SAFE-D

SPECIAL WORKSHOP:
BUDGETING BASICS

10am-2pm, Friday, August 20
Travis County ESD2 Education & Conference Center
201-B E. Pecan, Pflugerville, TX

ESDs face particular challenges in budgeting, as the pressures of essential services run head-on into the limits of financing.

Join ESD officials from across the state in sharing insights into the budgeting process, finding ways to stretch dollars and still meet the needs of your residents.

SAFE-D, the only association dedicated to helping ESDs work better for the people they serve, shares the knowledge you need to adopt a meaningful budget.

Click here for a registration form.

WE NEED YOUR INPUT

As SAFE-D prepares for the 2011 Legislative Session, we need to know about your ESD!

Take a moment to provide us information in this low-impact survey. CLICK HERE TO BEGIN.

Once you complete the survey, your name will be entered in a drawing for FREE REGISTRATION at the 2011 SAFE-D ANNUAL CONFERENCE!

Feb. 16-18, 2011
Crowne Plaza Hotel • 6121 N. I-35 • Austin

SAFE-D CONFERENCE 2010

SAFE-D President Don Grogg (right) congratulates Lake Travis Fire Rescue Chief Jim Linardos and Travis County ESD6 Commissioner Brad Ellis after ESD6 won SAFE-D's Ladder Award at the association's annual conference. The award recognizes an emergency services district that has worked to raise the standards of professionalism of ESDs in Texas.

THANKS, SPONSORS
NINTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
LONE STAR CONVENTION CENTER, CONROE

SAFE-D appreciates the support of these organizations:

THANKS TO THESE SPONSORS
of the 9th ANNUAL CONFERENCE

DIAMOND SPONSORS
Armbrust & Brown, LLP
Burns Anderson Jury & Brenner, LLP
Coveler & Katz, PC
Government Capital Corp.
Municipal Accounts & Consulting, LP
VFIS of Texas/Regnier & Assoc.
Wells Fargo Public Finance

GOLD SPONSORS
Hall-Mark Fire Apparatus
Integri SEE
KA Hickman Architects and Interior Designers
MuniServices, LLC
Siddons Fire Apparatus
Tax Revenue Consultants LLC

SILVER SPONSORS
TML Intergovernmental Risk Pool

SB 636 helps ESDs with sales tax

Click here for an analysis by Brian Gordon of MuniServices