Accepting the resignation of a council member
MTAS was asked about the procedure for accepting the resignation of a council member and for the appointment of a new council member.
| City council--Procedure City councilmember |
MTAS was asked about the procedure for accepting the resignation of a council member and for the appointment of a new council member.
| City council--Procedure City councilmember |
MTAS was asked whether any provision of the proposed City Charter represents a "hidden" method by which the city can impose additional taxes on city residents.
| Charters--City Home rule Tax collection |
E-book compilation of articles by the authors on pay strategy, job analysis, job evaluation, market analysis, perofmance management, and general HR/compensation management. Authors are consultants with the Arthur J. Gallager & Company's Public Sector and Higher Education Compensation Consulting Practice.
| Personnel--Compensation Personnel--Classification Personnel--Merit systems Personnel--Performance appraisal Personnel--Performance measurement |
MTAS was asked the difference between an officer and an employee, what is a ministerial officer, and what does the term "general supervision" mean with respect to a mayor's right to exercise general supervision over certain city officers or employees.
| Municipal government--Administration Personnel--Administration |
A form to help guide board member interviews in comprehensive management reviews.
| City councilmember City council Boards--Municipal Forms |
MTAS was asked about the sale of alcoholic beverages, including beer, on election day.
| Alcoholic beverages--Laws and regulations Beer--Laws and regulations Elections |
MTAS was asked to give an opinion on the legality of an ordinance which changed the board of mayor and alderman from a staggered four-year term of office to a non-staggered two-year term of office.
| Elections--Laws and regulations--Tennessee Elections--Terms of office |
MTAS was asked to evaluate current water and sewer financial statements, to prepare projections for revenues and expenses, and suggest any changes to the city's current water and sewer rates in order to keep the operations on a sound, self-sufficient financial basis.
| Utilities--Rates and charges--Tennessee Water--Rates and charges--Tennessee Wastewater--Rates and charges--Tennessee Sewers--Rates and charges |
MTAS was asked whether a city has to do the training and pass the resolution and who receives the compliance documentation.
| Emergency management Emergency services Disaster plans Fire--Procedures Police--Procedures |
MTAS was asked about the pros and cons of using parking meters in order to control hours of downtown parking.
| Traffic--Parking meters Parking |