March 31st, 2025 | Travel Day

6:00pm – 8:00pm - Conference Registration Opens

6:00pm – 7:00pm - Social Hour & Networking Mixer - Hilton Garden Inn Bar/Lounge-Dinner TBD

April 1st, 2025 | Day 1

8:00am – Conference Registration Opens, Coffee, Light Breakfast

9:00am – The Dangers of PFAS in Biosolids in Texas
Larry Woolley, County Commissioner, Johnson County

10:00am – 10:15am - Break

10:15am – 10:45am – Infrastructure Funding Opportunities for Drinking Water, Wastewater, and Flood Mitigation Projects
Scott Galaway, Texas Water Development Board

10:45am – 11:00am - Break

11:00am – 12:00pm – Keynote Speaker, Author David Rendall

Teaching audiences to embrace weakness to gain success - Helping people learn weakness makes them unique.

David Rendall is a top business keynote speaker, former management professor and stand-up comedian. During the last fifteen years, Rendall has spoken to audiences on every inhabited continent. His clients include the US Air Force, Australian Government, and Fortune 50 companies such as Microsoft, AT&T, United Health Group, Fannie Mae, and State Farm. Dave teaches audiences that “discovering uniqueness while flaunting weakness” is essential to a more productive team and better life.

12:00pm – 1:30pm  – Lunch

1:30pm – 2:30pm – “Why can’t we all get along?”
Introducing tools to enhance self-awareness and interpersonal understanding, identify sources of miscommunication, and improve overall communication skills.
Klip Weaver, President E3

2:30pm – 2:45pm – Break

2:45pm – 3:45pm – Enhancing Rural Physician Pipelines through Community Partnership
How the Texas A&M College of Medicine is Striving to Address Physician Shortages in Rural Texas - Session would provide an overview of the TAMU Rural Medicine Program, a case study of how it has been implemented in various communities across Texas to-date, and opportunities for other community leaders to engage in the effort.
Cassie Shelton, Director of Operations, Rural Medicine, Texas A&M University

3:45pm – 5:00pm – Break

5:00pm – 8:00pm – Networking Mixer with music and food – Hilton Garden Inn  

April 2nd, 2025 | Day 2

 8:00am – 9:00am – Light Breakfast, Coffee @ Conference Center

9:00am – 10:00am – Legislative Updates for Local Governments
Bennet Sandlin, Executive Director, Texas Municipal League

10:00am – 10:30am – Break

10:30am – 11:30am – Chet Garner - Host of The Day Tripper

Chet Garner is the creator, host, and executive producer of The Daytripper, a 12-time Emmy-award-winning Texas travel show airing on PBS stations across the country. Born in Comanche and raised in Port Neches, Texas, Chet’s love for storytelling began at a young age around the Boy Scout campfire and toting around his grandfather’s VHS video camera. Chet earned a degree in radio-television-film from the University of Texas at Austin and went on to graduate first in his class from Baylor Law School. However, after practicing law for three years, he decided to follow his passions and simultaneously inspire folks to appreciate the beauty, history, and food of the Lone Star State. What followed was a crash course in travel, filmmaking, marketing, and doing whatever it takes to start a successful TV show.

11:30am – Closing Remarks Judge Umphress, Jack County Judge, ARCIT Board President