City Quick Connect Podcast from the Municipal Association of South Carolina

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2023 Annual Meeting – Executive Director Todd Glover Aug 02, 2023

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Association Executive Director Todd Glover discusses the importance of avoiding prohibitions on short-term rental regulation and the most recent expansions of the Main Street South Carolina program, including the WeShopSC e-commerce platform.

2023 Annual Meeting — President Rick Osbon Aug 02, 2023

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Outgoing Municipal Association President Rick Osbon, mayor of the City of Aiken, talks about the growth of the Association’s civility initiative and the Association’s Congressional outreach efforts. He also takes a look back on legislative victories of the past year.

2023 Annual Meeting – President-elect Barbara Blain-Bellamy Aug 02, 2023

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Conway Mayor Barbara Blain-Bellamy, newly elected president of the Municipal Association of SC, talks about municipal leadership, the Association’s civility initiative and its legislative successes in helping cities and towns provide valuable services for people and businesses.

From the Dome to Your Home 7/29/23 Jul 31, 2023

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At the Municipal Association’s 2023 Annual Meeting in Greenville, Casey Fields and Scott Slatton record a podcast episode in front of a live audience. They talk about the Municipal Association’s role in the Southern Legislative Conference, which took place in Charleston this year. They also talk about the Association’s participation in the National League of Cities’ State League Staff Workshop in Boston, covering such topics as municipal zoning authority trends nationwide.

From the Dome to Your Home 7/21/23 Jul 21, 2023

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Casey Fields and Scott Slatton talk with Howard Duvall, at-large councilmember for the City of Columbia and former longtime executive director for the Municipal Association of SC. They discuss Duvall’s career in municipal government, beginning with elected office in the Town of Cheraw, and lessons learned from decades of legislative advocacy on behalf of cities and towns.

Hometown Happenings: Beaufort’s Ukraine Outreach 7/7/23 Jul 07, 2023

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The City of Beaufort responded to Russia’s war in Ukraine by building a partnership with Ostroh, a city in western Ukraine, connecting them with needed support and supplies for refugees. Beaufort Mayor Stephen Murray shares with Municipal Association Executive Director Todd Glover about how he helped Beaufort build this effort, how fundraising efforts made use of local artisans, and how they forged a new partnership with a South Carolina-based MRE manufacturer.

From the Dome to Your Home 6/30/23 Jun 30, 2023

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Casey Fields will bring in guests to discuss the South Carolina political system while the General Assembly is not in session, beginning with former South Carolina Senate Clerk — and Casey’s father — Jim Fields. They discuss topics such as the state’s 1975 Home Rule Act, revisions of the state’s constitution, the processes of civility and decorum of the past and present, and relationship building in advocacy work.

From the Dome to Your Home 6/23/23 Jun 23, 2023

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Casey Fields, Joannie Nickel and Erica Wright discuss the governor’s vetoes on the state budget. They also talk about next steps for cities that will use a compilation of financial statements instead of a full audit, implementation of the squat truck ban, and how the state’s new first responder death benefit will work.

From the Dome to Your Home 6/15/23 Jun 15, 2023

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The House and Senate adopted the budget conference report this week for the new $41 billion state budget. Casey Fields, Joannie Nickel and Scott Slatton discuss the budget, which fully funds the Local Government Fund and which removed the proviso on short-term rental regulation. They talk about aspects of the budget involving transportation funding, state retirement system and health insurance contributions, first responder services and many other items.

From the Dome to Your Home 6/9/23 Jun 09, 2023

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Casey Fields and Scott Slatton cover the House overriding the governor’s veto of S31, the bill that would allow smaller cities and towns to provide a compilation of financial statements instead of a full audit. They also talk about progress on H3503, the fentanyl trafficking bill, and the latest on the work of the budget conference committee.

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