A purchasing card policy that is appropriate for smaller cities.

Five cities were asked salary information for several building, codes, and inspection positions.

Criteria and a rating sheet for evaluating resumes of police chief candidates.

MTAS recommended that the utility request proposals for a salary classification and compensation study.

A resolution of the City of Baneberry, Tennessee authorizing the establishment of a police department.

An ordinance prepared by the Town of Smyrna defining graffiti, dealing with its removal, authorization to use municipal funds, and violations.

MTAS Legal Consultant Melissa Ashburn responded to a Tennessee city regarding regulations requiring land for road development and 2022 Public Chapter 1128.

MTAS was asked for information on the regulation of swimming pools. Includes two sample ordinances.

Job description for the position of Landscape Planner / Horticulturist.

The Town of Cornersville requested assistance from MTAS to prepare a new updated Subdivision Regulation to replace the current regulations that had been initially adopted in 1993. Working collaboratively, Chuck Downham, MTAS Municipal Management Consultant, Melissa Ashburn, MTAS Legal Consultant, and John Chlarson, MTAS Public Works Consultant, prepared a new and updated Subdivision Regulation. MTAS facilitated a series of work sessions with the Planning Commission. Each work session focused upon a different Article contained in the draft regulation to provide sufficient opportunity for Planning Commission members to thoroughly review each article. During the preparation of the draft subdivision regulation, numerous municipal subdivision regulations were reviewed to identify planning practices that could be effectively administered in a small municipality with limited staff and consultant resources.

The sample subdivision regulation template was prepared based upon the documentation prepared for the Town of Cornersville. The intent of the sample regulation is for it to be utilized as an internal resource document by MTAS consultants that may be assisting a municipality with preparing a new and/or updated subdivision regulation or an amendment to existing regulation. The sample template should not be looked upon as a standard “boilerplate” or “one-size-fits-all” regulatory tool for a municipality and instead should be utilized as a resource in combination with best practices from other municipalities to prepare subdivision regulations that can be effectively and efficiently administered by the municipality.

The sample template has been divided into six (6) articles along with appendices and a cover and corresponding table of contents.