An SOP from the Germantown Fire Department.

The Charter Commission's proposed advisory charter committee is formed to assist the city council in reviewing the charter.

A model ordinance based on GASB 54 requirements that creates a committed fund balance in order to ensure fund availability for the purchase of a specific item.

MTAS was asked whether an employee can be dismissed for refusal to take a polygraph test.

Somerville Police Chief David Webb contacted MTAS to ask for assistance establishing speed limits on Pearl Road in the Glengarry Estates Subdivision. Glengarry is a relatively new subdivision that up until recently did not have speed limits posted. The outcome is that MTAS recommends that the speed limit be set at 25 miles per hour.

Selected Tennessee cities were surveyed regarding their fire departments and the organizational structure.

MTAS Fire Consultant Steve Cross worked with the Johnson City Fire Department on a strategic plan to cover 2020-2025. This process involved a community group to provide feedback on the services provided. Through this process the department found that they have customers that only reside in the city, customers that reside and work in their city, customers that only work in their city and customers that commute into the city for leisure.

MTAS was asked whether a town could require a nearby state park to hook onto the town's sewer line if the park territory was annexed into the town.

Firefighters understand the concept of hot, warm, and cold zones in fire stations when it comes to keeping turnouts and fire contaminated gear out of the living areas of the station. But what about viruses and other pathogens? The practices used for fire contaminated gear do not work with pathogens. Therefore, firefighters need to practice more extensive contamination control to reduce the chance of spreading the coronavirus while at the fire station.

Eight cities responded to an MTAS survey about their fleet management, including number and types of vehicles, work bays, and lifts, plus information on staffing, work orders, calls for service, and routine maintenance.