Eight cities responded to a survey about public works and yard waste management issues. Questions included how many miles of streets are maintained by the city; how many Full Time Equivalent (FTE) employees are dedicated to street, sidewalk, building, and park mainenance; whether the city is responsible for yard waste disposal, and if so how many tons of yard waste are disposed of annually in the city.

In response to a request for assistance from Gilt Edge Fire Chief Brandon Fletcher, MTAS conducted a review of the city’s 2020 Insurance Service Office (ISO) evaluation in preparation for an anticipated Public Protection Classification review estimated to occur in the 2025 calendar year. MTAS reviewed Gilt Edge’s Public Protection Classification Summary Report, prepared by ISO in November of 2019 to be effective in March of 2020, against the current (2012/2013) edition of the ISO Fire Suppression Rating Schedule (FSRS), and reviewed the fire protection area. This report includes recommendations based upon the observations and comparisons made during the review.

Sample contracts for (1) solid waste disposal between Greene County and Greeneville, Tennessee and (2) water purchase between Lawrenceburg Utility Systems and Summertown Water District.

These documents include (1) a contract between the Cities of Munford, Tennessee, and Atoka, Tennessee, dated 11 April 1988, which defines the terms, covenants, and conditions under which the two cities agreed to share the costs and responsibilities for construction, maintenance, and operation of a wastewater treatment facility; (2) an agreement between the Towns of Atoka, Tennessee, and Sunbright, Tennessee, dated 5 November 1990, which defines the terms of an agreement for Brighton's wastewater to pass through Atoka's wastewater collection and transmission system in order for it to reach Munford's wastewater treatment facility; and (3) an agreement between the Cities of Bristol, Tennessee, and Bristol, Virginia, dated May 1996, defining the terms under which the cities would act as joint equitable owners of a wastewater treatment plant and transmission system (sewerage system).