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) |
The Town of Petersburg was working with the South Central Tennessee Development District (SCTDD) to apply for and utilize federal grant monies for various public projects. SCTDD requested that the Town of Petersburg adopt a Procurement Policy for receiving and expending federal funds for various projects where federal funding was being utilized. The Town of Petersburg requested assistance from MTAS to prepare an ordinance to adopt the recommended procurement policy provided as template by SCTDD. MTAS consultants’ Chuck Downham, Municipal Management Consultant, and Tonya Travis, Finance and Accounting Consultant, worked collaboratively to prepare a draft ordinance for consideration by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to adopt a procurement policy that would only be utilized in the case of projects involving federal funding so as not to conflict with the Town’s adopted purchasing policy. The ordinance was approved by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to establish a procurement policy for the use of federal funds for projects.
| Procurement--Laws and Regulations Purchasing--Laws and regulations--Municipal ordinances Purchasing--Municipal ordinances Purchasing--Policies and procedures |
MTAS was asked whether the county can charge the inside tax rate with respect to property in one city in the county, and the outside rate with respect to property in another city in the county.
| Tax rates--County Tax rates--Municipal Tax collection |
MTAS was asked whether the private act that provides for a referendum on school budget where there was an impasse between board of education and the city's governing body is superseded by general law on the subject of local school funding.
| Schools--Finance--Tennessee Schools--Boards |
The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County issued an RFP for purchase and assignment of delinquent real property tax receivables.
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Metro Tax collection rfp.pdf
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| Tax collection--Delinquent taxes Taxes--Real property Purchasing--Bids proposals and specifications |
The initiation of the Request for Proposal (RFP) process is intended to result in the selection of a financial institution that can provide the City of Cleveland with the highest quality and most flexible services for the lowest cost to the public.
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Banking Service Proposal.doc
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| Finance--Bank services Purchasing--Bids proposals and specifications |
If the mayor becomes an employee of the organization, he could avoid common law conflict of interest issues by abstaining from voting on any matters affecting the organization.
| Conflict of interests Boards--Municipal Mayor Ethics |
An RFQ for the City of Knoxville related to hiring a contractor to conduct an energy audit of all City-owned facilities.
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RFQ Energy Savings.pdf
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| Purchasing--Professional services Energy conservation Purchasing--Bids proposals and specifications |
MTAS was asked whether it would be proper for the board of aldermen to hire one its members as the new chief of police.
| Conflict of interests Ethics |
MTAS was asked about prohibiting an employee/department head from doing business with the city.
| Conflict of interests Ethics Purchasing--Laws and regulations |