MTAS was asked whether the mayor can appoint members of the city's governing body to the planning commission as "citizen" members of that commission.
| Planning--Commissions--Tennessee Planning--Commissions Mayor City councilmember |
MTAS was asked whether the city could impose new regulations on the sale of beer on existing businesses, specifically, prohibiting the sale of beer at drive-in windows.
| Alcoholic beverages Alcoholic beverages--Laws and regulations Beer Beer--Laws and regulations Businesses--Laws and regulations |
An ordinance that establishes a traffic school.
| Traffic--Municipal ordinances Municipal ordinances Motor vehicles--Laws and regulations Fines and court costs Fines and court costs--Municipal ordinances Revenue sources--Fees and charges Revenue sources--Fees and charges--Municipal ordinances |
Sixteen cities responded to an MTAS survey about the conditions of re-employing retirees and whether their HR department has gone paperless.
| Personnel--Retirement Personnel--Selection and recruitment Personnel--Employment E-government Personnel--Surveys |
Letter detailing the organizational structure of a municipal public works department.
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h'villepw.pdf
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| Municipal government--Administration Public works--Administration |
This law does much more than permit grocery stores to sell wine, as it vastly expands the merchandise package stores may sell and services they may offer beginning July 1, 2014.
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Wine in Grocery Stores.pdf
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| Alcoholic beverages--Laws and regulations |
MTAS Fire Consultant Steve Cross authored this report for the Athens Fire Department covering apparatus, personnel, response times and the number of stations needed for the city.
| Fire service Fire--Operations Fire--Equipment Fire--Personnel--Tennessee |
MTAS was asked what an "emergency" is within the meaning of the Municipal Purchasing Law.
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Emergency Purchasing Provisions public.pdf
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| Purchasing--Laws and regulations Purchasing Animal control--Equipment |
MTAS was asked whether the passage of the new mayor-aldermanic charter had the effect of repealing the old charter and when that repeal took effect.
| Charters--City Mayor--Aldermanic government |
MTAS was asked whether a city could use special assessments to pay for streets in a subdivision in a city where the builder of the subdivision defaulted on his street bond and the city had not accepted the streets.
| Streets--Finance Zoning--Subdivisions Planning Special assessment districts |