Files for the webinar, Exiting One Crisis and Mitigating Another Potential Crisis, hosted by OMWA on May 1, 2020 are available here:
Click here to download a PDF version of the slide deck.
Click here for the audio of the webinar.
Webinar: Navigating Through the Financial Impact of Covid-19
You are invited to attend a free webinar, hosted by the Ontario Municipal Water Association (OMWA):
Navigating Through the Financial Impact of Covid-19
WHEN: Friday, May 8, 2020 – 11:00 A.M.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS FREE WEBINAR: This webinar will be of significant interest to council members, CAOs, treasurers and senior water and wastewater managers of municipalities/utilities who have seen a significant drop in their water and wastewater revenues and have concerns about the financial challenges associated with the COVID -19 emergency. This is an opportunity to listen to and ask questions of the Managing Partner of one of Canada’s leading economic consulting firms.
Please register in advance for this webinar via the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rKaVL50GRoavaD0bBx8p1A
Once you have registered you will receive a confirmation email within 12 hours containing instructions on how to join the webinar.
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COVID -19 and its associated control measures are having a significant impact on Ontario’s people, businesses, and institutions. Municipalities are no exception. All orders of government are being asked to demonstrate leadership and provide relief and stability to citizens while continuing to provide vital services. Many municipalities are looking at options to provide ratepayers with financial relief through billing deferrals, suspension of interest and penalties on overdue receivables, delays or reductions of development charge payments, etc. All of these actions, come with potential future financial implications and decisions.
The OMWA is hosting this informative webinar to provide helpful guidance on some options for expenditure and revenue management along with a discussion of the short/medium term impacts that these options may have on the water/wastewater utility.
Topic areas include:
- expenditure policy options
- rethinking your reserve funds
- short-term/long-term debt considerations
- rate reductions
- financial implications, and more.
Gary Scandlan is the Managing Partner and Director of Watson & Associates Economists Ltd. Gary has over 40 years of experience with capital and operating budgeting, water/wastewater/stormwater rate setting, development charges, and long-range financial planning. Watson & Associates Economists Ltd. Is one of Canada’s leading economic consulting firms. Established in 1982, they offer a comprehensive range of financial planning and policy services to clients in government throughout Ontario and other provinces of Canada.
Once again, participation in this webinar is free, but space is limited. Register as soon as possible. If you have questions, feel free to ask and provide those in writing to us prior to Wednesday, May 6, at 4:00 p.m.
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Webinar Host – Michael Mortimer (President, OMWA)
Webinar Speaker – Gary Scandlan, Managing Partner and Director, Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
Video and slide deck for OnWARN webinar
You can download the video and slide deck for “Benefitting Your Organization Through a Utilities Helping Utilities Program – OnWARN,” OMWA’s most recent webinar (April 23, 2020) here.
Click here for the video.
Click here for the slide deck.
OMWA’s next webinar will be “Exiting One Crisis and Mitigating Another Potential Crisis” on May 1. Click here for more information and to register.
Webinar: Exiting One Crisis and Mitigating Another Potential Crisis
Exiting One Crisis and Mitigating Another Potential Crisis
You are invited to attend a free webinar, hosted by the Ontario Municipal Water Association (OMWA)
WHEN: Friday, May 1, 2020 – 11:00 a.m.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: This free webinar is intended to raise the awareness of municipalities/utilities who have large commercial buildings and industries within their municipal boundaries. As large buildings have been shut down or used less frequently, building water quality degradation becomes a silent but serious issue.
This webinar is free to all. Please register in advance for this webinar via the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GEu4AtYsRnKY-A1nllcjIw
Once you have registered you will receive a confirmation email within 12 hours containing instructions for how to join the webinar.
Continue reading “Webinar: Exiting One Crisis and Mitigating Another Potential Crisis”
Webinar: Benefitting Your Organization Through a Utilities Helping Utilities Program
Benefitting Your Organization Through a Utilities Helping Utilities Program – OnWARN
You are invited to attend a free webinar, hosted by the Ontario Municipal Water Association (OMWA).
