Customer request for permission to install a turn-off valve on their residential water service line
Form
| Water--Operations |
Internal
03/15/2023
03/15/2023
Recycling program reduction or discontinuation in Tennessee municipalities
MTAS was asked to research the frequency of cities or counties reducing or discontinuing recycling programs.
General
| Solid waste--Collection--Tennessee Solid waste--Recycling--Collection |
Internal
04/14/2021
09/28/2020
A resolution adopting minimum training standards for firefighters
A sample resolution that can be used by a Tennessee municipal government to adopt minimum training standards for firefighters in their city or town.
Resolution
| Fire--Training Fire--Personnel--Tennessee Municipal resolutions |
Public
09/25/2023
09/25/2023
Public works permit applications
MTAS was asked to provide permit applications for the Public Works Dept. of Fayetteville.
Form
| Solid waste--Forms Public works--Forms Licenses and permits |
Public
05/28/2021
07/8/2011
Propriety of a municipality donating money to a religious cause in return for free counseling services to police officers and firefighters
MTAS was asked about the propriety of a municipality donating money to a religious cause in return for 'free' counseling services to police officers and firefighters.
Legal Opinion
| Public safety officers Solicitations--Charitable organizations |
Internal
05/12/2021
10/30/1997
City of Bradford water and sewer rate review
The purpose of this report is to review and make recommendations regarding the city's water and sewer rates.
Report/Study
| Water--Rates and charges Wastewater--Rates and charges Sewers--Rates and charges Water--Finance Wastewater--Finance Bradford (Tenn) |
Public
05/23/2024
08/4/2023
Chalking tires for parking enforcement is unreasonable search
MTAS Legal Consultant Elisha Hodge notifies Tennessee municipalities that the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit opined that the practice of marking tires with chalk, in order to monitor how long a vehicle is parked in a parking space for the purpose of enforcing parking restrictions, is an unreasonable search in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
General
| Parking--Laws and regulations Constitutional law |
Public
04/21/2021
04/30/2019
Dandridge solid waste collection analysis and addendum
Recommendations to the City of Dandridge include scheduling, rates and charges for the collection of commercial and residential solid waste.
Report/Study
| Solid waste Solid waste--Collection Solid waste--Rates and charges |
Internal
04/8/2021
01/1/2001
Application of Jackson law to private landfill
MTAS was asked whether the Jackson Law applies to a landfill developed by private companies and used for the disposal only of solid waste generated by the companies.
Legal Opinion
| Solid waste--Landfills--Laws and regulations Solid waste--Laws and regulations--Tennessee Solid waste--Disposal--Laws and regulations |
Public
05/27/2021
02/2/2007
Securing dangerous weapons sample policy for fire deparments
This sample policy provides guidelines on how a fire department might address a situation where a person carrying a dangerous weapon, such as a firearm, requires medical treatment and/or transport.
General
| Weapons Fire--Administration--Tennessee |
Public
05/21/2021
04/4/2013