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Property maintenance ordinance

The Town of Huntland requested a property maintenance or slum clearance ordinance.

Darden, Don
Ordinance
Code enforcement--Building inspection
Code enforcement--Building inspection--Municipal ordinances
Code enforcement--Building demolition
Building codes
Public
05/5/2021
11/7/2002

Contracts for appointed staff members

MTAS responded to a request for assistance regarding contracts for the treasurer, recorder, attorney and city manager specifically moving from an open-ended contract to an annual contract.

Hodge, Elisha
Legal Opinion
Personnel--Employment agreements
Personnel--Employment--Tennessee
Internal
01/11/2023
01/11/2023

Siting Telecommunications Towers: Suggestions for Protecting the Public Interest

A city should have a strategy in place before it considers a request from a telecommunications service to erect a tower

Angerer, David
General
Telecommunications
Telecommunications--Laws and regulations--Federal
Telecommunications--Municipal ordinances
Wireless communication systems
Cellular telephones
Internal
03/15/2010
03/19/2008

Tennessee municipal benchmarking project FY2011

In this FY2011 annual report, there are a total of seven services measured and analyzed: police, fire, refuse collection and disposal, employment benefits, human resources, financial services, and code enforcement/building inspection/planning and zoning.

Adams-O'Brien, Frances
Whitehead, Rick, Young, Sarah
Report/Study
Performance measurement
Municipal government--Administration
Municipal government--Services
Athens (Tenn)
Bartlett (Tenn)
Brentwood (Tenn)
Chattanooga (Tenn)
Cleveland (Tenn)
Collierville (Tenn)
Franklin (Tenn)
Germantown (Tenn)
Kingsport (Tenn)
Morristown (Tenn)
Public
06/7/2017
03/5/2012

Municipal court's enforcement of misdemeanors against state law as violations of the municipal code

MTAS was asked whether a municipal court could enforce, as a blanket provision, misdemeanors against state law as violations of the municipal code.

Pullen, Mark
Legal Opinion
Courts
Courts--Municipal
Laws and regulations--State
Internal
07/28/2021
08/28/1997

Vacant and unsafe structures SOP

This sample policy, which will apply to all vacant and abandoned buildings within the fire department's jurisdiction, can be modified to meet local needs.

Wolf, Dennis
Form
Fire--Procedures
Fire--Forms
Code enforcement--Dirty lots
Code enforcement--Building inspection
Code enforcement--Forms
Public
05/20/2021
12/7/2015

City of Mount Pleasant solid waste study

MTAS was asked to prepare a solid waste study for the City of Mount Pleasant.

Darden, Ron
Report/Study
Solid waste--Reports
Solid waste--Tennessee
Solid waste--Administration--Tennessee
Internal
04/8/2021
05/18/2010

Recovering costs from developer for pump station and water main

Chlarson, John
General
Utilities--Extension policies
Utilities--Finance--Laws and regulations
Internal
02/16/2023
02/16/2023

Contract between city and county for the county to do the city's street maintenance

MTAS was asked whether there is a legal method to make the county road superintendent deal with the mayor if he does not want to do so.

Hemsley, Sid
Legal Opinion
Intergovernmental relations
Streets--Maintenance
Mayor--Aldermanic government
Internal
06/17/2021
09/29/1997
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