MTAS was asked to provide an opinion on the matter of a town using public funds to pay for attorney's fees for private residents who successfully challenged the passage of an ordinance related to a rezoning request.
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Public Funds Attorney fees PUBLIC.pdf
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| Finance--Use of public funds Zoning--Boards |
If a fire station is locked when not occupied, then all firefighters must have a key.
| Fire--Personnel Fire--Facilities |
MTAS was asked whether the Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act of 1994 prohibits the monitoring by supervisors of utility employees of conversations between those employees and utility customers where the monitoring is done for the purpose of insuring that the utility employees provide polite and efficient service.
| Constitutional law Public information--Customer service Electronic surveillance Common law Privacy Right of way |
MTAS was asked whether the Norris Water Commision has the authorization to approve and sign contracts.
| Contracts, Letting of Contracts--Laws and regulations Utilities--Contracts and agreements Water--Contracts |
MTAS Legal Consultant Elisha Hodge responded to a request for information regarding the contraction or deannexation of property within a Tennessee town's geographical boundaries.
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Hodge LO public.docx
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| Contraction of city limits Annexation Annexation--Tennessee |
A job description for the position of municipal codes inspector.
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Municipal Codes Inspector.pdf
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| Code enforcement--Building inspection--Personnel Code enforcement--Building inspection Code enforcement--Personnel Personnel--Classification |
MTAS Fire Management Consultant Steven Cross was asked to conduct a study of the Jasper (Tenn) fire department regarding staffing, stations and fire apparatus. Report includes recommendations.
| Fire--Equipment Fire--Equipment--Trucks Fire--Equipment--Vehicles Fire--Facilities Fire--Operations Fire--Personnel Jasper (Tenn) |
MTAS was asked whether a county's method of funding volunteer fire departments and contracting with municipal fire departments is illegal.
| Fire--Finance Fire--Intergovernmental agreements Fire--Volunteer organizations |
MTAS was asked to define a "fireman"/ "firefighter" within the meaning of the Heart, Lung and Hypertension Act.
| Fire--Personnel Personnel--Health and safety Personnel--Laws and regulations |
A survey of selected cities regarding on-the-job injuries related to police and fire recruits.
| Police--Personnel Fire--Personnel |