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Hot Topic: Drug Testing Deadline Looms For Employees With Commercial Drivers' Licenses, Mtas Dec 1994

Hot Topic: Drug Testing Deadline Looms For Employees With Commercial Drivers' Licenses, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Reminder of the January 1, 1995 deadline for all cities with 50 or more employees required to have a commercial drivers' licenses (CDLs) to institute drug and alcohol testing programs for those employees. For cities with fewer than 50 employees with CDLs, the deadline for having their programs in place was January 1, 1996.


Utility Manual: Ideas And Alternatives For Addressing Water And Sewer Fund Issues (1994), W. Ken Joines Dec 1994

Utility Manual: Ideas And Alternatives For Addressing Water And Sewer Fund Issues (1994), W. Ken Joines

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This manual's purpose is to provide management with ideas, options, and methods to address financial difficulties.


Hot Topic: First Nfpa Fire Inspector Training Scheduled, Mtas Nov 1994

Hot Topic: First Nfpa Fire Inspector Training Scheduled, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Notification of a free NFPA Fire Inspector 1 training class, presented by the Tennessee State Fire Marshall's office, held on December 12-15, 1994.


Hot Topic: City Clerks And Recorders Certification Regulations Summarized, Richard Stokes Oct 1994

Hot Topic: City Clerks And Recorders Certification Regulations Summarized, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Chapter 648 of the Public Acts of 1994 adds a new law requiring municipal clerks and recorders to become certified by completing 100 hours of education.


The 1994 Mtas Publications Catalog, Municipal Technical Advisory Service Jun 1994

The 1994 Mtas Publications Catalog, Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.


Public Works Standards & Specifications, Edward C. Archer Jun 1994

Public Works Standards & Specifications, Edward C. Archer

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The goal and intention of this publication is for cities to have guidelines of some of the standards and specifications on construction projects. Readers should be careful in their adoption and use as these guidelines are not all-inclusive of the standards and specifications which may be necessary in a specific local community situation. It is recommended that all public works projects be developed, designed and constructed under the direction of a registered professional engineer.


Hot Topic: 1994-95 State Revenue Estimates, Ken Joines, Jim Leuty May 1994

Hot Topic: 1994-95 State Revenue Estimates, Ken Joines, Jim Leuty

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The Tennessee General Assembly adopted the state budget for fiscal year 1995 in late April.


Technical Bulletins: Public Chapter 509 Slaps Cuffs On Utility Revenues, Al Major Apr 1994

Technical Bulletins: Public Chapter 509 Slaps Cuffs On Utility Revenues, Al Major

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides information about Public Chapter 509, which phased out the practice of transferring surplus revenues from utility sales to a city's general fund. The comprehensive law, which went into effect July 1, 1993, amended Tennessee Code Annotated (T.C.A.) § 9-21-308 and T.C.A. § 7-34-105, also known as the Revenue Bond Law.


Hot Topic: The 1993 Mt As Salary And Fringe Benefit Survey, Richard Stokes Mar 1994

Hot Topic: The 1993 Mt As Salary And Fringe Benefit Survey, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The MT AS annual salary and fringe benefit survey for 1993 is complete and shows salary increases for city employees grew at a rate higher than 1992. Hot off the laser printer, here's a summary of the findings.


Hot Topic: Laws Governing City Budgets Changed, Jim Leuty Mar 1994

Hot Topic: Laws Governing City Budgets Changed, Jim Leuty

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

A city's ability to choose which budget law it follows was removed when the General Assembly passed Chapter 448, Public Acts of 1993, applying the general budget law to several additional cities. The general budget law, formally known as the Municipal Budget Law of 1982, is detailed in Tennessee Code Annotated §6-56-201 et seq.


Local Government Documents: A Checklist For Tennessee Public Libraries, Carol C. Hewlett, Barbara Groves Mar 1994

Local Government Documents: A Checklist For Tennessee Public Libraries, Carol C. Hewlett, Barbara Groves

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

One of the major services a public library provides for Its communities Is access to Information generated by local government. This service benefits local governments as well as the community they both serve. Each public library In Tennessee should contain copies of Important city and/or county documents of use and Interest to the residents of the community.


Hot Topic: Attention Cities--Heads Up On Solid Waste!, Sharon Rollins, Leslie Shechter Feb 1994

Hot Topic: Attention Cities--Heads Up On Solid Waste!, Sharon Rollins, Leslie Shechter

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Time is running out to finalize regional solid waste plans. Make sure your city's interests are represented!


Hot Topic: Annexation Always A Hot Topic In Tennessee Cities And Towns, Sid Hemsley Feb 1994

Hot Topic: Annexation Always A Hot Topic In Tennessee Cities And Towns, Sid Hemsley

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

This is a compilation of recent annexation events in Tennessee. It includes information sent in by various municipalities -- complaints, briefs, cases, etc.-- supplemented by material already in the MTAS annexation files.


Special Censuses: Ruminating About Enumerating?, Rebecca G. Crowder, Mary Beatty Feb 1994

Special Censuses: Ruminating About Enumerating?, Rebecca G. Crowder, Mary Beatty

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

Information about how and why a city should conduct a special census.


Technical Bulletins: Irs Regulations On Personal Use Of City-Owned Vehicles: Complying With The Final 1989 Rules, Mark Pullen Jan 1994

Technical Bulletins: Irs Regulations On Personal Use Of City-Owned Vehicles: Complying With The Final 1989 Rules, Mark Pullen

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

On July 6, 1989, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published final regulations on the Taxation of Fringe Benefits, including taxation on personal use of a city-owned vehicle. This Technical Bulletin summarize the rules and advises cities on how to follow them.


Hot Topic: Irs Rules Change Regarding Diesel Fuel Purchases, Mtas Jan 1994

Hot Topic: Irs Rules Change Regarding Diesel Fuel Purchases, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (P.L. 103-66), enacted in August 1993, changed the collection point for the excise taxes on diesel fuel to the same as gasoline.


State Street Aid Fund Expenditures: On The Road To Understanding, W. Ken Jones Jan 1994

State Street Aid Fund Expenditures: On The Road To Understanding, W. Ken Jones

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.


Tennessee Public Acts 1994: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer Jan 1994

Tennessee Public Acts 1994: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This publication summarizes the year's public acts that have the most significant impact on municipal operations. Users of this publication are cautioned that much judgment is involved in determining which Public Acts to summarize and how to summarize them. Before taking action or giving advice based upon any Public Act summarized here, one should consult the act itself and not rely on the summary.


Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1994, Mtas Jan 1994

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1994, Mtas

Municipal Directories

A directory of Tennessee cities that includes personnel and municipal data, such as number of employees, population, charter form, size in square miles, and election date, for 1994.