Meeting/Event Information
2024 Spring Conference

April 08, 2024
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Dixie Convention Center
1835 S Convention Center Dr
St. George, UT 84790
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Earn up to 16 CPE hours at the 2024 UGFOA Conference. Mark your calendars and get ready to join us for a fantastic line-up, including all-new presenters, increased focus on technical guidance, and fantastic networking opportunities. Click here for the full conference program.
AGENDA
Monday, April 8, 2024
7:15am - 8:00am Registration and Breakfast (provided)
8:00am - 8:20am Flag/Opening Ceremony and Remarks
8:20am-9:50am Relentlessly Resilient - Learning to Live (and Work) Happily EVEN After,
Jennie Taylor, Major Brent Taylor Foundation
9:50am-10:15am Break and Sponsor Passport
10:15am-11:45am Economic Update, Robert Spendlove
11:45am Dismiss for lunch (provided) and social events
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
7:30am-8:00am Breakfast (provided)
8:00am-9:00am GFOA Initiative Update/Rethinking Financial Reporting, Chris Morrill
and Laura Allen, GFOA
9:00am-10:40am Common Sense Improvements to the Budget Process - Part 1, Brian Elms,
CEO and Founder of Change Agents Training
10:40am-11:00am Break and Sponsor Passport
11:00am-11:50am Common Sense Improvements to the Budget Process - Part 2
11:50am-1:00pm Lunch and Dessert with sponsors (provided)
1:00pm-1:50pm Breakout Session 1: Legislative Update for Cities, Counties, and
Special Service Districts
2:00-2:50pm Breakout Session 2: Property Tax Update, Jennifer Hansen/Matt Hurst,
USTC
or
Rethinking Financial Reserves, Chris Morrill, GFOA
2:50-3:10 pm Break and Sponsor Passport
3:10pm-4:00pm Breakout Session 3: Sales Tax Update, Scott Stevens, USTC
or
Internal Audit for Large and Small Entities, Calvin Bergmann, Internal
Audit Manager
4:10pm-5:00pm Breakout Session 4: CIP Best Practices, Rudy Livingston, Budget Manager
or
Cash Flow, Jason Williams
5:00pm Dismiss for evening activities
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
7:30am-8:00am Breakfast (provided)
8:00am-8:20am UGFOA Board Business Meeting
8:20am-9:10am GASB Update - Joel Black, GASB Chair
9:10am-10:00am Audit Update - Seth Oveson, State Auditors Office
10:00am-10:20am Break and Sponsor/Passport Drawings
10:20am-12:10pm Ethics, Greg Kyte
