MTAS was asked what the former city manager's rights to severance pay are under the contract.
| City manager--Contracts Contracts Personnel--Dismissal Personnel--Employment agreements |
MTAS was asked whether there are special public notice and hearing requirements for the adoption of private acts by the city's governing body.
| City council--Procedure Meetings--Planning and management Open meetings--Laws and regulations--Tennessee |
MTAS was asked about the authority of the mayor to hire a part-time police officer without the approval of the city council.
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Westmoreland, letter, police officer hiring.pdf
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| Mayor Personnel--Selection and recruitment Personnel--Employment |
MTAS was asked whether under Tennessee's natural flow rule, a landowner is liable for flooding caused by vegetative growth in a watercourse that crosses his land.
| Land use Stormwater management Drainage |
MTAS prepared a letter to explain why a city should have a professional city manager.
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Professional City Management Letter.pdf
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| City manager City manager government |
The U. S. Supreme Court in a unanimous decision held that the Telecommunications Act of 1996 does not allow damages under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against cities for violating restrictions on zoning authority set forth in that Act.
| Wireless communication systems Telecommunications--Laws and regulations--Federal |
MTAS was asked to analyze questions with respect to the application of the preexisting nonconfoming use law on certain property.
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Nonconforming Use Law public.pdf
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| Zoning--Laws and regulations--Tennessee Zoning--Laws and regulations Land use--Laws and regulations |
MTAS was asked to prepare a resolution acknowledging the existence and contributions of the Fiery Gizzard Sportsman's Club.
| Citizen organizations Public relations Municipal resolutions |
MTAS was asked whether a business that contracts with another waste disposal company for solid waste pickup could be legally mandated to pay the fee levied by the Authority and have its solid waste disposed of by the Authority.
| Intergovernmental agreements Solid waste--Laws and regulations Solid waste--Rates and charges |
MTAS was asked to analyze the legal effect of, and the solution to, the stalling of an application for a rezoning.
| Zoning--Laws and regulations--Tennessee |