MTAS was asked whether a city judge can sign a search warrant in a state case, where the judge does not exercise concurrent jurisdiction.
| Courts Courts--Judges Courts--Municipal |
MTAS was asked to prepare a junked vehicle ordinance for the Town of Estill Springs.
| Abandoned property--Vehicles Motor vehicles Municipal ordinances Code enforcement |
MTAS was asked whether the board of zoning appeals (BZA) can adopt polices and procedures under which a member of the BZA can be removed.
| Boards--County Zoning--Laws and regulations Zoning--Variances and appeals |
FY2006 annual report to compare the relative cost, efficiency and effectiveness of a set of municipal services by using a collaborative approach with the participating cities, and to set standards and identify "best practices" in municipal government for use and comparison by all Tennessee cities.
| Performance measurement Municipal government--Services Municipal government--Administration Athens (Tenn) Bartlett (Tenn) Brentwood (Tenn) Bristol (Tenn) Chattanooga (Tenn) Clarksville (Tenn) Cleveland (Tenn) Collierville (Tenn) Franklin (Tenn) Maryville (Tenn) Murfreesboro (Tenn) |
A sample job description from the Town of Erwin, Tennessee for a public works laborer and equipment operator.
| Personnel--Classification Public works--Personnel |
MTAS was asked about temporary city employees filing and receiving unemployment from a city that is an Unemployment Reimbursing Employer.
| Insurance--Unemployment Personnel--Administration |
MTAS was asked whether the city can charge transient merchants higher taxes than the statute governing transient merchants provides, or impose upon them a stiff permit fee.
| Businesses--Laws and regulations Tax collection Tax equity |
A survey of selected cities regarding whether retired employees are offered continued medical insurance.
| Personnel--Administration |
MTAS was asked to identify several options for allowing beer sales on golf courses.
| Beer--Licenses and permits Beer--Laws and regulations Beer Alcoholic beverages Alcoholic beverages--Laws and regulations Athens (Tenn) Alcoholic beverages--Municipal ordinances Beer--Municipal ordinances |
MTAS was asked whether the city can give a piece of property to the person who owned the property before the city purchased the property at a delinquent tax sale following proper notice of the sale to the property owner, the period of redemption passed, and following which, the person produced receipts showing that he had paid the taxes for which the property was sold at the delinquent tax sale.
| Tax collection--Delinquent taxes Purchasing--Surplus property disposal Purchasing--Property management |
