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Technical Bulletins: Tennessee Local Sales Tax Data Summary, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Based on population figures used for distribution of state-shared taxes in 1979-80: 98. 9 per cent (2,556,363) of all persons living in incorporated areas in Tennessee are covered by a local sales tax; 98.7 per cent (3,871,691) of all persons living in Tennessee are residents of an area levying a local sales tax.

Providence Needs An Effective 'Land Bank' Policy, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"Recent disclosures on the purchase of vacant lots in Providence by certain city officals have raised two serious questions, only one of which has been addressed."

Rural Coastal Landowner Attitudes And Implementation Of Connecticut Coastal Area Management Act, Joseph Diamond, Richard Ledbetter

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.

Guarantees Mentally Handicapped Voting Rights, Unless Adjudicated Incompetent To Vote, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Providence Home Rule, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"The opposition bumper stickers have already appeared. In bright fluorescent colors to catch the unsuspecting eye, the message is loud and clear--'Reject Home Rule Charter.' Why should there be this opposition, and who are the people against this progressive move toward better local government?"

Technical Bulletins: Sick Pay Excluded From Wages Subject To Social Security (Fica) Taxes, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Savings for cities and their employees could result from legislation, passed by the 1980 Tennessee General Assembly, excluding personal sick leave payments from social security contributions . Specifically, the legislation (Public Chapter No . 774) exempts from FICA taxes payments made by cities to employees who are absent from work "on account of sickness" or accident disability . It became effective July 1 , 1980.

Technical Bulletins: Plaintiffs In Knoxville Annexation Cases Held Not To Have Standing, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

In an opinion on petition to rehear (not designated for publication), the Tennessee Supreme Court has held that the plaintiffs in McGill v. City of Knoxville and Johnson v. City of Knoxville who contested the annexation of a right-of-way along Interstate 40 / 75 owned by the state lack standing to contest the annexation .

Technical Bulletins: Rental Inventory Expert From Ad Valorem Personal Property Tax Where Rentor Is Subject To Business Tax, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The Middle Section of the Tennessee Court of Appeals has held that rental inventory of a taxpayer who is subject to the business tax, as authorized in Tennessee Code Annotated § 67-5801, et seq., is exempt from the payment of personal property ad valorem taxes on that inventory . In Art Pancake's United Rent-All v . Glenn Ferguson, 601 S.W . 2d 926 (October 1979), the court relied primarily on statutory construction to reach its conclusion that the business tax is in lieu of ad valorem taxes on rental inventories .

Technical Bulletins: Municipalities Not Entitled To Qualified Immunity For Civil Rights Violations Based Upon Good Faith Of Their Officials, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The United States Supreme Court has held that municipalities sued for civil rights violations under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 are not entitled to qualified immunity based upon the good faith of their officials .

Technical Bulletins: Tennessee's Anti-Discrimination Law: A Reminder About The Handicapped, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin outlines some of the main provisions of Tennessee's anti-discrimination law as applicable to the employment of handicapped persons. The actual language of the act (TCA 8-50- 103, 104) is also included.

A Descriptive Study Of The Leadership Styles Of Michigan Juvenile Court Administrators Utilizing The Application Of The Managerial Grid Theory, Zigmund S. Kryszak Jr.

Dissertations

This descriptive study investigated the 83 juvenile court administrators in the state of Michigan. Specifically, the study attempted to (a) collect biographical and professional data regarding the administrators, (b) establish a preferred leadership style utilizing the Managerial Grid Theory postulated by Blake and Mouton, and (c) test the relationship between key variables and the leadership styles demonstrated by the administrators as a group.

The instruments utilized to collect the data were the Style of Management Inventory copyrighted by Teleometrics International of Woodland, Texas, and a self-designed Personal Data Questionnaire. These instruments were mailed to all 83 juvenile court administrators. The …

Tennessee Municipal Handbook Second Edition (1980), Mtas

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This Tennessee Municipal Handbook is intended for use as a reference guide by Tennessee municipal officials. It is primarily a summary of the state's laws affecting municipalities under a rough kind of subject matter classification, with a sprinkling of other information consider"ed to be relevant. We have not undertaken to write a textbook on municipal government.

Non-Governmental Emergency Food Services: A Descriptive Study Of The Tertiary Welfare Sector, Stanley Wenocur

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper presents the findings of an exploratory study of voluntarily organized emergency food centers in Baltimore. These agencies comprise the heart of a tertiary welfare system that provides basic survival supplies without a means test to the needy who cannot obtain relief from traditional public or private sources. Forty-one emergency food services were identified in Baltimore and the heads of 37 of these agencies were interviewed in depth. The findings indicated that a large and heterogeneous population bad utilized emergency food agencies and that the agencies generally met the requisites for a true safety-net function - i.e., accessibility, non-bureaucratic …

Technical Bulletins: Campaign Financial Disclosure Act Of 1980: An Explanation, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses the state Campaign Financial Disclosure Act of 1980, which became effective on May 7, 1980.

Technical Bulletins: Mtas Municipal Technical Report: Termination Procedures And The Due Process Clause As Applied To Municipal Utilities (Report No. 24), Frierson M. Graves Jr.

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This report includes a paper prepared by Frierson M. Graves, Jr., and exhibits of notices and procedures now being used by the Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division, growing out of a case that was decided by the U. S. Supreme Court in 1978. The principles and procedures outlined herein would seem to be excellent guidance for any municipal utility in dealing with the difficult matter of terminating service for non-payment.

