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.

MTAS was asked about regulating the excessive noise from so called 'Jake Brakes' on large trucks along a state route .

MTAS was asked whether proxy voting by the board of mayor and aldermen is allowed.

Former MTAS Management Consultant Pat Hardy and CTAS Consultant Rick Hall worked together on a study of animal control and animal shelters in both Carter County and Elizabethton, Tennessee. Both the city and county were seeking information on how to handle animal control and shelter responsibilities more efficiently.

Job description for the position of Public Safety Officer.

MTAS was asked to create an evaluation form based on requirements from the city's charter and code.

Thirteen cities in Tennessee were surveyed to find out if their municipality closes during inclement weather and if so, how do they communicate that to non-emergency employees who do not have to report to work.

A resolution changing the date of the Jefferson City election.