MTAS was asked whether leaseholds owned by doctors in a building built by the County and attached to the County Hospital are assessable property for property tax purposes.
| Taxes--Leaseholds Taxes--Personal property Tax collection |
State law requires all municipalities with populations less than 100,000 to adopt and file with the state comptroller a travel policy that covers expense reimbursement for elected and appointed officials.
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Municipal Travel Policy 2010 bw.pdf
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Municipal Travel Policy 2010.pdf
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Municipal Travel Policy 2010 Final.doc
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| Personnel--Laws and regulations Personnel--Fringe benefits Personnel--Forms Personnel--Compensation |
MTAS management consultant Honna Rogers was asked the following questions:
1. Can the Board of Mayor and Aldermen create a Board of Appeals to bypass the Board of Zoning and Appeals? This new Board would be the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
2. Can the Board of Mayor and Aldermen define the duties of the Board of Zoning and Appeals to restrict or expand what is already give in state law.?
MTAS legal consultant Elisha Hodge provided her opinion.
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Questions from Alderman Amacher.pdf
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33. ORDINANCE NO. 1595.pdf
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The Honorable Ed Haley.pdf
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32. memo Board of Appeals.pdf
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| Zoning Zoning--Boards Zoning--Variances and appeals Tullahoma (Tenn) |
MTAS was asked who has the power to appoint and to remove certain municipal employees and whether municipal employees who have a property right in their employment under a charter lose that property right if the charter is changed to revoke that right.
| Personnel--Employment--Laws and regulations Personnel--Dismissal Personnel--Laws and regulations |
The MTAS Research and Information Center surveyed five Tennessee cities to find out if they provide a handbook to their citizen advisory boards.
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Handbooks for Advisory Boards.pdf
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| Boards--Municipal |
MTAS was asked about potential liability that could be imposed on the Town for certain deficiencies in private sprinkler systems that the Town is thinking of mandating by ordinance.
| Fire--Prevention--Equipment Fire--Prevention Liability Risk management |
MTAS was asked whether set-backs in approved and recorded platt, or present subdivision regulations and zoning ordinance applied to a certain piece of residential property upon which the owner and builder had completed the footers.
| Zoning--Subdivisions--Tennessee Zoning--Laws and regulations--Tennessee |
A selected group of cities were surveyed regarding the positions of Communications Director and Public Information Officer (PIO). Questions asked include whether the PIO serves the entire city or specific departments; what the job description is for the position; and what the salary range is.
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MTAS Comms_PIO May 2024_Final.pdf
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| Personnel Personnel--Compensation Personnel--Compensation--Surveys Communications Public information--Personnel |
MTAS was asked whether a city may make an appropriation to a charitable or civic organization that is religious in nature.
| Constitutional law Non-profit organizations Tax exempt organizations Solicitations--Charitable organizations Finance--Municipal Finance--Municipal--Tennessee |
Cities were asked about disciplinary actions and appeals by police officers, as well as their promotion policy related to rank of the officer.
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Police officer disciplinary appeals.pdf
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| Personnel--Discipline Police Police--Administration Police--Personnel |