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TAMCAR strategic planning report

The TAMCAR Board requested that MTAS facilitate a goal setting session to better understand the existing and future needs of the organization. The document includes a SWOT analysis and goals set for the next few years.

Carrier, Angie
Report/Study
Planning--Tennessee
Planning--Reports
Personnel--Municipal
Internal
10/14/2022
09/8/2022

Wastewater plant worker

Job description for the position of Wastewater Plant Worker.

MTAS
Job Description
Wastewater--Operations
Utilities--Personnel
Personnel--Classification
Public
07/16/2021
09/27/2002

Collection of white goods (discarded household appliances)

Cities were asked about their policies and fees for picking up discarded appliances from residential routes.

Cox, Leah
Survey
Solid waste--Collection
Solid waste--Rates and charges
Internal
04/15/2021
08/1/2001

Liquor by the drink laws and differences between liquor by the drink and retail package store sales

Analyzes law governing the sale of liquor-by-the drink in municipalities, including the distinctions in the law between liquor-by-the-drink and retail package liquor sales.

Hemsley, Sid
Legal Opinion
Alcoholic beverages
Alcoholic beverages--Laws and regulations
Internal
07/21/2021
03/11/2002

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
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