MTAS Municipal Utility Consultant

The MTAS Municipal Utility Consultant provides professional advice, technical assistance, and training on a wide range of water and wastewater utility management issues including regulatory compliance with the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act to city officials (elected and appointed), and their staff in all cities in the state of Tennessee. These positions consult and train on public health issues regarding the Federal Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act.

This position also:

  • Provides industrial pretreatment, water or wastewater operations, and utility management assistance to Tennessee professional organizations and agencies such as the Tennessee Water and Wastewater Association, Tennessee City Managers Association, Tennessee Municipal League, Public Entity Partners, and Clean Water Professionals.  
  • Provides technical assistance to Tennessee municipal customers in water and wastewater issues. This assistance can be industrial pretreatment, plant optimization and troubleshooting, biosolids land application, assistance with mandatory reports to the Environmental Protection Agency and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation; training of municipal staff in water and wastewater operations and regulations, safety, interpretation and implementation of utility laws both Federal and State; develop publications regarding water or wastewater issues, develop and teach training programs for water or wastewater applications.
  • Serves as in-house experts to MTAS staff and will provide support to the Finance & Accounting consultants in rate reviews.  
  • Performs other special project work as assigned by the Technical Consulting Program Manager or the Executive Director.
  • Assists other consultants in the performance of projects and participates in team projects. 

 

This position provides technical assistance, training, and professional consulting to Tennessee municipalities and partner organizations on water and wastewater utility management, operations, and regulatory compliance. Serves as a subject-matter expert to MTAS staff and municipal officials on issues related to the Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, and utility operations. Develops training programs, publications, and technical resources to support municipal water and wastewater systems across the state.

New Hope fire plan

The Town of New Hope applied for a Community Development Building Grant (CDBG) to construct a new fire hall. The city's current building was literally falling apart and did not have adequate space for their equipment. The CDBG application included a county fire plan that included a small mention of New Hope; this plan was written to specifically address the needs of New Hope.

Rogers, Honna
Report/Study
newHopeFirePlan.pdf (3.03 MB)
Fire service
Fire--Equipment
Fire--Facilities
Fire--Reports
New Hope (Tenn)
Internal
02/28/2007
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Alcohol distance and permit regulations by city

All Tennessee cities were assessed in terms of regulations related to alcohol, including required distance from certain buildings and limits on beer permits.

Adams-O'Brien, Frances
Survey
AB Distance Requirements and Permit Limits All Cities.xlsx (52.84 KB)
Beer
Beer--Laws and regulations
Beer--Licenses and permits
Alcoholic beverages
Alcoholic beverages--Laws and regulations
Alcoholic beverages--Licenses and permits
Internal
10/22/2021
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Planning Safe Routes to School initiative in Cleveland

Schools within Bradley County and the Cleveland Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) area were evaluated to determine the feasibility of children being able to walk or bicycle to school. A survey was also issued to parents of elementary school students to assess their opinion on the Safe Routes to School program (SRTS).

Rogers, Honna
Report/Study
safeRoutesToSchool.pdf (3.69 MB)
Children and youth
Schools
Public health and safety
Bradley County (Tenn)
Cleveland (Tenn)
Internal
06/30/2006
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City of Athens employee survey

The City of Athens requested an update to their biennial employee survey.

Rogers, Honna
Survey
athensEmployeeSurvey.pdf (3.1 MB)
Personnel
Personnel--Municipal
Personnel--Surveys
Athens (Tenn)
Internal
10/31/2006
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