MTAS was asked whether the City can itself function as a "general contractor" in building an addition to its own school.
| Construction Contractors Laws and Regulations--Municipal Public works--Facilities Purchasing--Professional services Schools |
When employers complete the employee verifications, they must use the Form I-9 with a revision date of June 5, 2007, for all employees hired on or after Nov. 7, 2007, as well as for any existing employee who requires re-verification.
| Personnel--Employment Minorities Personnel--Forms |
MTAS was asked whether an annexing municipality can take over areas already serviced by a utility district and provide water utilities to their own residents.
| Utilities--Laws and regulations Utilities--Utility districts Annexation |
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Division of Forestry, is accepting urban forestry project proposals from local governments, private nonprofit organizations, and educational institutions. Project proposals for 2009 that address the development of four elements of an urban or community forestry program, urban forest resource management, or education or training that pertain to urban and community forestry will be given priority for funding.
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Urban Forestry Funding 2009 bw.pdf
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| Urban forestry Forests and forestry Forests and forestry--Tennessee Trees Finance--Grants-in-aid Land use--Tennessee |
MTAS was asked whether the aldermen of the city can decline to accept the salary prescribed for them by the municipal code and then subsequently demand the payment of that salary.
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Aldermen Salary.pdf
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| Personnel--Compensation City councilmember |
MTAS researched human resource departments in cities across the state regarding department responsibilities, budget and organizational structure. The results of the research include an overview report and a survey of selected cities. Questions for the survey include topics related to functions under the HR department and civil service board responsibilities.
Change title to read HR Structure instead of overview
| Knoxville (Tenn) Personnel--Municipal |
An explanation of how a city may register a domain name for a Web site.
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Registering a Domain Name bw.pdf
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Registering a Domain Name.pdf
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| Web sites--Development Internet (Computer network) |
MTAS was asked whether a new board of mayor and aldermen could fire the recorder.
| City council City recorder Ouster of public officials Personnel--Dismissal |
MTAS was asked whether the city council can make promotions of police officers from the civil service eligibility list following its refusal to follow the recommendations of the chief of police and after the chief of police withdraws his recommendations.
| Personnel--Civil service Police--Personnel |
The 2000 legislative session resulted in numerous changes that affect law enforcement in Tennessee. This publication highlights some of the more important changes.
| Police--Laws and regulations |