MTAS Legal Consultant Elisha Hodge responded to a question regarding a Tennessee city loaning money to the Industrial Review Board.
| Industrial development--Boards Industrial development--Tennessee Finance--Loans |
MTAS was asked whether a home rule municipality can adopt a charter amendment authorizing a public referendum on tax rates.
| Elections--Initiatives and referendums Tax rates |
MTAS Legal Consultant Elisha Hodge responded to a Tennessee municipality's request for information regarding records retention and public records.
| Records management Records management--Open records |
Municipal benchmarking with MTAS is a voluntary program that consists of four activities: deciding what data to gather, gathering data, collating and cleaning data, and analyzing the statistics of participating cities. This manual describes the benchmarking process, which begins with the TMBP steering committee deciding what data to ask cities for. Definitions of those data points are included in this manual, as well as a timeline for the overall process.
| Municipal government--Administration Municipal government--Services Performance measurement Performance measurement--Tennessee Tennessee |
An ordinance to change the town election date to the November general election date.
| Elections--Laws and regulations Municipal ordinances |
Two sample forms; 1) an application for the potential licensee to submit to the municipality requesting a certification of compliance; and 2) a form that the municipality can submit to the state Alcoholic Beverage Commission confirming that the licensee meets the municipality's compliance requirements.
| Alcoholic beverages--Forms Businesses--Forms |
MTAS was asked whether the city school superintendent is a city employee and eligible to serve as a member of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
| Elections--Laws and regulations Schools--Personnel City council |
MTAS was asked three questions related to a referendum on a bond issue.
| Elections--Initiatives and referendums Finance--Bonds |
This opinion from Tennessee Open Records Counsel addresses the amounts that a local government law enforcement agency is permitted to charge for a copy of accident reports and incident reports.
| Records management--Open records |
MTAS was asked for information on the law governing referendum on sales tax increase
| Elections--Initiatives and referendums Taxes--Sales |
