MTAS was asked whether the Tennessee Public Records Law applies to e-mail sent by a city official.

MTAS was asked whether the city could hold referendum on alternative utility services, and the conditions under which the city could obtain water services from water provider other than utility district serving the city.

MTAS responded to the following request: Do you think the developer would have vesting in the uses of the 2020 zoning code or vesting in ONLY what was shown on the plat?

This public record request form is used by the City of Germantown.

MTAS was asked about an upcoming city election and the potentiality that the ballot will not include a mayoral candidate.

This is the 17th and final report of the Tennessee Municipal Benchmarking Project. Performance data from participating cities represents fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018). Cities participating in this data cycle were: Athens, Bartlett, Brentwood, Bristol, Chattanooga, Franklin, Johnson City, Kingsport, Knoxville, Lewisburg, Morristown, and Spring Hill. The report highlights selected benchmarks and compares members on those benchmarks over a three year period.

If council members are uncompensated, they cannot be considered "public employees" whose information is protected pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. Section 10-7-504(f). Hodge, the Tennessee Open Records Counsel at the time of this letter, also offers suggestions for improved processes in filling the request in question.

An ordinance which gives city personnel the right to seek and hold public office, as a member of City Council.

MTAS surveyed selected cities in Tennessee regarding their use of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. Nine cities responded to questions about their use of ERP software for community development, finance functions, agenda management, human resources functions, and asset management. Cities provided the name of the vendor and software packages used, and reported their level of satisfaction with the product.

A better policy than simply not investigating anonymous complaints would be to respond to them on a case by case basis depending on the indicia of reliability in the complaint.