WHEN: Thursday, April 23, 2020 – 2:00 PM,
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: This webinar is intended for all municipalities/utilities, and both members and non-members of OnWARN.
To register in advance for this free webinar, click here.
Once you have registered you will receive a confirmation email with instructions for how to join the webinar.
Description
As municipalities and businesses grapple with the long-term implications of COVID-19 in Ontario and around the globe, the OMWA looks to identify tools and opportunities for municipalities to prepare and respond to emergencies affecting their water and wastewater systems.
The Ontario Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network (OnWARN) is a Mutual Aid and Assistance program for municipalities and municipally-owned water and wastewater utilities. This utilities-helping-utilities program is a” tool in the municipal toolbox” for dealing with circumstances beyond the normal control of the utility, including emergencies and severe incidents.
Andrew Henry, Vice-Chair of the OnWARN program, will provide the webinar attendees with an outline of the OnWARN program and how it works, along with information on how municipalities and municipally-owned utilities can leverage the program in their planning and emergency management programs.
Andrew will also discuss Ontario’s emergency management system called the IMS Ontario Doctrine (Incident Management System) and the Canadian Standards Association Emergency Management and Business Continuity Planning Standard (CSA Z1600) in the context of its usefulness for municipal water & wastewater utilities. Andrew will provide helpful information on useful on-line training resources relating to Incident Management Systems and Emergency Planning.
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Webinar Host – Michael Mortimer (President, OMWA)
Webinar Speaker – Andrew J. Henry, Director, Regional Water Supply Lake Huron & Elgin Area Primary Water Supply Systems. To read Andrew’s full bio, click here.
OMWA Interactive Webinar – Slide deck and audio
You can download a PDF of the slide deck from OMWA’s most recent online webinar by clicking here.
For an audio recording of the webinar, click here.
Online discussion: Successful Continuity of Water & Wastewater Services During the COVID-19 Emergency
The Ontario Municipal Water Association (OMWA) and the Water & Wastewater Regulatory Compliance Group (WWRCG) are once again collaborating to deliver a free fully-interactive event to discuss: “Positioning Your Organization for Successful Continuity of Water & Wastewater Services During the COVID-19 Emergency.”
This one-hour, online event is scheduled for 11:00 a.m., Thursday, April 9, 2020.
The event will feature a fully interactive “discussion room” format and the number of participants will be limited and limited to one registration per municipalities/utilities.
The OMWA and WWRCG have developed an online questionnaire consisting of several questions on various COVID-19 water & wastewater related operational issues that each association has identified based on input from our respective members.
After you register, you will receive a registration confirmation email within 8 hours and a link to the online questionnaire that will be the foundation for the event discussions. We would suggest that each municipality/utility coordinate their registration and their response. Participants will be expected to complete the Poll questionnaire by 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 8th. The data from the completed questionnaire will then be compiled and presented on Thursday at 11:00 by our moderators, OMWA President Mike Mortimer, Justyna Burkiewicz from WWRCG and Laura Smit, OMWA Board Director.
Our registrants will then be welcome to discuss results, ask follow-up questions, provide further clarification or to voice their thoughts and opinions during the event to the benefit of all participants.
Once again, participation in this free fully interactive “discussion room” is limited, so register as soon as possible. Please register as a municipality/utility and be sure to submit your answers and feel free to ask any other specific questions you may have before Wednesday, April 8 at 4:00 p.m.
To register in advance for this webinar, click here.
Webinar Moderators:
Michael Mortimer (President, OMWA)
Justyna Burkiewicz (Member of WWRCG), (Manager, Water & Wastewater Regulatory Compliance, Peel Region)
Laura Smit, (Board Member, OMWA), (Board Member, WCWC), ( Superintendent of Water Treatment and Supply, City of Orillia)
This one-hour event will feature a fully interactive “discussion room” format and the number of participants will be limited and limited to one registration per municipality/utility.
Disclaimer: Registrants acknowledge that this webinar may be recorded and may be shared online with participants and non-participants. Participant comments or questions my be included in the recording.