 - 3:15 p.m.
Personnel
Beverly Zech, President/CEO, Capstone 
Performance Group, New Braunfels 

3:15 - 3:45 p.m.
Purchasing
Scott Houston, General Counsel, Texas Municipal League 

3:45 p.m.
Adjourn