WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC PURCHASERS

TENTATIVE AGENDA – FIRST QUARTER MEETING
March 4-5, 2004

Hospitality Inn
4400 South 27th Street
Milwaukee, WI

Note:  The March 4, Thursday morning agenda is for V.A.L.U.E. in Local Government’s annual membership meeting. WAPP members are welcome to attend.

Thursday, March 4  - V.A.L.U.E. AGENDA

8:00 - 8:30 AM Registration and continental breakfast

8:30 - 8:45 AM Welcome - Nannette Hegerty, Chief of Police, City of Milwaukee

8:45 - 9:00 AM Annual Business Meeting – Jean Kienzle, School District of Elmbrook

9:00 - 9:30 AM V.A.L.U.E. Website Enhancements – Chris Hubbard, Webmaster

9:30 - 10:00 AM Cooperation – The new buzzword and our reality – Learn what cooperative contracts can do for you. Take advantage of participating contracts awarded to suppliers who extend pricing to all V.A.L.U.E. members –  Jim Bembenek, City of Wauwatosa

10:00 - 11:00 AM Privatization/Contracting Options for Government, Doing the In Thing – Outsourcing

Where are the savings? What are the costs? This session will draw from the experience gained by the presenters in outsourcing printing and mailing, oil changes, and other services.

Panel:
Susan Connelly, Rick Kunstmann, Waukesha County;
Bill Kappel, Public Works Director, City of Wauwatosa;
Cheryl Oliva, City of Milwaukee.

11:00 - Noon Statewide Joint Purchasing Consortium

Learn what four purchasing cooperatives, the State of Wisconsin, and other large buying groups are doing for the first time! The relationships are complex but the potential is enormous. The smallest communities as well as the largest are going to benefit from economies that will result from projecting the success of V.A.L.U.E onto the statewide field. We are all contributors to the quantities required to optimize volume pricing and we all reap the savings. This is truckload pricing for pint size effort.

Panel:
Jane Pawasarat, State of Wisconsin Bureau of Procurement
Susan Connelly and Cheryl Oliva, V.A.L.U.E. in Local Government
Ken Tronnier, Central Wisconsin Public Purchasing
Frank Draxler, Chippewa Valley Shared Services Consortium
Linda Buchanan, Intergovernmental Purchasing Consortium
Steve Martinelli, WISDOT
Mike Carney, Wisconsin Technical College System

12:00 - 12:45 PM Networking Luncheon

End of V.A.L.U.E. Agenda

Thursday, March 4 - WAPP AGENDA

12:45 - 1:00 PM Welcome and Introductions - Steve Martinelli, WisDOT

1:00 - 2:00 PM Statewide Joint Purchasing Business Meeting

This meeting is open to ALL interested parties.  Members are encouraged to attend to find out how communication, cooperation and collaboration between state agencies are being used to aggregate volume purchases, reduce redundancies in procurement activities and reduce costs of purchasing through this renewed effort to work together.

2:00 - 3:00 PM Open Records – The Public’s Right To Know - Melanie Swank, Assistant City Attorney, City of Milwaukee

You have seen the headlines – don’t be in them. What must be retained? What must be disclosed? How should it be formatted? Who covers the costs? What remains confidential?

Electronic records: maintenance requirements, retrieval and distribution requirements, cost recovery

3:00 - 3:15 PM Break

3:15 - 4:45 PM Go FISH!  Marti Cargile, City of Milwaukee Employee Relations

Keeping Morale High in a Fast Paced Environment

6:00 PM Dinner with Colleagues & Friends - Chancery Pub & Restaurant, 4624 S. 27th Street

Friday, March 5 - WAPP AGENDA

8:00 - 8:30 AM Registration and continental breakfast

Past President's Council

8:30 - 8:45 AM Welcome – Scott Walker, Milwaukee County Executive

Introductions - Steve Martinelli, WAPP President

8:45 - 10:00 AM Negotiation Simulation

Everything is negotiable (except Bids, of course). We do it informally at home and with co-workers. We do it formally with suppliers and contractors. This is a role-playing exercise that provides an opportunity to hone existing skills and to learn new techniques. Learn to optimize outcomes as team leader.

Bill Kurer and Roy Hartman, Washington County
Cheryl Oliva, City of Milwaukee

10:00 - 10:15 AM Break

10:15 - 11:00 AM Are We Doing Too Much With Less?

Trends in Purchasing Management – Which way is the pendulum swinging; what is the effect on process flow?  Proper planning and skillful management enable organizations to thrive despite constraints in time and budget.

  • Working Smarter
  • Improving Efficiency
  • Best Practices
  • The e-solutions

Panel:
Diane Kelly, Racine County (Moderator)
Pinky Buford, Milwaukee County
Cheryl Oliva, City of Milwaukee

11:00 - 11:30 AM Business meeting – Steve Martinelli, WisDOT

11:30 - Noon Common Problems

Facilitator: Barbara Betlej, Milwaukee County Transit System

Noon  Lunch

Hospitality Inn
4400 S. 27th Street
Milwaukee, WI
For Additional Info and Map go to www.hospitalityinn.com

Driving Directions:

From West: East towards Milwaukee on I-94. Exit I-894 towards Chicago. Exit 27th Street #9A-B. Left (north) on 27th Street.

From South: US 41N/ I-94W towards Milwaukee. Merge onto US43S/I-894W via exit #316 on left towards Madison. Merge onto S. 27th St. via exit #9B.

From North: I-43S toward Milwaukee. Merge onto S27 St. via exit #9B.