This publication analyzes the law governing a number of questions that apply to municipal streets in Tennessee.

An old tax map shows the property is located in the city but the map was changed sometime within the past 10 years to show the property is outside the city line, in the county.

Information on employee military leave for employees who are National Guardsmen, in the Reserve, are planning to enlist, or are drafted.

The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA), 38 U.S.C. § 43, was signed into law on October 13, 1994, and modified in 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005 and 2009. On October 28, 2009, legislation was re-enacted with the changes becoming effective on November 28, 2009. The new rules modified and strengthened some of the provisions of the Veterans’ Reemployment Rights statute that affected all uniformed service members. The act protects the rights and benefits of public and private civilian employees who serve the country and expands the total amount of time an individual may be absent from work and retain reemployment rights.

The General Assembly is required by general law to provide the exclusive methods by which municipalities may be created, merged, consolidated, dissolved, and their boundaries altered.

An opinion regarding the hiring of an outside firm to collect unpaid utility bills.

MTAS was asked to evaluate costs of town crews for collection of refuse and recycling materials for the Town of Dandridge, Tennessee.

MTAS was asked about (1) the calculation of a quorum when the recorder is the vice-mayor; (2) functions of the vice-mayor in the absence of the mayor; (3) when is the mayor "absent"?

Seven Tennessee cities responded to a survey regarding property acquisition and whether or not the city has developed a Manager's Tool Box containing policies, procedures, forms or a purchasing card.

MTAS was asked whether the City has an obligation to stabilize a certain part of a riverbank and a closed street that is also being eroded.

The MTAS annual salary and fringe benefit survey for 2001/2002 shows that salary increases for city employees rose less than during 2000/2001. This report contains a summary of the findings as well as a means to request specific information.