MTAS was asked several questions about the jurisdiction of a municipal court, its ability to punish offenders for failure to appear, and additional costs imposed on misdemeanor cases.
| Courts--Municipal Courts Courts--General sessions |
MTAS was asked whether a home rule municipality can adopt a charter amendment authorizing a public referendum on tax rates.
| Elections--Initiatives and referendums Tax rates |
A legal opinion on the maximum that a city can charge for a bad check.
| Finance--Bank services |
MTAS was asked whether the Director of the Senior Citizen Center's use of city funds to purchase the magazine subscriptions from her daughter for the Center constitutes a conflict of interest.
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1999_legalOpinion_mtas.pdf
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| Conflict of interests Purchasing--Laws and regulations Dickson (Tenn) |
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Purchasing Agent Survey.pdf
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Purchasing Agent Survey.doc
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| Purchasing Purchasing--Policies and procedures Purchasing agent |
MTAS was asked, if four alderman are required to make a quorum and several resign, leaving only three, whether the mayor may act as an alderman.
| City council--Procedure Mayor Mayor--Aldermanic government |
MTAS was asked whether a volunteer firefighter may serve on the city board.
| City council Fire--Volunteer organizations Boards |
A job description for the position of Economic Development Director.
| Economic development Personnel--Classification |
MTAS was asked to prepare a presentation for professional engineers about drainage liability.
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Drainage Liability.pdf
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| Drainage Liability Engineers Stormwater management--Laws and regulations Sewers--Laws and regulations |
Cities were asked if they have a city judge, whether the judge is appointed or elected, if the judge has general sessions powers or duties other than conducting court, and salary.
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City judges.pdf
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| Courts Courts--Judges |