A report addressing the issue of employing professional managers or administrators who have municipal experience.

Job description for the position of Forestry Supervisor

MTAS was asked whether a municipality could borrow money to help finance the construction of a new county elementary school.

MTAS was asked whether it is permissible for the Beer Board to allow a restaurant that delivers pizzas also to make home deliveries of beer to accompany the pizza orders.

MTAS Finance Consultant Eric Spencer created this sample resolution to be used by a Tennessee municipality to use when receiving their allocation from the American Rescue Plan Act.

MTAS conducted a brief survey of 62 cities regarding specific considerations in the hiring of police officers.

Personnel policies and procedures for the City of Caryville.

The Town of Petersburg was experiencing challenges due to the population size of the municipal being less than 1,000 residents with finding citizens willing to serve vacated positions on the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen also expressed concern about the length of time required to adopt an ordinance with the requirement that ordinances be passed on three consecutive readings by the Board. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen requested assistance from MTAS to review the Town’s charter to provide recommendations to amend the charter to reduce the number of elected officials from seven (7) to five (5) and to reduce the number of required readings on an ordinance from three (3) to two (2) readings. The Town of Petersburg has a private act charter. MTAS consultants’ Chuck Downham, Municipal Management Consultant, and Elisha Hodge, Legal Consultant, worked collaboratively to prepare a resolution for consideration by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to request the Tennessee General Assembly prepare a bill to amend the Town’s charter to reduce the number of elected officials and to reduce the number of required readings for the passage of an ordinance. The resolution identified amendments to Article II, Sections 2 through 5, and Article II, Section 10 to address the request from the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. The resolution was approved by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. The General Assembly passed an act to amend the Town’s charter to reduce the number of elected officials from seven to five along with other associated amendments and to reduce the number of readings required for an ordinance from three to two that was subsequently approved by a two-thirds vote by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.

On July 1, 1991, municipalities operating under the general law mayor-aldermanic charter received a completely revised charter. Since that revision, there have been several amendments to the charter, which are summarized in this publication.

MTAS was asked whether donut hole annexations are legal.