MTAS Fire Consultant Steve Cross authored this report for the City of Church Hill Fire Department. The document covers personnel, equipment and the number of fire stations needed in the city.
| Fire service--Tennessee Fire--Equipment Fire--Personnel--Tennessee |
Nine Tennessee cities responded to a request for information regarding their paid leave benefits for employees.
| Personnel--Fringe benefits Personnel--Municipal |
MTAS was asked about removing board members for non-attendance.
| Boards--Municipal Meetings--Planning and management |
Nine cities were asked whether they had contracted for professional services for a retro-reflectivity program or had conducted an in-house program.
| Streets--Signs and signals |
MTAS conducted a statewide survey of municipal court clerk contacts available in the MTAS city directory. Survey invitations were sent to 234 contacts and 105 surveys were completed. Questions about municipal court operations are frequent and over the years MTAS has conducted several smaller surveys. This survey was an attempt to combine the previous surveys into one comprehensive resource.
| Courts--Municipal Courts--General sessions--Tennessee Courts--Judges |
Includes 13 municipal benchmarking studies, plus links to 10 additional studies.
| Performance measurement Municipal government--Services Municipal government--Administration Economic development Public works--Performance measurement Code enforcement |
An ordinance of the Town of Bean Station adopting by reference state traffic offenses and rules of the road.
| Traffic--Municipal ordinances Municipal ordinances |
MTAS was asked several questions related to beer permits and brown bagging.
| Alcoholic beverages Alcoholic beverages--Laws and regulations Beer Beer--Boards Beer--Laws and regulations Beer--Licenses and permits Businesses--Licenses and permits |
MTAS was asked whether the aldermen of the city can decline to accept the salary prescribed for them by the municipal code and then subsequently demand the payment of that salary.
| Personnel--Compensation City councilmember |
A sample policy governing the use of city-issued credit cards.
| Purchasing--Policies and procedures |
