MTAS was asked the term of the contract between the City and County for the distribution of the city's share of the sales tax.
| Contracts Tax collection Taxes--Sales |
An MTAS legal opinion regarding the refunding of selected taxes in the case of a city voiding previously annexed areas.
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Morrison voiding annexation legal op.pdf
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| Contraction of city limits Annexation--Laws and regulations--Tennessee Taxes--Real property--Tennessee |
MTAS was asked to analyze two questions relative to the legality of a contract between the city school board and the director of schools.
| Schools--Contracts Schools--Boards Schools--Personnel Boards--Municipal Contracts |
Fourteen cities were asked questions about safety policies and procedures relating to office doors and access points; the use of flex-time; and, methods, products, and vendors for capturing employee time and attendance.
| Personnel--Surveys Personnel--Schedules and shifts Personnel--Health and safety Personnel--Administration Personnel--Compensation Public health and safety |
MTAS was asked whether cities must pay overtime with respect to police officers attending law enforcement training academy.
| Personnel--Fair Labor Standards Act Personnel--Compensation Personnel--Compensation--Laws and regulations Police--Personnel Police--Training |
MTAS was asked whether a city may require board members to submit to drug testing.
| Boards--Municipal Public Health and Safety--Drugs Personnel--Health and safety--Drugs--Laws and regulations City council |
This is a resolution that can be used by municipal governing bodies with natural gas utility systems or a board that has control over a municipal natural gas utility system to appropriate money to a chamber of commerce or economic and community organization for the purpose of economic development. The legislation does not allow money to be appropriated for these purposes in Knoxville, Memphis, Chattanooga, and Metro Nashville.
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Gas System Model Resolution_1 (1).docx
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| Economic development Natural gas Utilities--Finance |
MTAS was asked to explain the compliance of a city hall with the ADA.
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Meeting ADA Standards for City Hall.pdf
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| City halls Disabled Disabled--Laws and regulations Handicapped |
MTAS was asked whether the city utility system can provide utility service to property inside the utility district, under both federal and state law.
| Utilities--Extension policies Water--Laws and regulations Utilities--Utility districts |
MTAS was asked three questions: 1. What factors are used to calculate state shared sales tax?; 2. Do the factors change or stay the same?; 3. What population number is used?
| Taxes--State shared Taxes--Sales--Tennessee Taxes--Tennessee Census--Tennessee Census--Special |