Following recent municipal elections, CIRSA would like to remind you of the free elected officials training tools we have available. Many of the elected officials’ training resources we offer, including videos, publications, and a webinar, can be found on the CIRSA website, here.  If you’d like to set up an on-site training session with General Counsel Sam Light, please contact him at saml@cirsa.org.

Some of our most popular elected officials’ training resources include:

• CIRSA’s 2019 Ethics, Liability & Best Practices for Elected Officials Handbook. This recently-published second edition provides practical tips for elected officials on managing risks on a wide range of topics, including social media, ethics, open meetings, harassment, and personnel matters. The Handbook is a collaboration of CIRSA Executive Director Tami Tanoue, CIRSA General Counsel Sam Light, and attorneys Robert Widner, Linda Michow, and Cristina McCormick.
• In the Scope of Your Authority: Preventing Public Officials’ Liability. This video, available on YouTube or DVD, explains how elected officials can put themselves and their municipalities at risk for actions that are outside the scope of an elected official’s authority.
• For a humorous take on the issues faced by elected officials, check out our short YouTube videos, here:
  • Public Comments During Meetings
  • Elected Officials

• For a video on suggested steps to take in the event of a conflict of interest, check out this short video from Sam Light.

If you would like a hard copy of any of the materials listed above, we are happy to mail them to you.

Please send all requests to along with your mailing address and the number of copies needed to Destiny Johnson.

Lastly, please let us know if you have changes to your elected officials’ contact information so we can update our member database.