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Sample Code Of Ordinances For Small Cities And Towns In Tennessee, Don W. Ownby Dec 1973

Sample Code Of Ordinances For Small Cities And Towns In Tennessee, Don W. Ownby

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This Sample Code has been drafted for use by small cities and towns in Tennessee that desire to have an organized body of municipal law. It is primarily the work of Don Ownby, but it has been critically reviewed by all other members of the MTAS staff and may be said to reflect our combined judgment and experience. This Sample Code may be used as a working basis for drafting a complete code to meet the conditions and requirements of a particular city. Particular attention should be given to provisions that must conform to charter requirements; for example, the ordaining …

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Technical Bulletins: Local Government Energy Conservation Measures, Mtas Nov 1973

Technical Bulletins: Local Government Energy Conservation Measures, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

In this bulletin, MTAS listed various practices, beyond the temperature-speed reduction requests of the President, that some Tennessee municipalities were adopting to reduce energy usage.

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Technical Bulletins: Revenue Sharing Data Corrections, Mtas Nov 1973

Technical Bulletins: Revenue Sharing Data Corrections, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This bulletin was intended to offer practical advice to supplement the more general instructions that had been sent to each Tennessee municipality along with a revenue sharing data computation form (ORS Form 3233) in October 1973.

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Technical Bulletins: Surplus Personal Property Of State Agencies Now Available For Purchase By Tennessee Cities, Mtas Sep 1973

Technical Bulletins: Surplus Personal Property Of State Agencies Now Available For Purchase By Tennessee Cities, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

By action of the 1973 Tennessee General Assembly, surplus personal property of state agencies was made available for purchase by Tennessee cities, counties and other agencies of the state.

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Technical Bulletins: General Outline Of Requirements For Public Fire Protection (For Incorporated Municipalities Or Utility Districts Of Less Than 2500 Population To Obtain Eighth Class Grading), Mtas Aug 1973

Technical Bulletins: General Outline Of Requirements For Public Fire Protection (For Incorporated Municipalities Or Utility Districts Of Less Than 2500 Population To Obtain Eighth Class Grading), Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

MTAS reproduced these guidelines, prepared by the Insurance Services Office of Tennessee, which describe the requirements for small incorporated municipalities or utility districts contemplating the installation of water works systems and other public fire protection facilities, with a view to obtaining credit in fire insurance rates.

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Technical Bulletins: Must Your City File New Eeoc Employee Report?, Mtas Aug 1973

Technical Bulletins: Must Your City File New Eeoc Employee Report?, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses regulations related to employment reports. As required by Title 29, Chapter XIV, Part 1602, Code of Federal Regulations, all local and state governments with 100 or more employees must file employment reports with the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by Oct. 31, 1973. The report form--EE0-4--requires reporting the race, sex, salary range and job classification of all employees. (See copy on reverse side.) The reporting regulations were mandated by the 1972 amendments to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which brought local and state government under the anti-discrimination clauses of the Act.

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Technical Bulletins: Effects Of State Tax Refund Program On Municipalities, Mtas Aug 1973

Technical Bulletins: Effects Of State Tax Refund Program On Municipalities, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses Article 2, Section 28 of the Tennessee state Constitution, which addresses tax relief for elderly low-income taxpayers. According to this bulletin, MTAS research indicates there will be no loss in municipal tax revenues as a result of the new constitutional provision.

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Technical Bulletins: Revenue Sharing: Wage Requirements, Mtas Jul 1973

Technical Bulletins: Revenue Sharing: Wage Requirements, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses the responsibility of city officials to make sure that Federal Revenue Sharing Funds in excess of 25% of total project cost spent for contractual work meet the requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act on prevailing wages. Included is a table of the prevailing wages which should hold for the balance of 1973 for highway construction in Tennessee.

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Technical Bulletins: Do You Really Know How Much Your Landfill Costs?, Mtas May 1973

Technical Bulletins: Do You Really Know How Much Your Landfill Costs?, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses the cost of operating a sanitary landfill. This cost is more than just the amount of one man's salary and one machine to move dirt and compact the solid waste. There are many expenses that often are overlooked in estimating the potential cost of a landfill or budgeting for an existing one.

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Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1973, Mtas Jan 1973

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1973, 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 1973.

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Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1973-74, Mtas Jan 1973

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1973-74, 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 1973-74.

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Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1972-73, Mtas Jan 1972

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1972-73, 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 1971-72.

