Governing Board Regular Meeting [05-09-2019]

What Is SAP Commissions?

Explore SAP Commissions and how it helps you perform incentive compensation management. Also explore an example scenario when you might want to use it.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Commission

How 11 cities are leading the climate change fight

Mayors and city councils are on the front lines when it comes to creating greener government policy and tackling transportation issues, energy usage, and sustainability.

What Does a REALTOR® Do To Earn Their Commission?

This Infographic will show you what a day in the life of a good REALTOR® looks like.

An Experiment Reveals How Commission-Cutting Benefits No One

NextHome conducted an experiment that looked at what commission-cutting can do for the real estate agent as well as the homeseller.

Cyber commission wants public ideas for bolstering IT security

The Commission for Enhancing National Cybersecurity has issued a request for information to inform its recommendations on how to strengthen IT security in both the public and private sectors.

Why an agent might refuse to show a house (the low commission)

When realty agents representing potential buyers don't like the commission split offered on a particular listing, they might boycott it -- simply not show the house to clients.

What Is a Planning Commission?

Planning commissions fill an influential advisory role in planning processes, maintaining citizen oversight of government planning powers and also providing a public forum for debate about the future of communities.

The Do's and Don'ts for Serving on a Planning Commission

Professional planners can be a great resource for staffing local planning and zoning commissions (especially in smaller communities). That is, of course, as long as they can manage to wear both hats without conflict.

What we can learn from cities going carless

Growing cities doesn’t have to mean more cars. Some mayors and city councils are trying something new to reduce traffic.

How should Lansing tackle climate change? City Council hires consultant to create plan

Lansing City Council is seeking input from the public as it works to develop a regional plan to combat climate change.

How the city can prevent homelessness before it starts

Does the City Council have the political will to redirect spending for programs that help prevent homelessness from happening.

Insurers cut commissions to restrict when and what plans people buy

Insurers are discouraging the sale of individual health insurance policies and often quietly cutting commissions to agents. That's bad news for consumers who lose a job and need help signing up now.

Is Dollar-One Commission Plan Limiting Sales Growth?

Companies that have “grown up” on highly leveraged commission plans are running into a dilemma–they can change the plan and risk alienating some of their highest-grossing salespeople, or do nothing and risk lower overall sales growth.

What should Stewartville do about dead-end roads?

STEWARTVILLE — The Stewartville City Council has a decision to make that’s more difficult than how much to assess citizens and whether to include sidewalks.

Guide to LA

Did you hear something on the show that you weren't quite familiar with? City Council? The School Board? Click below to get up to speed on who all these people are and what it is they're supposed to do.

Embracing code: Time to talk about what can be done, rather than what can't

We don’t envy New Castle’s mayor and city council. Making ends meet in a financially distressed municipality is not for the faint of heart.

What Is a Trailing Commission?

A trailing commission is money you pay an advisor each year that you own an investment.

How Much is Real Estate Agent Commission

What Do Real Estate Agents Charge For Commission? Probably one of the most asked questions in real estate is, 'how much is a real estate commission'? One thing you should know from the get-go is that real estate commissions are entirely negotiable. There is nothing anywhere that says a commission needs to be a certain amount of money. What one real estate company charges for a commission might be completely different than another firm down the street. In some real estate franchises like…