MTAS provided some information on the incorporation process in Tennessee.

An ordinance to amend the Cumberland Gap Code regarding historic zoning regulations.

A sample study session agenda for the City of Rocky Top, Tennessee.

MTAS was asked whether the Town is obligated to honor a renewal provision in a lease.

MTAS was asked whether the city's noise ordinance is "vague."

A resolution to have MTAS codify and revise the ordinances of a city.

MTAS was asked to assist with an organizational retreat for staff.

MTAS was asked whether a board member may make a motion concerning an item that is not on the agenda without being recognized by the chairman.

University of Tennessee MPPA Graduate Student Dane Morgan conducted a survey of Tennessee municipalities with the assistance of MTAS Librarian Frances Adams-O'Brien. The attached report is a section of a report originally completed for the City of Knoxville Rules of Procedure and Charter Review Task Force in May 2025. The section organizes and briefly discusses the results of the survey sent out in April 2025. 

The survey primarily asked questions pertaining to 1) rules of procedure during meetings of the governing body and 2) workshops across Tennessee municipalities (with many municipalities referring to workshops as work sessions). We received responses from 72 municipalities before the survey closed. Of these respondents, 66 completed the survey in its entirety.

MTAS was asked what disposition a city can make of unclaimed, lost, or abandoned personal property in the possession of the police department, such as, but not limited to, money, bicycles, automobiles, etc.