November ILCMA Professional Development Event & Metro Luncheon

The ILCMA Professional Development Committee Presents Cyber Security and Managing Municipal IT Infrastructure

Municipal managers must work through a myriad of challenges and one facing many communities in recent years is a threat to our IT infrastrucuture. Communities have been impacted by viruses, hacks, and other threats to our security. While data breaches have become increasingly common place at the corporate and federal level, little information sharing has taken place at the municipal level on ways to safeguard our networks.
This presentation will provide information and strategies for:

• Conducting an audit of your internal security controls
• First hand account of cyber attacks and advice on how to react both before, during and after an event.
• Best practices on IT security

Chris Westgor from the City of Schaumburg, Rich Ocampo from Advanced Business Networks, and Ed Marchewka of Gift of Hope and former Security Manager for Chicago Public Schools will facilitate this important and timely discussion about information technology and how local governments can prepare and weather an attack on your IT infrastructure. This presentation will be a great learning experience for city and village managers as well as local government IT professionals.

Date: Thursday, November 19, 2015
Time: 8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast 9:00 – 11:30 a.m. Presentations

Addresses ICMA Practice Areas 3 & 7: Functional and and Personal Development Operational Expertise and Planning & Technological Literacy

Cost: $35 for Professional Development Only or $55 if also attending the Metro Manager Luncheon ($5 discount)

            Members in Transition – Register online or email Alex Galindo agalindo@niu.edu

ILCMA November Prof Dev Flyer

Please join the Metro Managers for the November Luncheon: The Cadillac Tax – Is Your Municipality Really Prepared?

All employer-sponsored health coverage (including retiree coverage), whether insured or self-funded, will be responsible for the Excise (Cadillac) Tax in 2018. Governmental organizations are NOT exempt! This presentation will review IRS interpretations and explain:

•     How the Cadillac Tax will affect Municipal Employers.
•     How the Tax will be calculated.
•     The coverages applicable to the Cadillac Tax.
•     Proven strategies to mitigate the impact.
•     Consumer Driven Health Plans
•     Wellness Efforts
•     Retiree Carve Out Programs
•     Efforts to Eliminate or Alter the Tax; Who is the Alliance to Fight the 40?

Make sure to have your finance and human resource management personnel attend with you. What you will learn will be invaluable in fiscal planning for the months ahead.

Date: Thursday, November 19, 2015

Speaker:  Mike Wojcik, Senior Vice-President of the Horton Group

Time: 11:30 a.m. networking – 12:00 p.m. luncheon

Cost: $25.00 check or cash payable at the door (Interns & MITs are Free).
           $55.00 if also attending the ILCMA Professional Development Event: “Cyber Security and Managing Municipal IT Infrastructure”
Members in Transition – you can now register online or email RSVP to agalindo@niu.edu

**ILCMA members – invite an MIT to lunch today!!

Cancellations must be made by November 13.
Any cancellations after that date will require full payment. Payment not received by event date will be invoiced with a $5 invoicing fee.

Questions about this form please contact Alex Galindo 815-753-5424 or agalindo@niu.edu
2015 November Luncheon Flyer