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The Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire (OCI) has issued Bulletin 26-EX-3, notifying Georgia cities and counties how it plans to handle compliance with Senate Bill 285, which requires local governments to remit 1.5% of certain insurance tax distributions to the Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund (POAB) each year by October 30.

This webinar covers PTRLOST/FLOST, the local option sales tax created by House Bill 581 in 2024 that funds an across-the-board property tax millage reduction.

Leadership consultant Dr. John Unger told Georgia mayors that AI, automation, and connectivity are reshaping what local government can do, but declining public trust is reshaping what it takes to lead at all. His talk closed on four leadership shifts and a warning that no amount of technology can replace the harder work of earning trust.

A DeKalb County judge granted the City of Dunwoody and four employees summary judgment on every count in a resident's Open Records Act suit, then awarded the city $182,478 in attorney fees. The rulings address records a city no longer has, official immunity for records staff, and the limits of mandamus.

Managing city social media accounts raises First Amendment questions that most officials never see coming. This webinar covers the public forum rules that govern official pages and what two recent Supreme Court decisions mean for officials who mix personal accounts with city business.