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Finding Money Iii For Municipal Water, Wastewater, And Solid Waste Projects In Tennessee, Sharon Rollins
Finding Money Iii For Municipal Water, Wastewater, And Solid Waste Projects In Tennessee, Sharon Rollins
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This document is an overview of various financing programs available to Tennessee's local governments for water, wastewater, solid waste, and other project needs.
Tennessee Public Acts 1998: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer
Tennessee Public Acts 1998: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer
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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.
Growth Policy, Annexation, And Incorporation Under Public Act 1101 Of 1998: A Guide For Community Leaders, Ctas, Mtas, Center For Government Training
Growth Policy, Annexation, And Incorporation Under Public Act 1101 Of 1998: A Guide For Community Leaders, Ctas, Mtas, Center For Government Training
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The Ad Hoc Study Committee on Annexation, established by Lt. Governor Wilder and Speaker Naifeh, worked through the fall of 1997 and into the 1998 legislative session to develop a new vision for growth policy in Tennessee. Under the leadership of its co-chairs, Senator Robert Rochelle and Representative Matt Kisber, the Ad Hoc Committee vigorously pursued a solution that seeks to meet the public service demands of commercial and residential growth, while maintaining the character of Tennessee's rural areas. The general concepts embraced by the Ad Hoc Committee found substantial support in the House and Senate. Ultimately, differences between the …
Tennessee Public Acts 1997: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer
Tennessee Public Acts 1997: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer
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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.
Tennessee Public Acts 1996: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer
Tennessee Public Acts 1996: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer
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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.
Surveying Citizens: A Handbook For Municipal Officials Who Want To Know What Their Citizens Think (1995), David H. Folz Phd
Surveying Citizens: A Handbook For Municipal Officials Who Want To Know What Their Citizens Think (1995), David H. Folz Phd
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Doing a citizen survey can be as simple as determining a random sampling and making some phone calls - or it can be a time-consuming and costly project to help decision makers set the direction for your community's future. The approach you take depends on the results you want. Some chapters of this publication are simple and offer easy-to-understand instructions for less-complicated surveys. Other chapters, particularly 5 and 6, offer for those interested much more detail, including statistical explanations and detailed descriptions of software uses. Don't let it throw you if we've got more information here than you need. Simply …
Tennessee Public Acts 1995: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer
Tennessee Public Acts 1995: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer
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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.
Tennessee Public Acts 1994: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer
Tennessee Public Acts 1994: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer
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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.
Tennessee Public Acts 1993: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer
Tennessee Public Acts 1993: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer
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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.
Getting To Know And Maybe Love Your Municipal Charter, Sid Hemsley
Getting To Know And Maybe Love Your Municipal Charter, Sid Hemsley
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This publication explains what a municipal charter is, what it does, and how it may be changed.
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
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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.]
Tennessee Public Acts 1992: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer
Tennessee Public Acts 1992: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer
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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.
Municipal Law Enforcement Management Report 1989 No. 2: Managing Liability Exposure: A Model For Law Enforcement, Phillip E. Keith
Municipal Law Enforcement Management Report 1989 No. 2: Managing Liability Exposure: A Model For Law Enforcement, Phillip E. Keith
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Learning methods to address liability exposure are required for municipal managers to act effectively. This report is intended to heighten the awareness of local municipal managers by reviewing causes of liability and outlining risk reduction strategies.
Municipal Law Enforcement Management Report 1989 No. 3: Weapons Retention, Phillip E. Keith
Municipal Law Enforcement Management Report 1989 No. 3: Weapons Retention, Phillip E. Keith
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Weapons Retention will assist elected officials, city managers, and law enforcement administrators to identify issues when selecting weapons for their police departments and to recognize the importance of training and legal issues that must be considered. This report also discusses the selection of weapons, the minimum training required by the State of Tennessee, and the legal issues surrounding their use.
Workplace Substance Abuse: What Employers Can Do, Richard Stokes
Workplace Substance Abuse: What Employers Can Do, Richard Stokes
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Workplace Substance Abuse: What Employers Can Dodiscusses substance abuse problems. Options on how municipal employers can minimize exposure to lawsuits are outlined. Steps in establishing a comprehensive substance abuse policy are provided.
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Municipal Courts In Tennessee - A Constitutional And Statutory Primer, Sid Hemsley
Municipal Courts In Tennessee - A Constitutional And Statutory Primer, Sid Hemsley
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This paper will first examine the constitutional and statutory underpinnings of municipal courts in Tennessee. Then it will briefly review the jurisidiction of municipal courts, the selection of municipal court judges, and municipal court penalties. Finally, it will take a look at the recent case of Summers v. Thompson, Tenn. Sup. Ct., No. 23, filed May 23, 1988. That case has a significant bearing on all of those topics, and it has some implications for what municipal courts will look like in the future. No pretense is made that every important thing is said or every important case is cited …
Observations On The Relationships Between Population Changes, Tax Rates And Levels Of Debt, Thomas A. Brant
Observations On The Relationships Between Population Changes, Tax Rates And Levels Of Debt, Thomas A. Brant
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This report is intentionally characterized as "Observations" in its title. It does not pretend to be a definitive analytical study that leads to unshakable or hard conclusions. It is exactly what it claims to be, i.e. "observations". This does not mean that it cannot be useful. The intent was to present appropriate information in a way that will facilitate a better understanding of an important and complex subject. The purpose was to provide a factual basis for considering the relationships between population growth, local property taxes and levels of debt in Tennessee cities and counties.
Tennessee Municipal Handbook Third Edition (1984), Mtas
Tennessee Municipal Handbook Third Edition (1984), Mtas
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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 (1984), Michael Tallent, Robert W. Freson
Budget Manual For Tennessee Cities (1984), Michael Tallent, Robert W. Freson
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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.
Tennessee Municipal Handbook Second Edition (1980), Mtas
Tennessee Municipal Handbook Second Edition (1980), Mtas
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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.
Tennessee Municipal Handbook (1977), Mtas
Tennessee Municipal Handbook (1977), Mtas
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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. We have not undertaken to write a textbook on municipal government.
An Analysis Of The 1953 Tennessee Home Rule Amendment (2nd Edition), Victor C. Hobday
An Analysis Of The 1953 Tennessee Home Rule Amendment (2nd Edition), Victor C. Hobday
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Since the first edition of this work was published in 1956 a number of pertinent cases have been decided by the Tennessee courts. This edition includes these cases along with the original material still considered to be relevant.