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Legality of city-county sales tax allocation agreement

MTAS was asked to determine whether there is any way for the city to get out of the contract under which the city waived its share of the sales tax to the county for a term ending upon the payment of a 2.4 million bond issue.

Hemsley, Sid
Legal Opinion
Contracts
Intergovernmental agreements
Tax collection
Taxes--Sales
Public
07/29/2021
04/13/1992

Ratifying additional salaries illegally paid to city council members in lieu of insurance

MTAS was asked whether the city council can ratify the illegal payments made to city council members in lieu of insurance, thereby making such payments legal.

Hemsley, Sid
Legal Opinion
City council
Insurance
Internal
06/28/2021
06/5/2006

Beer permits, workers compensation, and street damage caused by trucks

MTAS was asked a distance regulation question for a beer permit, whether it is the city's responsibility to insure that a contractor has workers' compensation prior to issuing a building permit, and whether cities can recover damages to streets from truck owners and operators.

Hemsley, Sid
Legal Opinion
Alcoholic beverages
Beer
Beer--Licenses and permits
Contractors--Insurance
Contractors--Licenses and permits
Insurance--Workers compensation
Personnel--Compensation
Streets
Streets--Maintenance
Public
04/21/2020
03/7/1994

Are students at a local university automatically qualified as residents of the city for voter registration purposes?

Attorney Elisha Hodge wrote this document regarding residency as a student of the University of Tennessee and what it means for voter registration.

Hodge, Elisha
Legal Opinion
Elections--Residency requirements
Internal
06/14/2021
03/8/2019

Nominating procedures by ordinance for candidates for public office

MTAS was asked whether a town could set forth nominating procedures by ordinance for candidates for public office in the town.

Lobertini, Steve
Legal Opinion
Charters--City
Elections
Internal
06/22/2021
01/14/1993

Community development director

Job description for the position of Community Development Director.

MTAS
Job Description
Community development
Economic development
Industrial development
Industrial recruitment and retention
Personnel--Classification
Planning--Personnel
Public
07/8/2021
09/24/2002

Interns in the workplace survey

Nineteen cities and counties were asked several questions about their use and pay of interns in city departments.

Stokes, Richard
Survey
Personnel--Surveys
Personnel--Municipal
Public
04/28/2021
01/3/2005

City attorney and city manager survey

Twenty cities were asked whether they have a city attorney, paralegals, and a city manager, as well as questions about the city attorney's annual budget and salary, plus, if the city manager has a contract.

Stokes, Richard
Survey
City attorney
City manager
City manager--Contracts
Internal
07/25/2021
05/11/2016
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