Montana Mayors Academy

The Montana Mayors Academy is an biennial education program for municipal mayors across Montana co-hosted by the Montana Municipal Insurance Authority and the Local Government Center. The Academy is designed to assit newly elected mayors to gain a basic understanding of some of the operational elements they face and to enhanse the understanding of these elements for mayors with more experience. The Academy consists of a series of case studies centered on topics central to a mayor's duties, including:

• the roles and responsibilities of mayors,
• budgeting and financial management,
• human resource management,
• ethics and conflict of interest,
• land use decisions,
• open meetings, etc.

2008 Montana Mayors Academy

The Local Government Center and the Montana Municipal Insurance Authority co-hosted the 3rd Biennal Montana Mayors Academy in Bozeman on January 30-31 and February 1, 2008. A total of 38 mayors from across Montana made it to this year's Academy.

• Read more in the press release.
• Read more in an article from the Bozeman Daily Chronicle.
• See photos from the event.

Montana Mayors Forum

The Montana Mayors Forum is a shorter, less formal meeting of the mayors held in alternating years. The next Mayors Forum will be held in 2009.

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