MTAS Fire Consultant Steve Cross authored this study for the Town of Smyrna, Tennessee. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the adequacy and deployment of current fire station locations, fire apparatus staffing, and fire apparatus deployment.

Eight Tennessee cities with a population between 20,000 and 100,000 responded to a request for information regarding youth run programs in their municipalities.

MTAS was asked whether a councilman's wife can bid on a catering contract to provide a Christmas Dinner to employees.

MTAS responded to question from an UT County Technical Assistance Service consultant regarding the non-resident voting rights for cities in Carroll County, Tennessee.

MTAS was asked whether the city can be a member of the Chamber of Commerce, which membership costs the city $350 per year.

MTAS was asked whether the city can levy a property tax above $1.75 when the city's charter limits the levy to that amount.

MTAS was asked whether a municipality can restrict parking on city streets in certain areas to customers of businesses in those areas.

A panhandling ordinance from the City of Orlando, Florida.

MTAS was asked whether leaseholds owned by doctors in a building built by the County and attached to the County Hospital are assessable property for property tax purposes.

MTAS was asked who has the power to appoint and to remove certain municipal employees and whether municipal employees who have a property right in their employment under a charter lose that property right if the charter is changed to revoke that right.