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Maintaining the appropriate level of unrestricted fund balance in the general fund

MTAS was asked about determining the appropriate level of unrestricted fund balance to maintain in the general fund.

Broughton, Jeff
General
Accounting--Fund balance
Budgets--Municipal
Budgets--Preparation
Public
07/28/2021
07/2/2014

Discipline policy

MTAS was asked to provide a city with disciplinary action steps.

Jones, Bonnie
General
Personnel--Discipline
Internal
04/30/2021
08/28/2012

Municipal courts manual (2012)

This guide was developed for municipal courts with the authority to enforce municipal ordinances.

Barton, Rex
Ashburn, Melissa
General
Courts--Municipal
Municipal government--Forms
Courts--Judges
Municipal ordinances
Internal
07/28/2021
10/16/2012

Volunteer receiving health benefits and dust control

MTAS was asked about a volunteer recreation director receiving health benefits and about dust from a gravel quarry.

Darden, Ron
General
Personnel--Fair Labor Standards Act
Personnel--Fringe benefits
Voluntarism
Air pollution
Nuisances
Public
07/15/2021
08/4/2004

City donations to non-profit organizations

Twenty-two cities were asked if they had stopped making donations to non-profit organizations and whether there is a written policy supporting this decision.

Wibking, Lyndy
Survey
Non-profit organizations
Solicitations--Charitable organizations
Public
07/26/2021
01/28/2015

Piperton Fire Department staffing and compensation review

MTAS Fire Consultant Steve Cross responded to a request from the Piperton, Tennessee Fire Chief to review the proposed fire department compensation and deployment plan.

Cross, Steven
Report/Study
Fire--Personnel--Tennessee
Fire service--Organization
Fire--Administration--Tennessee
Internal
02/2/2023
06/12/2020

Legality of applying charter residency requirement retroactively

MTAS was asked whether a residency requirement for certain officers added to the charter is enforceable against persons employed by the city before it was adopted, whether it may be enforced now 3 years later, and whether this constitutes "cause" for dismissal as required for these positions.

Ashburn, Melissa
Legal Opinion
Elections--Residency requirements
Charters--City
Personnel--Dismissal
Internal
06/11/2021
01/5/2012

Regulating parking through a zoning ordinance

MTAS was asked whether there is a way to regulate parking through limitations on the definition of 'family' in a zoning ordinance.

Hemsley, Sid
Legal Opinion
Parking
Parking--Laws and regulations
Zoning
Zoning--Laws and regulations
Public
05/6/2020
10/11/2001

Discretion of town to refuse to allow new taps

MTAS was asked whether the Board of Mayor and Aldermen may refuse to allow new taps to the municipal water system outside the corporate limits.

Shechter, Leslie
Legal Opinion
Utilities--Compelling connections
Utilities--Extension policies
Water--Lines and pipes
Public
04/22/2021
02/3/1994

Court docket records

Answers questions concerning recordkeeping for civil and criminal court cases.

Finane, Jim
General
Courts--General sessions
Records management
Internal
07/27/2021
11/11/1999
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