Twelve Tennessee municipalities responded to a request for information regarding residential water and sewer tap fees.

MTAS was asked whether a county zoning ordinance can permit the expansion of pre-existing non-conforming uses to adjacent land

Commercial driver licenses are not required for drivers operating emergency vehicles.

The purpose of this fire study is to provide information on whether the county should establish a county-wide fire department or choose another system of fire protection.

The city council, acting as the beer board, voted to issue a beer permit in violation of the city's 2,000 foot rule; following that meeting, a new city council took office and reversed the vote of the old council.

MTAS was asked for information on training hours standards.

MTAS was asked to provide material on the issues of municipal court costs and the authority of municipal judges to jail offenders for the violation of municipal ordinances.

You just won an election for your municipal office. Now what? We address some common questions of when and how you take office, who may administer your oath, and what information should be included the oath of office in this document. Sample oath templates for boards, judges and other offices are included for Tennessee municipal use.

Also, we have short online course (City Byte) linked below that will walk you through the following topics: when do you take office, who can swear you in, what should be in the oath and what's next.

MTAS was asked whether the local telephone company should be paying franchise fees and what recourse city residents have if they want to use another telephone company.

MTAS was asked whether there are any required procedures that the Town's Industrial Development Board must take in order to be granted a Certificate of Public Purpose and Necessity from the Building Finance Committee of the state Department of Economic and Community Development for an industrial park project.