Summary: A review of home rule, metropolitan and private act charters to identify selected criteria including the election of recorder or treasurer, employment a manager or administrator, elected city judge, employ a city attorney, interaction between board and staff, recall provisions, elections by ward or district, and compensation of elected officials.

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MTAS was asked whether the city can amend its lease agreement, giving the lessees an additional five year option, without violating the Tennessee Purchasing Law.

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MTAS was asked to clarify how to calculate pay for non-exempt law enforcement and fire protection personnel.

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MTAS was asked how abstentions are counted with respect to measures voted on by the city council.

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Sample municipal airport minimum standards shared by Rockwood, TN, Elizabethton, TN and Greeneville, TN.

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MTAS was asked about the implications, if any, resulting from the annexation of a business holding a county on-premises beer permit as it relates to the city's requirement setting a maximum percentage of sales allowed from the sale of beer.

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MTAS was asked whether an alderman who the board of mayor and aldermen intends to appoint the mayor, can vote for himself for that position.

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MTAS was asked whether a member of the city council can run for the office of mayor without resigning from his present office.

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MTAS was asked whether the citizens of the city are still subject to a solid waste disposal fee charged by the county, even if a private disposal service is used.

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Letter on legality and procedure to use County's bid asphalt unit prices to buy asphalt for small projects in Parsons.