An outline of a model operating procedure (SOP) for a public works department.

A legal opinion on the maximum that a city can charge for a bad check.

MTAS was asked whether the Director of the Senior Citizen Center's use of city funds to purchase the magazine subscriptions from her daughter for the Center constitutes a conflict of interest.

The Town of Petersburg was working with the South Central Tennessee Development District (SCTDD) to apply for and utilize federal grant monies for various public projects.  SCTDD requested that the Town of Petersburg adopt a Procurement Policy for receiving and expending federal funds for various projects where federal funding was being utilized.  The Town of Petersburg requested assistance from MTAS to prepare an ordinance to adopt the recommended procurement policy provided as template by SCTDD.  MTAS consultants’ Chuck Downham, Municipal Management Consultant, and Tonya Travis, Finance and Accounting Consultant, worked collaboratively to prepare a draft ordinance for consideration by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to adopt a procurement policy that would only be utilized in the case of projects involving federal funding so as not to conflict with the Town’s adopted purchasing policy.  The ordinance was approved by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to establish a procurement policy for the use of federal funds for projects.

MTAS was asked to research laws implicated when councilmember makes personal purchase through city, receiving discounted price and avoiding sales tax.

Job description for the position of Director of Utilities and Public Works.

MTAS was asked whether the county can charge the inside tax rate with respect to property in one city in the county, and the outside rate with respect to property in another city in the county.

MTAS was asked whether the private act that provides for a referendum on school budget where there was an impasse between board of education and the city's governing body is superseded by general law on the subject of local school funding.

The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County issued an RFP for purchase and assignment of delinquent real property tax receivables.

MTAS was asked whether the city council can replace a member of the utility board who was a member of the city council but was not re-elected to office.