Use of funds from increased garbage collection fees
MTAS was asked whether the city can increase its monthly garbage collection fees and use the increase for purposes other than garbage collection.
| Solid waste--Rates and charges |
MTAS was asked whether the city can increase its monthly garbage collection fees and use the increase for purposes other than garbage collection.
| Solid waste--Rates and charges |
MTAS was asked several questions related to how Lenoir City complies with the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act concerning how the city pays for overtime.
| Fire--Personnel Personnel--Fair Labor Standards Act Personnel--Compensation |
Five cities were asked several questions about sewer lift stations with dry wells and the classification of the space as a "permit required" or a "non-permit required" confined space.
| Wastewater--Facilities Wastewater--Equipment |
MTAS Fire Consultant Steve Cross authored this analysis of the Signal Mountain Fire Department and offered recommendations for governance, staffing, and organizational structure.
| Fire service--Tennessee Fire service--Organization Fire--Personnel--Tennessee |
The municipal codes of six cities were surveyed to identify how the cities handle the right-of-way excavation bond and surety.
| Right of way Liability Fines and court costs Streets--Cuts and excavation Surety |
MTAS was asked to do a study of police staffing, which resulted in a recommendation for considerable staff reductions in light of the City's need to reduce costs in order to balance the budget.
| Personnel--Administration Personnel--Staffing levels Police--Administration Police--Personnel |
MTAS was asked whether a city can compensate a contractor for the increased price of gasoline it has taken for the contractor to perform a contract for the city.
| Solid waste--Collection--Contracts Contracts--Laws and regulations Purchasing--Bids proposals and specifications |
| Personnel--Compensation--Laws and regulations |
MTAS was asked whether the city is liable for the tipping fee charged by the county landfill for city residents' garbage hauled to the landfill by an independent contractor.
| Solid waste--Landfills Solid waste--Rates and charges |
MTAS advice on what to do if an employee (firefighter, EMT, paramedic, police officer, etc.) has close contact to a COVID-19 positive patient, to a patient that is suspected of having COVID-19, or to a patient exhibiting respiratory distress symptom.
| Personnel--Health and safety--Infectious diseases |