MTAS was asked whether a city judge may waive municipal court costs.
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Municipal Court Costs public.pdf
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2001_legalOpinion_Knoxville.pdf
(1.14 MB)
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| Courts Courts--Judges Courts--Municipal Municipal government Knoxville (Tenn) |
Liquor by the drink petitions must include the address of the election commission to which it is addressed.
| Alcoholic beverages--Forms Elections--Initiatives and referendums |
MTAS was asked whether a city's municipal judge is subject to either the travel reimbursement policy as set forth in the city ordinance or reimbursement for expenses.
| Courts--Judges Courts--Municipal Personnel--Compensation Personnel--Fringe benefits Personnel--Laws and regulations |
A city administrator contacted MTAS regarding the town doing drainage work on private property. Public Works Consultant John Chlarson responded to the request, explaining that the water issue is causing damage to the town's right of way. It is recommended that the ditch be rechannelized and that channel and bank protection should be installed.
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Drainage work_2019_Chlarson_external.pdf
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| Drainage Public works--Personnel |
This research is available in the two attached documents on the history of consolidation and the pros and cons of consolidation.
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Hardy_pros_cons_consol_2019_final.pdf
(1.57 MB)
MTAS Consolidation Research 2021.pdf
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| Municipal government--Forms Municipal government--Organization Municipal government--Organization--Tennessee Charters--City Charters--City--Tennessee |
MTAS was asked whether a city can abandon a street and what happens when a street is abandoned by a city.
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Conditions of Abandoning a Street.pdf
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| Streets--Closing |
MTAS was asked to prepare a budget narrative for South Pittsburg to facilitate a collaborative decision-making process.
| Budgets--Municipal--Tennessee Budgets--Municipal Budgets--Capital--Municipal |
This is the 17th and final report of the Tennessee Municipal Benchmarking Project. Performance data from participating cities represents fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018). Cities participating in this data cycle were: Athens, Bartlett, Brentwood, Bristol, Chattanooga, Franklin, Johnson City, Kingsport, Knoxville, Lewisburg, Morristown, and Spring Hill. The report highlights selected benchmarks and compares members on those benchmarks over a three year period.
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TMBP_2018_Annual_Report_final.pdf
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| Performance measurement |
Ten cities were asked several questions about the position of Airport Manager.
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Airport Manager Position Survey.pdf
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| Airports Airports--Tennessee Personnel--Classification Personnel--Compensation |
An ordinance limiting the power of taxation conflicts with the charter and general law.
| Taxation--Municipal Taxation--Tennessee Charters--City--Tennessee Laws and regulations--Municipal--Tennessee Laws and regulations--Tennessee Municipal government--Laws and regulations Municipal ordinances |