Three cities were asked their policies for replacing police vehicles
| Police--Equipment--Vehicles Police--Surveys Motor vehicles Fleet management |
MTAS was asked whether state immunity under the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution applies to municipalities with respect to application of the Family and Medical Leave Act.
| Personnel--Laws and regulations--Federal Constitutional law Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 Personnel--Compensation |
MTAS was asked to conduct a study of the city of Cleveland's leisure services in order to analyze, evaluate and recommend improved and well-coordinated service deliveries, programs and facilities to the citizens of Cleveland.
| Parks and recreation Municipal government--Services Auditing--Services and operations Parks and recreation--Facilities |
Job description for the position of Plant Operator Trainee in Water and Wastewater.
| Utilities--Personnel Water--Operations Wastewater--Operations Personnel--Classification |
MTAS was asked to assist in developing a five-year strategic plan for Mountain Arts Community Center (MACC).
| Parks and recreation--Facilities--Civic centers Planning Signal Mountain (Tenn) |
In early 2023, Will Johnson, city recorder and Vice Mayor Andrew Roberto requested that MTAS study the functions of the legislative department, including internal processes of staff, utilization of resources, adherence to policies, and how technology supports the department. Additionally, it was also requested to survey the city council, to bring more clarity to issues from the goal setting session.
| City recorder Management--Policy and evaluation Municipal government--Administration City council--Procedure Knoxville (Tenn) |
MTAS was asked to review a plan by the city of Columbia to replace its HID street lights with LED. Included is a report by the local power company detailing the concept, costs and priority ranking of replacements.
| Streets--Lighting Columbia (Tenn) |
MTAS was asked about the use of "deduct meters" in the city of Pulaski's water system (specifically hose bibb meters).
| Water distribution--Meters Utilities--Meter reading Pulaski (Tenn) |
Eleven cities were asked how they compensate full-time and part-time firefighters for holidays and how these policies compare to police patrol employees.
| Fire--Personnel Personnel--Compensation Personnel--Fringe benefits Personnel--Schedules and shifts Personnel--Surveys Police--Personnel |
The city manager for the City of Athens requested MTAS to evaluate a proposal for the addition of personnel to the police department. In response, a staffing study was conducted by MTAS police consultant David Moore and the report provides insight into current workload, training, resource allocation, and level of service.
| Athens (Tenn) Personnel--Schedules and shifts Personnel--Staffing levels Personnel--Succession planning Personnel--Surveys Police--Administration Police--Personnel |
