This is a selection of featured new acquisitions in the MRSC Library. For a complete list, see our New Acquisitions page.
These publications are available to Washington State city/town/county officials and staff to borrow at no charge through the MRSC Library Loan Request Form. If you are not a Washington city/town/county official or employee, we suggest you contact your local public library or law library for information or research direction.
Financial policies / Shayne C. Kavanagh. Chicago, IL: Government Finance Officers Association, 2012. [F 1.1020 F55 2012]
This book provides governments with a step-by-step approach to developing and implementing financial policies. The author provides comprehensive coverage of financial policies for a range of administrative functions, including budgeting, capital improvements, debt management, and investments.
When governments listen: moving toward publicly engaged governing / Barbara J. Cohn Berman. New York, NY: Fund for the City of New York, 2012. [G 9.7025 W45 2012]
What happens when governments really listen to their constituents? Barbara Cohn Berman raises this provocative question in her new book, “When Governments Listen.” In it, she provides some answers, recounting her eight years of work with 70 governments in the U.S. and Canada.
Cities in transition: a guide for practicing planners / Joseph Schilling and Alan Mallach. Chicago: American Planning Association, 2012. [PL 11.0000 C57 2012]
This APA report offers practicing planners a comprehensive menu of place-based strategies for addressing different dimensions of urban distress—from the reclamation of vacant properties to rebuilding local government and civic capacity.
Making community design work: a guide for planners / Umut Toker. 1st ed. Chicago, IL: APA Planners Press, 2012. [PL 10.0000 M35 2012]
This book shows how planners can guide the process toward effective decision-making and beneficial community design and distills decades of community-design experience into a sound conceptual framework of value to practicing planners as well as planning students.
The fire chief’s handbook / edited by Robert C. Barr and John M. Eversole. Tulsa, OK: PennWell Corp., 2003 [PS 3.1000 F58 2003]
The definitive resource for advanced fire service training. Designed for fire fighters, company officers, and chief officers of all ranks and of all department types who want the latest information on the fundamentals of leadership in the fire service as well as managing the day to day operations of a fire department.
