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Finding Money For Municipal Water And Wastewater Projects In Tennessee, Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

How To Conduct A City Council Meeting Based On Roberts' Rules Of Order, Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

Technical Bulletins: Surplus Property Disposal, Sid Hemsley

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses surplus property disposal. Included is a sample resolution establishing procedures for a municipality to dispose of its surplus property.

Technical Bulletins: A City Attorney's Guide To Distance Restrictions In Beer Regulations, Sid Hemsley

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses the two principal methods (straight-line and by-the-streets) of measuring distance requirements between beer establishments and churches, schools and, occasionally, other institutions.

Technical Bulletins: Cities And The Hazardous Right To Know Law, Harold R. Yungmeyer

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Tennessee Code Annotated (TCA) 50-3-2001- 2019, the Hazardous Chemical Right-To-Know Law, became a law in 1985. The stated purpose of the law was to "provide access to information regarding hazardous chemicals to enhance the ability of manufacturing and non-manufacturing workers to minimize hazardous exposure to such chemicals; to provide information to emergency personnel to protect the public health, safety and welfare; and to provide information to citizens to enable them to make informed decisions regarding their safety, health, and welfare." This Technical Bulletin goes over the main points of the law and its implications for cities.

Technical Bulletins: Veteran's Reemployment Rights, Leslie Shechter

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses the Federal Veterans Reemployment Rights Law (VRR), under which a person leaving a civilian job, voluntarily or involuntarily, to enter active duty in the Armed Forces, has a right to return to that job after discharge, if that person meets a given set of criteria.

Technical Bulletins: State And Federal Petroleum Tax Refunds And Exemption Options For Local Governments, Dick Phebus

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin updates a previous bulletin dated April 14, 1988, and describes new procedures for avoiding the payment of state taxes and an update on federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel.

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1990 (Revised), 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 1990. (Revised, July 1990 Edition)

Technical Bulletins: Flsa: Administrative Exemptions Revisited, Richard M. Ellis

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses FLSA administrative exemptions. One of the most difficult problems faced by local governments in complying with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is in the area of administrative exemptions. Under section 213(a)(1) of the Act, administrative personnel may be exempted from the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the law. The problems exist with what constitutes an administrative exemption.

Municipal Budget Workshop, Mtas, The University Of Tennesse Center For Government Training

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This manual provides an up-to-date look at the art of local government budgeting. In spite of the variety of local governments in Tennessee, general descriptions can be offered and analytical patterns discussed. The following topics are covered: why do we budget; the budget cycle; the budget process, including the interaction of the many role players in the process; the many purposes of budgeting; and resource constraints.

Technical Bulletins: Technical Bulletins: Cities Should Be Aware Of Veteran's Reemployment Rights, Joe Muscatello

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses veterans' reemployment rights and the Military Selective Service Act.

Technical Bulletins: Civil Penalties For Wastewater Pretreatment Violations, Edward C. Archer

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides an overview (not a comprehensive analysis) of the Attorney General's opinion concerning the amount of the penalty that a municipality can charge for wastewater pretreatment violations.

The Mtas Library: Tennessee's Resource Center On Municipal Government, Carol C. Hewlett

MTAS History

A description of the MTAS library's collection and services.

Model Personnel Policies And Procedures, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The personnel rules and regulations combine with the city charter and code to form a legal basis of operations for your municipality. Model Personnel Rules And Regulations can be a municipality's statement of policy and procedure.

MTAS Municipal Personnel Report no. 3

Technical Bulletins: Minimum Wage Changes, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin focuses on specific sections of the Fair Labor Standards Act Amendment: Section 2. Minimum Wage Increase; Section 5. Tip Credit; Section 6. Training Wage; and Section 7. Maximum Hours Exemption for Employees Receiving Remedial Education. President Bush signed legislation (P.L. 101-157) amending the Fair Labor Standards Act (FlSA) and the minimum wage provisions provided by the Act. This represents the first increase in the minimum wage since 1981.

Technical Bulletins: Fire (And Police) Departments Liable For Negligent Response, Sid Hemsley

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Under the Tennessee Tort Liability Act municipalities are liable for the negligence of their employees, with some exceptions. One of those exceptions is "discretionary functions" (Tennessee Code Annotated (TCA) 29-20-205). However, the act does not define that term. The Tennessee Supreme Court recently grappled with both a definition and application of the term in Gordon, et al. v. City of Henderson, 766 S.W.2d 784 (1988). Although that case involved the delivery of municipal fire services, it contains some language that should cause Tennessee municipalities to look closely at the way they deliver all public safety services.

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1990, 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 1990.