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Telecommunications coordinator

Job description for the position of Telecommunications Coordinator.

MTAS
Job Description
Cable television
Telecommunications
Personnel--Classification
Internal
04/15/2021
09/25/2002

Participation of the volunteer fire department in a fund raising project

MTAS was asked whether the Volunteer Fire Department can legally participate in a fund raising project.

Hemsley, Sid
Legal Opinion
Contracts
Contracts--Laws and regulations
Fire--Volunteer organizations
Solicitations--Charitable organizations
Public
07/29/2021
07/31/1992

Taking water lines belonging to a private non-profit water company by eminent domain

MTAS was asked to analyze the law governing the authority of a municipality to condemn water lines owned by a private water company.

Hemsley, Sid
Legal Opinion
Eminent domain--Laws and regulations
Eminent domain
Water--Lines and pipes
Zoning--Inverse condemnation
Internal
04/15/2021
09/20/2002

Responsibility for selecting and hiring city attorney in a manager commission charter type city

MTAS Legal Consultant Elisha Hodge responded to a request for information regarding who has the responsibility of selecting and hiring a town attorney in a manager commission form of government.

Hodge, Elisha
Legal Opinion
City attorney
Personnel--Selection and recruitment
Personnel--Selection and recruitment--Tennessee
Public
12/9/2022
09/1/2022

City planning commission jurisdiction over county school

MTAS Legal Consultant Stephanie Allen O'Hara responded to a request for information regarding whether or not a city planning commission has jurisdiction over a county school.

O'Hara, Stephanie Allen
Legal Opinion
AG OP 85_001.pdf (152.58 KB)
Planning--Commissions--Tennessee
Schools--Tennessee
Internal
05/27/2022
03/31/2022

Property tax abatement for hospital real property and equipment

Jellico Community Hospital (JCH) is currentlly a nonprofit corporation that operates the hospital in Jellico, TN and is the only hospital in that city. The city is looking into leasing the hospital to a for-profit entity.

O'Hara, Stephanie Allen
Legal Opinion
Taxes--Property assessment and appraisal
Internal
07/29/2021
08/2/2018

Requiring an employee to sign an agreement releasing the city from liability

MTAS was asked whether the city could require auxilary police officers to sign waivers releasing the city from any liability for their negligent conduct or omissions.

Moore, Todd
Legal Opinion
Governmental tort liability
Liability
Police--Liability
Police--Personnel
Public
05/10/2021
04/3/1995

Suspending or firing the present city attorney

MTAS was asked whether the mayor has the singular authority to suspend or fire the present city attorney.

Bingham, Pamela
Legal Opinion
City attorney
Mayor
Personnel--Dismissal
Mayor--Aldermanic government
Internal
07/30/2021
02/19/1999

Municipalities without a zoning ordinance seek to prohibit wildcat trailer parks from springing up

MTAS was asked what actions may be taken by municipalities that do not have a zoning ordinance and seek to prohibit wildcat trailer parks from springing up.

Pullen, Mark
Legal Opinion
Mobile homes
Municipal ordinances
Zoning
Zoning--Laws and regulations
Zoning--Municipal ordinances
Internal
06/7/2022
01/7/1994

Legality of city-county sales tax allocation agreement

MTAS was asked to determine whether there is any way for the city to get out of the contract under which the city waived its share of the sales tax to the county for a term ending upon the payment of a 2.4 million bond issue.

Hemsley, Sid
Legal Opinion
Contracts
Intergovernmental agreements
Tax collection
Taxes--Sales
Public
07/29/2021
04/13/1992
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