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In episode 63, Monica Coleman and Ambre Gooch, two of OMAG’s attorneys, engage in an insightful conversation, shedding light on a myriad of HR-related value-added services OMAG offers its members free of charge.

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In episode 62, OMAG’s Law Enforcement Specialist Kevin Katz and Associate General Counsel Ambre Gooch discuss how a municipality can help a school district through the assignment of a municipal law enforcement officer as a school resource officer.

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In episode 61, Jeff Bryant and Ambre Gooch, two of OMAG’s attorneys, discuss some of the value-added services the Legal Department at OMAG provides OMAG members. In particular, Jeff answers questions posed to him about municipal budgeting and the Oklahoma Open Records Act.  

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This episode, hosted by Director of Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships, Bill Tackett, features an interview with Lori Mueller, Professional Development & Training Analyst about the OMAG Municipal Front-line Leader Academy. A program designed to help Oklahoma’s municipal leaders build leadership strength, stability, and consistency.

For more information, please visit www.omag.org.

In this episode, Mark and Ryan talk about living for 1000 years as well as changes in the entertainment industry.

Risk management is defined by ISO 31000 as the effect of uncertainty on outcomes.

A policing plan helps reduce uncertainty by involving all stakeholders in creating expectations for how municipal administration, the community, and members of the police department work together to create the kind of community where quality individuals want to live, work and raise their families.

Visit www.omag.org/downloads to view the Sand Springs Policing Documents.

This episode hosted by Claims Supervisor, Brad Doublehead, focuses on what to do after you have received storm, water, or fire damage and how to best prevent additional damages from occurring.

For more information, please visit www.omag.org.

Following the release of "AEW All Access", Dave LaGreca, Mark Henry, Tommy Dreamer & Bully Ray have a heated discussion on just how far back the wrestling is being pulled for fans of the wrestling industry.  Is this hurting the business by exposing so many previously well-kept secrets?

This episode features M.G. Govia from OKIE811 talking about understanding underground damage prevention laws, understanding the OKIE811 locate ticket process, digging test holes safely, documenting the digging process, as well as reducing preventable underground utility strikes. 

Kelly Burley is the Executive Director of Common Bonds, a non-partisan leadership network that is uniting communities on behalf of humane outcomes for cats and dogs. The mission of Common Bonds is to connect municipalities with animal welfare resources in order to effect change in the State’s animal shelter population and euthanasia crisis.

Learn more www.commonbondsok.org

In today’s episode, we are discussing some simple procedures and techniques to reduce accidents and injuries when backing and parking vehicles while performing work around the municipality. Our guests today are Bill Young and Cody Vinyard, both from the Risk Management department at OG&E.

Over the past several years OG&E has developed some very simple to implement driving procedures to reduce the risk of accidents that have sustained injuries to workers and claimants, as well as caused property damage to both their company and private property.

OMAG’s hope is that by listening to this podcast your municipality might also implement these techniques to improve your risk of losses due to backing and parking accidents.

In this podcast, Jessi Stringer, the City Planner for the City of Collinsville, OK, and Ambre Gooch, Associate General Counsel at OMAG, discuss the basics of municipal zoning.

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Jared Dillingham, City of Durant, and Chris Knight, City of Stillwater discuss the risk management issues and best practices for protecting municipal employees, municipal property, and private property while collecting solid waste for their communities.

Join part 2 of this talk with OMAG Director of Technology Services, Kevin Sesock, and Founding Partner of Future Point of View (FPOV), Scott Klososky, as they continue their discussion about municipal cities and technology that could or should be considered smart and where cities should be heading. 

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OMAG Director of Technology Services, Kevin Sesock, interviews Founding Partner of Future Point of View (FPOV), Scott Klososky, for a talk about municipal cities and technology that could or should be considered smart and where cities should be heading. 

Learn more by visiting www.omag.org

Episode 45 of the OMAG All Access podcast is part 2 of  Oklahoma City Assistant City Attorney Paula Kelly, being interviewed by Risk Management Specialist, Kip Prichard. This episode tackles the topic of municipal verse private maintenance and development of mountain bike trails. Miss Kelly talks about the pros and cons of each as well as her personal experience cultivating trails within Oklahoma. 

Learn more by visiting www.omag.org. 

Episode 44 of the OMAG All Access podcast features Oklahoma City Assistant City Attorney Paula Kelly, as she is interviewed by Risk Management Specialist, Kip Prichard. This episode tackles the topic of municipal verse private maintenance and development of mountain bike trails. Miss Kelly talks about the pros and cons of each as well as her personal experience cultivating trails within Oklahoma. 

Learn more by visiting www.omag.org. 

Parks and playgrounds are popular services municipalities provide for their citizens and visitors to their communities. This podcast is to remind municipalities to facilitate regular inspections and maintenance of playground equipment to better protect the users, as well as to begin planning to replace aging and obsolete playground equipment and facilities to reduce the risk of costly liability claims due to injury. 

Episode 42 of the OMAG All Access podcast features OMAG Director of Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships, Bill Tackett, as he talks with Steve Garrett about his own personal podcast and how podcasting could be a beneficial tool for municipalities to effectively communicate with its citizens.

 Episode 41 of the OMAG All Access podcast features City Attorney, David Weatherford hosted by OMAG's Director of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships, Bill Tackett. This episode tackles the topic of Animal Control Ordinances and how it affects citizens as well as animal owners. 

Learn more by visiting www.omag.org.