Webinar Archive
A catalog of all webinars available in the OTA Resource Center, listed alphabetically by category.
The OTA hosts monthly workshops to further educate township officials and employees on pertinent subjects. After the workshop, the webinar is posted to our Resource Center, where it can be viewed at your convenience. The Resource Center currently holds webinars from July 2020 to present. If you are looking for content prior to that date, please contact the OTA office.
The links below are categorized by the training group they were originally associated with. If you were involved in the original workshop, you will instantly have access to the webinar recording. If you did not attend the workshop, it will be available for purchase via our website. Webinars that were originally free to attend remain free for all visitors to view. Click the training group below to expand and view the links inside. All links redirect to the webinar hosted in our Resource Center.
Click on the buttons inside the tabbed menu to view:
Fiscal Officer Webinars
- Building a Relationship with Your County Auditor
- Construction Competitive Bidding and Procurement
- Demystifying Grant Seeking: Tools & Tips for Success
- Financing Major Purchases
- Fraud Prevention
- Grant Management and Audit Compliance in Single Audits
- How to Organize Your Files
- Interfund Activity – Transfers and Advances
- Is Your Township in Compliance with IRS Requirements?
- It's a Great Time to Review Options for Your Township's Cash
- Performance Audits: A Tool to Objectively Evaluate Your Government Operations
- Predict, Prepare, and Plan with Financial Forecasting
- Preparing for an Audit of ARPA Expenditures: What to Do Now?
- Real World Case Studies: Investing & Portfolio Management
- Reconciliations and Proof of Cash
General Township Webinars
- Before You Leave Office: A Check List
- Campaign Guidance Update
- Communicating Township Financial Needs Without Going to Jail
- Easy as 1, 2, 9.03: Legal & Ethical Requirements for Township Newsletters, Websites, and Advertising
- Efficiencies in Park & Open Space Management
- First Amendment Rights of Public Employees During Election Season
- Get to Know JobsOhio
- Helping Townships Expand and/or Replace Their Fleets
- Hot Topics in Employment Law
- Maintaining Compliance: External Resources & Township Media Rights
- Navigating Township Media Rights: Understanding Photo Use for Websites & Publications
- New Tools for Green Projects: PACE and IRA
- ODOT Grant Program
- Preventing Workplace Harassment
- Recently Enacted Legislation
- Records: Knowing What to Throw Away and What to Keep
- Renewable Energy Development & Local Land Use Laws
- Tech Talk w/ iPanda Designs Part I
- Township Advocacy 101
- Township Emergency Operation Plans
- Township Safety Sign Grant Program
- Trustee & Fiscal Officer Compensation - Budget, Payment, and Q&A
Law Directors Group Webinars
- 2022 Labor and Employment Update
- A Practical Guide to Professionalism
- Addressing Public Records Requests Connected with Township Litigation
- Advising Townships on LGBTQ Rights
- An Employment Law Update for Townships - From Discrimination to the First Amendment
- Communicating Township Financial Needs Without Going to Jail
- Competitive Bidding & Procurement for Township Construction
- Discrimination and Harassment Easy Button: What Townships Need to Know About Employment Discrimination
- Ethical Insights for Law Directors
- Evaluating Bids & Documenting the Competitive Bidding Process
- Navigating the Workplace Accommodation Process for Townships
- New Township Laws
- Noise Reduction & Ways a Township May Regulate
- Obtaining Central Water, Sewer, and Storm Sewer Services in Townships
- Public Records Case Law Update
- Road Use Maintenance Agreements
- Streamlining Procurement with Term Agreements for Construction Professionals
- Working with Unions in the Township
Ohio Township Administrators Network (OTAN) Webinars
- Administrator's Role in Financial Matters
- Claims of Racism at Your Doorstep: What's a Township to Do?
- Employment Law Issues in the Ages of COVID-19
- Facebook, Polygraphs and the Next-Door Neighbor: How Deep Can/Should an Employer Dig Into an Applicant's Background?
- Fun & Games at Community Day: An Administrator's & Law Director's Perspective
- How to Better Organize Your Website to Communicate More Effectively
- Lessons Learned: Plans & Precautions for Outbreaks
- Managing Injured Workers
- Partnerships to Revitalization
- Public Relations Strategies That Your Township Should Implement
- Township Collective Bargaining During the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Understanding and Embracing AI's Role in Township Administration
- Working with Unions in an Uncertain Economy
- You've Just Been Made an Offer on a Cell Tower
Safety Services Webinars
Trustee Webinars
- Aging in Place: Responding to Senior Citizen Challenges
- Becoming the Employer of Choice
- Bringing Broadband into Your Community
- Building the Trust of Your Citizens
- Competitive Bidding 101
- Conducting Various Meetings as a Township Official
- Engaging with Your Legislators
- Implementing Your Township's Vision: Linking Projects and Initiatives
- OPERS Update
- People: Impossible to Avoid, Vital to Success
- Policies Every Township Board Needs
- Recruitment & Retention During the "Great Resignation"
- Special Improvement Districts: Ohio's New Tool to Help Owners Fight Erosion
- The Critical Elements of Property & Liability Insurance
- The Township Trustee in 2022: Your Role in Meeting the Challenges
- TIFs: What Are They, How Are They Used & the Pros and Cons of Implementing
- Township Energy Conservation Measures: Benefits of a Collaboration Approach
- Understanding Advancements in Fire Equipment
- Updates to Robert's Rules of Order
- Where the Trustee Responsibility Ends and the Fiscal Officer Begins
- Workers' Comp 101
Zoning Inspectors Group Webinars
- Affordable Housing 101
- Benefits and Process for Overlay Districts in Townships
- Case Law Update: Legal Q&A
- Community Reaction to Land Use Changes
- Development Disasters and How to Defend Against Them
- Effective Enforcement of Code & Zoning Violations
- Enacting Zoning for Un-Zoned Townships: How and Why?
- General Welfare as it Applies to Zoning
- How to Be Proactive with Township Businesses
- Land Use: Master Plans
- Making & Defending Zoning Decisions
- Mining Operations & Short-Term Rentals
- Rehabbing Zoning Ordinances: Does Yours Need an Intervention?
- Revising a Zoning Resolution: The Dos and Don'ts
- Sign Regulations—What Do We Need to Do?
- Site Plan Reviews: When They are Needed and How to Process Them
- The Importance of Relationships as it Relates to Zoning
- Tiny Houses and Temporary Structures
- Zoning Change vs. Conditional Use - What's the Difference?
- Zoning Code vs. ORC
- Zoning Enforcement in an Ever-Changing World
- Zoning Solutions for Livable Communities