The General Assembly is required by general law to provide the exclusive methods by which municipalities may be created, merged, consolidated, dissolved, and their boundaries altered.
| Incorporation procedure |
MTAS was asked about (1) the calculation of a quorum when the recorder is the vice-mayor; (2) functions of the vice-mayor in the absence of the mayor; (3) when is the mayor "absent"?
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Functions of Vice Mayor public.pdf
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| City recorder Mayor Municipal government Municipal government--Administration Mayor--Aldermanic government |
Resume review form for position of city manager.
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Mtjulietmanagerreview.pdf
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| City manager Personnel--Performance appraisal |
MTAS was asked whether the city council has the authority to require the city manager to 'hire back' a fireman who resigned, ostensibly on the grounds that the city manager refused to permit him to 'moonlight' as a building inspector for a city when he was already moonlighting as a building inspector for the county.
| City manager Personnel--Dismissal Personnel--Laws and regulations |
A city cannot pass a model of the McCain-Feingold Campaign Reform Act for local application.
| Elections |
Conditions imposed in order to obtain a variance are not personal to the landowner but instead attach to the land.
| Zoning--Variances and appeals Zoning--Laws and regulations |
MTAS was asked to analyze the law governing the mayor's veto power.
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Effect of the Manager's Veto public.pdf
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| City council--Procedure Mayor Municipal government |
MTAS was asked who, with respect to a life tenant and the remainderman, has standing to request the rezoning of the property.
| Zoning Zoning--Laws and regulations |
MTAS was asked whether the Commissioners of the City may enter into an "employment agreement" with the Chief of Police.
| City manager government Contracts Personnel--Employment agreements |
Is it legal for a city commissioner to be a bail bondsman?
| City councilmember Conflict of interests Municipal government |