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Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1971-72, Mtas Jan 1971

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1971-72, 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 1971-72.

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Sample Police Officers Duty Manual, C. J. Fleming, Harold V. Guerin Dec 1970

Sample Police Officers Duty Manual, C. J. Fleming, Harold V. Guerin

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

A police organization is that part of the government responsibile for enforcing laws and ordinances adopted by elected representatives of the people. The letter of the law determines what a police officer m ust do to discharge the obligation im posed by his oath, but it does not encom pass all of the circum stances which arise in the practical application of these written principles. Understanding of human behavior and application of comm on sense are fundamental to the successful attainment of police obj ectives. These alone, however, are not sufficient to insure the proper handling of every incident. There …

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The Tennessee Mayor-Aldermen Charter, Municipal Technical Advisory Service Jun 1970

The Tennessee Mayor-Aldermen Charter, Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The title of this publication is somewhat misleading –it does not contain all of the laws available to a city incorporated under TCA 6-101 et seq. We have included only the chapters that are more or less limited to cities incorporated under this l aw (but some are applicable to all cities—for example, the annexation law in sec t ions 6 -308—6-321) . The purpose is to provide a handy reference volume with the most commonly-consulted laws for cities incorporated under the sections of the code. This publication includes chapters 1 through 8 of Title 6, Municipal Corporations, Tennessee Code …

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How To Put The Thanks Back In, Municipal Technical Advisory Service May 1970

How To Put The Thanks Back In, Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

Anyone who has been in municipal government for very long knows what a thankless job it can be. Public pats-on-the-back are few and far between. The Tennessee Municipal Guide Series is designed to help put the "thanks" back in. It's not a cure-all, but if used properly it can certainly lead to a more successful and appreciated operation. The specific purpose of the guides is to give you a general, over-all look at what is involved in, and what it takes to do each of the more common jobs a municipal government performs. Hopefully, this "portrait of a city" will …

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Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1970-71, Mtas Jan 1970

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1970-71, 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 1970-71.

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Procedures Manual - A City Hall Library, Elizabeth F. Sodemann Sep 1969

Procedures Manual - A City Hall Library, Elizabeth F. Sodemann

MTAS History

This manual was prepared in the hope that it would be of some assistance in establishing a library for city hall personnel so that they may have access to material of importance in their respective fields.

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Municipal Technical Advisory Service - Helping Municipal Officials Build A Better Tennessee, Mtas Jan 1969

Municipal Technical Advisory Service - Helping Municipal Officials Build A Better Tennessee, Mtas

MTAS History

These pamphlets briefly describe the history and purpose of the University of Tennessee's Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS), including descriptions of the assistance that MTAS can provide to Tennessee cities and towns.

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Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1969-70, Mtas Jan 1969

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1969-70, 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 1969-70.

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Uniform City Manager-Commission Charter, Municipal Technical Advisory Service Apr 1968

Uniform City Manager-Commission Charter, Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

Sections 6-1 8 0 1 t o 6-2 3 1 3, Tennessee Code Annotated

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Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1968-69, Mtas Jan 1968

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1968-69, 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 1968-69.

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Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1967-68, Mtas Jan 1967

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1967-68, 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 1967-68.

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Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1966-67, Mtas Jan 1966

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1966-67, 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 1966-67.

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Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1965-66, Mtas Jan 1965

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1965-66, 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 1965-66.

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Municipal Water Works Operating Data For Tennessee, Inslee Burnett, L. J. Henry Oct 1964

Municipal Water Works Operating Data For Tennessee, Inslee Burnett, L. J. Henry

MTAS History

This is a tabulation and interpretation of the results of a survey made by MTAS in the spring of 1964 designed to obtain statistical information on the operation of municipally-owned water utilities in the State.

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Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1964-65, Mtas Jan 1964

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1964-65, 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 1964-65.

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A Brief Description Of Tennessee Municipal Government, Victor C. Hobday Apr 1963

A Brief Description Of Tennessee Municipal Government, Victor C. Hobday

MTAS History

This paper was prepared for the 1963 Edition of Your Tennessee Government, the textbook used in the American Legion IS annual Boys State program.

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Selective Bibliography On Municipal, Miriam E. Bass, Edwin D. Martin Jan 1963

Selective Bibliography On Municipal, Miriam E. Bass, Edwin D. Martin

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

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Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1963-64, Mtas Jan 1963

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1963-64, 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 1963-64.

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