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Technical Bulletins: Bidding And Evaluating Dental Insurance, William Gary Head

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides a brief summary of the types of dental insurance available and, with a small amount of additional information and assistance, can be used as a guide in bidding and evaluating such coverage.

Technical Bulletins: Internal Control And Fiscal Compliance Questionnaire For Municipalities In Tennessee, Jim Leuty, Mike Pentecost

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The following questionnaire was designed by the State Comptroller's Office and is used by your independent auditor in evaluating the city's system each year. It is recommended that city personnel use the questionnaire to conduct a self-evaluation at various times during the year to help improve internal control and reduce audit exceptions.

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Technical Bulletins: Are You Prepared For The World's Fair?, C. L. Overman, Jackie Kersh

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin was intended to stimulate additional ideas for promotion of local attractions during the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville.

Technical Bulletins: Federal Revenue Sharing Actual Use Reports, Michael Tallent

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

During the week of October 12, 1981, the Bureau of the Census mailed each Tennessee municipality the form or forms for reporting that city's actual use of general revenue sharing funds and local tax data for fiscal year 1980-81, which include adjusted taxes and intergovernmental revenues. This Technical Bulletin includes a list of those forms and their functions.

Technical Bulletins: New Developments In Cable Tv, E. W. Meisenhelder

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses some of the trends in cable television systems and their implications for local governments.

Technical Bulletins: Nlc Program To Help Cities With Airport Noise Problems, William Gary Head

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Announcement of the National League of Cities program "Each Community Helps Others" (ECHO), which was designed to provide technical assistance to communities which have problems with airport noise.

Technical Bulletins: Requirements For Certificate Of Conformance In Financial Reporting, Mike Pentecost, Jim Leuty

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides information about the Certificate of Conformance in Financial Reporting Program. The Certificate of Conformance in Financial Reporting Program was begun by the Municipal Finance Officers Association (MFOA) in 1945 to emphasize its belief that every governmental unit should prepare and publish an easily understandable, comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR) covering all of its funds and financial transactions during the year.

Technical Bulletins: Annual Report Required On Local Government Retirement Plans, Don W. Ownby

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Chapter No. 137, Public Acts of 1981, the "Tennessee Public Pension Review Act," requires that an annual report shall be made on the actuarial and financial status of each retirement plan in effect for employees of local government units in Tennessee.

Final Report To The National Science Foundation, Donald F. Norris

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This Report summarizes the progress and activities of the Tennessee Innovation Group during the period of May 1980 through July 1981. Together with the Report prepared for NSF in April 1980, it should provide a comprehensive overview of the three-year local government technology innovation effort undertaken by the University· of Tennessee through the Tennessee Innnovation Group.

Technical Bulletins: Mtas Technical Reports And Bulletins: Index And Filing Suggestions, E. W. Meisenhelder

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin explains the differences between the two publication series issued by MTAS since 1973 (as of July 1981): the MTAS Technical Bulletin and the MTAS Technical Report. Included is an index, arranged by major and minor subjects, of all MTAS bulletins and reports.

Technical Bulletins: Estimates And Explanation Of 1981-82 State Shared Funds For Cities, Ken Joines, C. L. Overman

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

A summary of what cities could expect to receive from the state shared funds for the 1981-82 fiscal year. To provide some background to municipal officials regarding state shared taxes, a brief summary of each shared tax revenue source is provided along with the permitted use of each revenue and schedule of payments to cities.

Technical Bulletins: Final 1980 Population Count -- Tennessee Municipalities, Michael Tallent, Gary Mabrey

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides the final population counts of the 1980 census for Tennessee municipalities, based upon information from the U.S. Bureau of Census.

Technical Bulletins: Suggested Budget Calendar For Small/Medium-Sized Cities, William R. Bailey

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides guidelines for what kind of budgetary schedule a small or medium-sized city might follow.

Technical Report: Street & Road Maintenance, Donald F. Norris, Vanessa F. Hester

MTAS History

This Report addresses an increasingly complex and costly problem facing local governments: namely, street and road maintenance. It was written to provide information and guidance to local public officials and professionals in the field on new and perhaps better materials, methods and equipment for street and road maintenance. Provided here is an overview of several alternative and innovative methods of street and road maintenance in three areas: pothole repair; pavement cracking and repair; and asphalt recycling. In addition, an annotated bibliography covering general aspects of street and road maintenance, pothole repair, pavement cracking and repair, and asphalt recycling is included.

Technical Bulletins: Public Hearing And Reporting Regulations For Revenue Sharing, Gary Mabrey

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides a list of the public participation notices and hearings which were required to be held for the 1981-82 budget process, as well as a list of key dates indicating time of submission of entitlement check and time of submission of the Statement of Assurances and Data Improvement (per capita income, population, adjusted taxes) for Entitlement Period 13.

Technical Bulletins: Fire Insurance Ratings Outside Cities -- Potential Misinterpretation Of Fire Classification Guidelines By Local Insurance Agents, C. L. Overman

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides information about amendments to fire insurance rating criteria used by some insurance companies in determining the fire protection classification of residential structures outside city limits.

Technical Bulletins: Automated And Semi-Automated Refuse Collection Technologies, Donald F. Norris, Frank E. Kirk

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides cost and productivity estimates for five different refuse collection technologies (including manual, semi-automated, and automated). The data shows that automated and semi-automated technologies represent reliable, cost-effective methods of refuse collection which should be given serious consideration by almost every city which provides refuse collection service.

Sample Code Of Ordinances For Small Cities And Towns In Tennessee, Don W. Ownby

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This Sample Code has been drafted as a working document for the cities and towns of Tennessee. It is prepared in a format which is readily and adaptable to the conditions and requirements of any particular community. However, attention should be given to the provisions that must conform to individual municipal charter requirements such as prescribed language for ordaining clauses, number of readings for ordinances, etc. The Sample Code may be used as a basis for drafting a complete code of ordinances or a single ordinance addressing a particular need.

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1981-82, 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 1981-82.