Recently, DNRC put out a new version of the Model Personnel Policy. Conservation Districts should revise this for their District (adding the appropriate CD name etc.) and then adopt the new policy. Policies like this should be kept in a…
Each year, the MACDEO offers a few scholarships for administrators/conservation district employees to attend the annual convention. You must be a member of the MACDEO with dues current in order to apply. Here is the application for 2016: 2016-blank-scholarship-app
Please be aware that while this is a great list, it will probably need to be edited to align with your specific Conservation District. For example, some CDs use the Calendar year as their fiscal year, which will necessitate the Annual Report for the Department of Administration to be completed by June 30th, not December 31st.
Julie Goss put together this list of tasks that need to be accomplished each month. A very useful resource for new & experienced administrators to keep on top of the duties that only occur once or twice per year.
Harold Blattie, from the Montana Association of Counties, recently pointed out that our website had incorrect information about the way districts were funded. We had previously stated that CDs could levy up to 1.5 mills. However, as Harold pointed out,…
The Employees organization has recently produced an update to our Administrator's Handbook. Hard copies were handed out at the statewide training in June, and you can request that one be mailed to you if you didn't pick one up at…