Technical Bulletins: 20% Local Match-State Appropriation For Streets, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Announcement of a late amendment to the state appropriation bill, which provided that local governments shall match the state's appropriation (estimated to be $2.53 per capita for FY 1981 for cities) for local streets and transportation with 20% matching funds from "locally levied taxes."

Technical Bulletins: Estimated 1980-81 State Shared Funds For Cities, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

A summary of what cities could expect to receive from the state shared funds for the 1980-81 fiscal year, based on an estimated city population of 2,610,00.

Dawnbreaker Vol 28 No 2 (Spring 1980), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Report To The National Science Foundation, Donald F. Norris

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This Report presents a description of the programs and activities of the Tennessee Innovation Group during its first seventeen months of operation. The report is presented in three sections. The first section discusses the processes employed in the establishment and operation of the Tennessee Innovation Group. Particular attention is given to: (1) the committee structure of the Innovation Group; (2) methods employed to identify priority needs among small and medium size Tennessee cities; (3) criteria employed in selection of projects to be undertaken by the Tennessee Innovation Group; (4) the "demonstration project" approach to local government innovation employed by the …

Cpacs Happenings (April 1980 Newsletter), College Of Public Affairs And Community Service, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

CPACS Newsletters

The College of Public Affairs and Community Service (CPACS) newsletter that reported on the news, collaborations, events, and general happenings of the UNO College of Public Affairs and Community Service. This newsletter has had many names and variations over the years including SPACS Newsletter (1973); Newsletter of the College of Public Affairs and Community Service (1973-1974): Happenings (1974-1980s); and the current e-newsletter titled the CPACS Collective (2021-)

The Carter Administrative Elite: A Background Analysis, Susan Adomaitis Armstrong

Institute for the Humanities Theses

This study is an inter-disciplinary analysis of the backgrounds of the Carter administrative elite. Various theories of political science, public administration, and ethics are presented in relation to Jimmy Carter's appointees. A background composite is presented of the elites' education, career before government service, age, sex, and geographic region of birth and socialization. Information about the elites was obtained from biographical listings, and was stored and processed by an electronic data processing system.

The Carter administrative elite has included persons who have been named to positions that do not maximize their experiences and qualifications in the most appropriate manner. This …

Technical Bulletins: Qualifications Of Companies Providing Deferred Compensation Plan For Employees Of Municipality Must Be Determined By Specified State Officials, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

MTAS issued this Technical Bulletin to inform municipalities of an opinion of the Attorney General of Tennessee that under T.C.A. section 8-4303, the Commissioner of Finance and Administration, the Chairman of the Finance, Ways and Means Committee of the Senate, and the Chairman of the Finance, Ways and Means Committee of the House are required to determine the qualifications of each company providing a deferred compensation plan established pursuant to the Government Employees Deferred Compensation Act (T.C.A. sections 8-4301, et seq.), and that this includes deferred compensation plans for municipal employees.

Energy Conservation For Cities And States, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"During this winter season the 68 percent increase in the price of fuel oil has made us painfully aware of our dependance on foreign oil."

Park Forest South: History And Development, An Annotated Bibliography, Larry A. Mcclellan

Park Forest South

Park Forest South: History and Development, by Larry A. McClellan, Governors State University, Park Forest South, Illinois. A comprehensive annotated bibliography of print materials on the emergence and growth of the village as a federal "Title VII New Community" and as a racially integrated suburb. This includes citations from 1962 through mid-1979 and a narrative introduction for each section: Introduction; Newspapers and Newsletters--Local, Metropolitan and National; The Planning Process; The History and Development of Park Forest South--Pre-New Town (prior to 1970), New Town Development (1970-74), Restructuring (1975-mid-78), Renewed Development (mid-1978 -present); and Integration Policies and Issues in Park Forest South.

Technical Bulletins: National Energy Conservation Act, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides information about the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA) and its grant programs to promote energy conservation in four sectors of public and private non-profit buildings constructed prior to April 20, 1977.

Technical Bulletins: Some Guidelines For Charitable Appropriations, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides guidelines for Tennessee municipalities facing requests for aid from charitable organizations that are increasing in number and in dollar amount. Included is a list of standard procedures for appropriating and disbursing municipal funds to non-profit charitable organizations.

Technical Bulletins: Tennessee Cities Not Affected By Minimum Wage Increase, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

In this Technical Bulletin, Tennessee cities were reminded that on June 24, 1976, the U. S. Supreme Court decided the case of National League of Cities, et al. v. Usery, Secretary o f Labor. The league and a number of cities and states had challenged the validity of the 1974 amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act extending the Act's minimum wage and maximum hours provisions to almost all employees of states and their political subdivisions.

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1980-81, 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 1980-81.

A Fact Book On Proposition 2 1/2, Padraig O'Malley

Center for Studies in Policy and the Public Interest Publications

In this age of inflation many tax reduction plans have been proposed throughout the nation. This November Massachusetts voters will vote on Proposition 2 1/2 - a tax reduction proposal sponsored by a coalition of citizens.

This booklet describes the costs and benefits of Proposition 2 1/2 in an objective way, so that you can make an informed decision when you cast your vote. The University of Massachusetts' Center for Studies in Policy and the Public Interest and the Massachusetts Cooperative Extension Service believe that when you have access to unbiased information you will make better decisions and participate more …

The Assessment Center Process Selection Of Non-Managerial Talent In The Public Sector, Beth Perrine

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.