CommuniTIES: A Baker Tilly podcast Baker Tilly

MCCSC Director of Business Operations, John Kenny, joins Susan Reed and Jeff Hammond to discuss the benefits of ESG.

As communities continue to face budget challenges, it’s important for organizations to prioritize where to allot funds.
During this episode, our team discusses:

• The budget challenges communities are facing
• What should cities and schools prioritize when it comes to funds?
• What steps your organization take to guide their success and plan strategically
• Why it’s valuable to stress test your budget

With school districts and communities facing historic pressures on both current and future expenditures, budgetary concerns continue to grow.

During this episode, our team discusses:

• What is BTMA+ and why might an organization have the need to outsource financial management?

• How inflation is affecting school districts from food prices to salary and wages for staff

• The importance of prioritizing current programs and service offerings

• Solution-based planning around district costs

Learn how Baker Tilly can help your team focus on the need and help you find unique ways to help meet your financial needs.

The Final Rule provides considerable flexibility with how communities can support their economic development through landmark funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP), Infrastructure Act, Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) and other sources. In this podcast, our public sector specialists walk through how state and local governments can navigate this unprecedented funding and discuss how COMPASS, our interactive advisory model, provides a strategic roadmap for communities to address diverse needs with the funding.

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) provides billions of dollars to local governments through Fiscal Recovery Funds (FRF), competitive grants and other provisions to help meet community housing needs. In this podcast, Baker Tilly’s public sector housing leaders share insights on the financial opportunities municipalities have to support housing.

The Mayor of the City of Overland Park, Kansas, Carl Gerlach, joins us to share his experience and insights from serving in local government for the last 26 years, first on the City Council then as Mayor. In 10 minutes, Mayor Gerlach discusses:

-How he got involved in local government
-The City’s greatest accomplishments under his leadership
-What has changed and what has stayed the same
-Lessons learned during his time as Mayor that fellow elected officials can leverage