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Eminent Domain In Tennessee: An Attorney's Guide, James L. Murphy
Eminent Domain In Tennessee: An Attorney's Guide, James L. Murphy
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
A comprehensive guide to eminent domain in Tennessee.
Getting To Know And Maybe Love Your Municipal Charter, Sid Hemsley
Getting To Know And Maybe Love Your Municipal Charter, Sid Hemsley
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
This publication explains what a municipal charter is, what it does, and how it may be changed.
Managing Your Utility's Money: The Participant's Manual, Municipal Technical Advisory Service
Managing Your Utility's Money: The Participant's Manual, Municipal Technical Advisory Service
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
No abstract provided.
Managing Your Utility's Money: The Trainer's Manual, Municipal Technical Advisory Service
Managing Your Utility's Money: The Trainer's Manual, Municipal Technical Advisory Service
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
No abstract provided.
Determining Wastewater User Service Charge Rates, Haig Farmer, William J. Finane Jr., Sharon H. Fitzgerald
Determining Wastewater User Service Charge Rates, Haig Farmer, William J. Finane Jr., Sharon H. Fitzgerald
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
Good financial management is a critical part of all wastewater operations. It allows you to establish the user service charge rates necessary to keep your utility financially healthy and running smoothly. This publication was designed to help small to medium-sized wastewater utility operations decide how much they should be charging their residential, commercial, and industrial customers for wastewater services. It includes a Lotus 1-2-3 computer model program and manual procedures to help you calculate specific values for your system's user service charges. [The computer program referenced throughout this document is not available.]
A Look At The Americans With Disabilities Act: A Guide To Compliance For Tennessee Local Governments (3rd Edition), Leslie Shechter, Marie Allen Murphy
A Look At The Americans With Disabilities Act: A Guide To Compliance For Tennessee Local Governments (3rd Edition), Leslie Shechter, Marie Allen Murphy
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
Includes an overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), its requirements, and how local governments can prepare for compliance with the act.
Records: What To Save, What To Toss...And When, Harold R. Yungmeyer
Records: What To Save, What To Toss...And When, Harold R. Yungmeyer
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
This manual is a guide to record retention and disposal, and meets generally accepted standards. Its use isn't mandatory, and a municipality may deviate from the suggested retention periods.
Elements Of A Utility Rate Study, Sharon Rollins
Elements Of A Utility Rate Study, Sharon Rollins
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
How can communities protect their multi-billion dollar water and wastewater treatment investments and give citizens clean, safe water? The key lies with municipal officials' ability to acquire sufficient operating revenues.
Sound financial management allows communities to acquire the necessary revenues to maintain financially self-sufficient water and wastewater operations. The best source of revenue for paying water and wastewater treatment costs is user fees. Unfortunately, raising user fees is one of the most dreaded actions undertaken by local officials. If it is not done correctly, the resulting political backlash and public resistance can be harmful for water and wastewater operations.
Tennessee Public Acts 1992: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer
Tennessee Public Acts 1992: 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.