Smoking in public places (notably municipal workplaces) is now recognized by the Tennessee Legislature as a public health issue and is, therefore, banned.
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Non-Smoker Protection Act 2011 bw.pdf
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Non-Smoker Protection Act 2011.pdf
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| Public health and safety Personnel--Health and safety--Smoking |
The Fund Balance Policy is intended to provide guidelines during the preparation and execution of the annual budget to ensure that sufficient reserves are maintained for unanticipated expenditures or revenue shortfalls. The sample policy contains percentages and dollar thresholds for illustrative purposes thus each city should determine the levels of fund balance which best suit their government operations.
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General Fund Balance Policy.pdf
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| Accounting--Fund balance Budgets--Municipal Budgets--Preparation |
In this study, the main issue is the safety of the children who walk to and from school; secondary concerns were those of vehicles needing to turn against the traffic flow.
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Trezevant School Traffic Study.pdf
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| Sidewalks Traffic Streets |
MTAS was asked to analyze the law governing limitations on municipal regulations on political signs.
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Sign Control public.doc
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| Code enforcement Elections Politics Sign control Signs and signboards Zoning--Laws and regulations |
MTAS was asked for information on any recently tried condemnation suits.
| Eminent domain--Laws and regulations |
Includes blank application and sample of filled-in application.
| Stormwater management Stormwater management--Tennessee Licenses and permits Forms--Municipal |
MTAS was asked how the residency of a voter, or of an officeholder, is determined.
| Elections Elections--Residency requirements |
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MTAS was asked whether by taking the mayor's office, an alderman had created a vacancy in the aldermanic position that must be filled by the board.
| City council--Procedure City councilmember Mayor |
In this MTAS Hot Topic sent out to cities in February 2022, how to comply with federal grant requirements is discussed and resources are provided.
Free money is great but there are conditions. The acceptance of federal grants obligates the recipient to comply with the federal grant regulations. The information included here is meant to assist Tennessee municipalities in complying with these federal grant requirements related specifically to Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (CSLFRF) which is the program resulting from the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
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ARPA Emma Feb 2022.pdf
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| Finance--Grants-in-aid Finance--Local government--Tennessee Finance--Municipal--Tennessee Accounting--Municipal Accounting--Tennessee |