The Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS) was requested to perform a water meter replacement study for the Town of Signal Mountain. There are many things to be considered when conducting a water meter replacement study.
| Utilities--Meter reading Utilities--Finance Signal Mountain (Tenn) |
MTAS provided examples of retirement plans from several cities and information from TCRS.
| Personnel--Retirement Personnel--Retirement--Finance Personnel--Retirement--Tennessee |
Some sample RFPs for website design, development, hosting, and maintenance.
| Web sites--Development Web sites--Design Web sites Purchasing--Professional services Web services Cloud computing |
Topics covered include the economic and environmental benefits of urban forestry, how to start an urban forestry program for your community, roles of tree boards and staff, identifying potential community stakeholders, technical assistance providers, and best management practices in urban forestry.
| Urban forestry Trees--Boards Trees--Municipal ordinances Forests and forestry Personnel--Classification |
MTAS was asked whether a municipality has any potential liability arising from sinkhole problems.
| Governmental tort liability Liability Stormwater management |
An ordinance to amend the New Tazewell code book pertaining to the meeting time for the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
| Meetings City council--Procedure Municipal ordinances |
Details the effects of the Tennessee Tort Liability Act regarding municipal and personal liability.
| Governmental tort liability |
Job description for the position of Communications Director.
| Communications Personnel--Classification Public information--Citizen education Telecommunications |
An ordinance of the the Town of Mountain City, Tennessee establishing compensation for the members of the board of mayor and aldermen.
| Personnel--Compensation--Municipal ordinances |
MTAS was asked about the pay practices of other cities similar in size to Johnson City.
| Personnel--Compensation Personnel--Merit systems Personnel--Performance appraisal Fire--Personnel Police--Personnel |
