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 |
The purpose of the study was to identify possible areas of improvement in the structural arrangement of leisure services.
| Parks and recreation--Administration Parks and recreation--Planning Municipal government--Services Auditing--Services and operations Johnson City (Tenn) |
MTAS was asked if the Mayor has the authority to rehire an employee who was fired by the previous City Administrator.
| Personnel--Selection and recruitment Personnel--Dismissal Mayor |
MTAS was asked to review and revise the personnel policies for the City of Bartlett.
| Personnel--Manuals |
MTAS was asked to clarify the meaning of expunged records.
| Personnel--Laws and regulations Records management |
