The League’s 2020 first-ever virtual Annual Conference is fast approaching. We hope can join us from Monday, November 9 to Friday, November 13 for valuable and timely information local leaders need to navigate these unprecedented times.   Our Annual Conference will offer many sessions that will deal exclusively with the myriad of unique challenges Ohio local leaders are facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  We have crafted our agenda to ensure participants can hear from experts who will address a variety of other important pandemic-related issues such as grant opportunities and budgeting shortfalls resulting from the pandemic, COVID-19 employment law uses, evictions and homelessness, and changes to municipal income tax withholding during the pandemic.   We know there are many other important local concerns, such as cyber security and nuisance abatement, that local leaders are dealing with in addition to the COVID-19 pandemic and that we have included in the content presented at this year’s conference. Our Annual Conference will offer webinars on topics such as crisis management and social media, public records and a unique perspective on potential impacts of the November General Election. Additionally, as members have found our past roundtable discussions an important opportunity to network with local officials from communities that share similar demographics, we will be offering virtual city and village roundtables to ensure participants have the chance to build critical relationships, share information and exchange best practices, all from the comfort of the location of their choosing. This conference offers local leaders the opportunity to access essential and up-to-date information that will greatly benefit their municipality during this unique and challenging time in our communities’, our state’s and our nation’s history.  We look forward to having you join us!

To participate in these webinars, you will need a computer and a phone. Each registrant will need to submit his/her valid individual email address. Multiple registrations with a bulk email address will be rejected. Registration is available below. You will have the option to pay via credit card or mail in a check. Registration confirmation, instructions and materials will be sent to paid attendees on November 4, 2020. In order to ensure that the instructions and materials reach attendees in enough time, we have set a registration and payment deadline of Friday October 30, 2020. Once webinar links and materials have been sent to registrants, there will be no refunds. Cancellations must be received in writing. Any cancellations received after October 30, 2020 will not be subject to a refund. All conference sessions (webinars) will be recorded. After the conference, all paid registrants will receive links to each of the webinar recordings. This will allow registrants to listen, to any of the sessions that they might have missed during the week, at their convenience. If you have any questions, please contact the OML office at 614-221-4349. Please note: confirmation/material emails are sent through the same software as the OML Legislative Bulletin. Anyone who has unsubscribed from the distribution list must re-subscribe or use a different email address. Veterans Day: The OML office will be closed Wednesday, November 11 in observance of Veteran’s Day. Regular office hours and webinars will resume on schedule Thursday, November 12.