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The Local Sales Tax Handbook For Local Officials, Municipal Technical Advisory Service, County Technical Assistance Service Agencies Of The Institute For Public Service
The Local Sales Tax Handbook For Local Officials, Municipal Technical Advisory Service, County Technical Assistance Service Agencies Of The Institute For Public Service
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
No abstract provided.
The Tennessee Mayor-Aldermen Charter, Municipal Technical Advisory Service
The Tennessee Mayor-Aldermen Charter, Municipal Technical Advisory Service
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
No abstract provided.
Personnel Management: A Manual For Small Municipalities, Harold R. Yungmeyer
Personnel Management: A Manual For Small Municipalities, Harold R. Yungmeyer
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
The management of human resources is becoming the most significant task of elected and appointed municipal officials. As we are all aware, the greatest proportion of most of our budgets is composed of the salaries and benefits necessary to retain competent and productive employees. This manual provides information relating to the understanding and development of a basic municipal personnel management system. The manual is not intended to answer every question that might occur as a result of personnel management problems, but it can point a municipal official in the correct direction as that official attempts to develop a legal and …
The Basics Of A Water & Sewer Rate Study, Joe Muscatello
The Basics Of A Water & Sewer Rate Study, Joe Muscatello
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
The publication of the Information contained in this document is an attempt, on the part of MTAS, to provide meaningful and understandable guidelines for the development of reasonable and adequate water and sewer rates. One of the most difficult decision processes that elected and appointed officials must deal with is rate-making. No action of an elected body receives more attention and scrutiny than the utility rate process except, of course, the property tax rate process. Likewise, where appointed utility boards are mandated to set rates, the same pressures come to bear at rate increase time. We believe this publication contains …
A Guide To Public Works Standards & Specifications, Municipal Technical Advisory Service
A Guide To Public Works Standards & Specifications, Municipal Technical Advisory Service
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
In May, 1982, MTAS published the Local Government Public Works Standards & Specifications, a comprehensive document which provided a wealth of information to municipal engineering and design personnel. In order to make the document more usable and understandable by elected and appointed officials, it was determined that a supplemental companion document should be produced to accompany the Standards & Specifications. The result is this publication, A Guide To Public Works Standards—An Introduction to Local Government Public Works Standards & Specifications, which provides a basic conceptual foundation to the entire subject. It should be especially helpful to elected officials, planning commissions …
Tennessee Municipal Handbook Third Edition (1984), Mtas
Tennessee Municipal Handbook Third Edition (1984), 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 considered to be relevant. It is not a textbook on municipal government.
Budget Manual For Tennessee Cities, Mike Tallent, Robert W. Freson
Budget Manual For Tennessee Cities, Mike Tallent, Robert W. Freson
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
This document was designed to assist in the preparation of the typical municipal budget and to provide a basic guideline for the municipal official in budget development. The manual is basic and straight-forward, providing the necessary information to aid novices in the budget process as well as giving meaningful assistance to experienced budget managers.
Budget Manual For Tennessee Cities (1984), Michael Tallent, Robert W. Freson
Budget Manual For Tennessee Cities (1984), Michael Tallent, Robert W. Freson
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
This document was designed to assist in the preparation of the typical municipal budget and to provide a basic guideline for the municipal official in budget development.
Handbook For The Office Of The City Recorder/Finance Officer In Tennessee, E. W. Meisenhelder Iii
Handbook For The Office Of The City Recorder/Finance Officer In Tennessee, E. W. Meisenhelder Iii
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
This technical assistance manual, Overview: The Tennessee City Recorder, is intended to be a detailed guide to the functions of the City Recorder and/or Finance Director in Tennessee. In view of the diverse chores performed by City Recorders/Finance Directors, it would be impossible and unprofitable to catalog all the various functions, however this manual covers the most important and most common responsibilities. It is hoped that newly elected or appointed City Recorders will find this publication invaluable as they get started in their new jobs, and that experienced City Recorders will find useful information contained throughout the pages of this …
Budget Manual For Tennessee Cities, Center For Government Training, Municipal Technical Advisory Service
Budget Manual For Tennessee Cities, Center For Government Training, Municipal Technical Advisory Service
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
The purpose of this handbook is to provide another view into the budget preparation process. With the staff and other resources available in City Hall, you will be able to develop a “plan for spending money” which enables you to show to the public how you intend to spend their tax dollars, as well as show the controls you will establish by the spending limits you set. The budgetary controls become the yardstick by which the progress of spending money can be measured. Also, the budget serves as a yardstick for measuring the progress of the town’s money collection during …
Guidelines For Aiding Tennessee Municipalities In Securing Insurance Bids, Wm. Gary Head, Mike Tallent
Guidelines For Aiding Tennessee Municipalities In Securing Insurance Bids, Wm. Gary Head, Mike Tallent
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
The publication that follows, Guidelines for Aiding Tennessee Municipalities in Securing Insurance Bids, and a similar document prepared for county officials by UT's County Technical Assistance Service, are intended to provide: (I) an easy-to-understand narrative discussion about bidding, coverages and types of insurance; and (2) a set of sample specifications.