California Local Budgeting - Part 2, March 19&20, 2025
Credit Available - See Credits tab below.
Total Credits: 6 Technical
- Speakers:
- David Cain | Scott Catlett
- Duration:
- 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- License:
- Never Expires.
Description
California Local Budgeting - Part 2
Advanced Budget Concepts Training
A CSMFO Core Course
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Wednesday & Thursday, March 19 & 20, 2025
Part 1 of the California Local Budget Course (consisting of Module I, “Foundations of Budget Management,” and Module II, “Building the Budget”) provides the basics for local agency budget development. Part 2, consisting of the final two 3-hour modules, will cover more advanced budgeting concepts for finance managers and directors.
Module III will provide more in-depth information on the essential elements of an outstanding budget document; budgeting best practices; GFOA and CSMFO awards criteria; and tools for reporting this financial information to your organization and community via various engagement tools. These engagement tools will include a look at the “Priority Based” budgeting model as a means to address your community’s service priorities.
Module IV covers advanced budgeting concepts and will examine the legal and policy framework of budgeting, along with budget monitoring. It will examine staff dynamics with a focus on finance committees, and agency staff and department managers, along with a discussion of the variety of competing interests and priorities within our communities. Time will be spent looking at budgeting pitfalls through the “lessons learned” from others along with tools to help develop political astuteness. There will also be information on the essential tools used for longer term financial planning to ensure long-run fiscal sustainability.
This class is limited to 60 participants. Advance registration is required for this class.
THIS COURSE IS LIMITED TO 60 ATTENDEES, SO REGISTER TODAY!
Dates:
Module Three: Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Module Four: Thursday, March 20, 2025, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Presenters:
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David Cain, Retired Director of Finance, City of Fountain Valley
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Scott Catlett, Director, Eide Bailly LLP
Audience:
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Local government finance professionals
Continuing Professional Education: Attendees earn 6 hours of CPE Credit (Technical) by attending all sessions. Attendees must attend all sessions to obtain CPE credit.
Cost: $200 for CSMFO members
$260 for non-CSMFO members
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This course will also be offered on the following dates:
October 22 & 23, 2025
Credits
Faculty
David Cain Related Seminars and Products
Retired Finance Director, City of Fountain Valley
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David Cain has more than 47 years of professional managerial experience in both the public and private sectors. He has 30-plus years of public sector management experience at the executive level in six local California agencies and retired from the City of Fountain Valley in 2017. Since 2017, he has served as interim finance director and is continuing to provide financial consulting services to a number of southern California public agencies. David has served the California Society of Municipal Finance Officers (CSMFO) as a Board Member and Committee Chair/Senior Advisor for a number of committees. He is currently the Senior Advisor for the Career Development, and a member of the Program Committees. He serves as a mentor in both the CSMFO and Biola University mentorship programs. He has been an instructor for the GFOA Budget Academy and is currently an instructor for several of CSMFO’s Core Training classes. David was honored to be chosen as the recipient of CSMFO’s “Distinguished Service Award” in 2020. When not working, David enjoys worldwide traveling with his wife and family including their two grandchildren. He serves as an Assistant Boy Scout Leader for his grandson’s Chino Scout Troop 202. David Cain received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Biola University and his Master of Public Administration degree from California State University, Northridge.
Scott Catlett Related Seminars and Products
Director - Government Advisory Services
Eide Bailly LLP
Scott Catlett is a Director in the Government Advisory Services Department at Eide Bailly LLP, where he assists state and local government clients with financial management and budgeting best practice implementation, complex accounting and financial reporting challenges, and fiscal policy development. Prior to joining Eide Bailly, Scott worked directly for cities for 17 years, after serving as a consultant to state and local governments earlier in his career. During his government service, Scott was the Assistant Finance Director for California’s 12th largest city, Riverside, and the Finance Director for the Cities of Yorba Linda and Newport Beach. Through these various roles, Scott has managed budgets ranging from $100 million to $1.2 billion and investment portfolios of $75 million to $500 million. Scott holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Tulane University and a master’s degree in public administration from California State University, San Bernardino, where he has been a part-time instructor since 2014 teaching graduate courses in public financial management and public budgeting. His passion for education extends to serving in the past as an instructor for the Government Finance Officers Association’s (GFOA) Budget Analyst Training Academy and other courses, as well as serving as a speaker for various industry conferences and webinars. Scott is an active member of GFOA, the California Society of Municipal Finance Officers (CSMFO), and the Tennessee Government Finance Officers Association. He served as a volunteer leader for CSMFO for 12 years, serving successively as a Chapter Chair, Committee Chair, and elected statewide Board Member. In 2020, he was elected by CSMFO’s 2,600 members to be the Association’s 2022 President. On the weekends, you will find Scott hiking the wooded trails near his home, cheering for his boys at their baseball and basketball games, and battling rabbits and squirrels in his garden.
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| Mar 19, 2025 @ 09:00 AM (PDT) |
California Local Budgeting - Part 2, March 19, 2025
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California Local Budgeting - Part 2, March 20, 2025
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