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Helping Cities For Half A Century: A History Of The Municipal Technical Advisory Service, 1949-1999, Rob Parkinson

MTAS History

This history of the Municipal Technical Advisory Service looks to examine several aspects of the organization’s first 50 years; more specifically in several areas: the historical context out of which MTAS operated, the bureaucratic or structural changes that have come over 50 years, the people who shaped and breathed life into the organization, and the specific issues and problems MTAS consultants were called on to help Tennessee cities with. These topics fit together to give the reader a larger view of what the Municipal Technical Advisory Service has accomplished since 1949 and what the future holds for the next 50 …

Municipal Technical Advisory Service 50th Anniversary Packet, Rob Parkinson

MTAS History

Includes a year-long series of articles celebrating MTAS's 50th anniversary in 1999.

General Fixed Asset Accounting, Dick Phebus

MTAS History

A MUNICIPALITY'S FIXED ASSETS are tangible assets bought or obtained through past transactions or events. They include buildings, equipment, improvements other than buildings, and land. In the private sector, these assets are generally referred to as property, plant, and equipment.

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.

Municipal General Management Report 1989 No. 1: Final Irs Regulations On Employer-Provided Vehicles, Richard M. Ellis

MTAS History

The Internal Revenue Service published final regulations on the taxation of personal use of city-owned vehicles on July 6, 1989. This report summarizes the new regulations and offers suggestions on municipal compliance with the regulations.

Bibliography Of Holdings On Urban Stormwater Management And Erosion And Sediment Control At The Mtas Library, Knoxville, Tennessee, Cathy Moore-Jansen

MTAS History

This is a bibliographic guide to materials on urban stormwater management housed in the Municipal Technical Advisory Service Library, University of Tennessee at Knoxville. (1985)

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.

Problem Solving For Tennessee Municipal Officials: An Expert Team Approach, Mtas

MTAS History

This pamphlet describes the structure of and services provided by the University of Tennessee Municipal Technical Advisory Service.

The Role And Work Of The University Of Tennessee In Public Service, System Self-Study Committee On Public Service, The University Of Tennessee

MTAS History

This report is intended to present in brief form an overview of public service at The University of Tennessee and recommendations for change.

Procedures Manual - A City Hall Library, Elizabeth F. Sodemann

MTAS History

This manual was prepared in the hope that it would be of some assistance in establishing a library for city hall personnel so that they may have access to material of importance in their respective fields.

Municipal Technical Advisory Service - Helping Municipal Officials Build A Better Tennessee, Mtas

MTAS History

These pamphlets briefly describe the history and purpose of the University of Tennessee's Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS), including descriptions of the assistance that MTAS can provide to Tennessee cities and towns.

Municipal Water Works Operating Data For Tennessee, Inslee Burnett, L. J. Henry

MTAS History

This is a tabulation and interpretation of the results of a survey made by MTAS in the spring of 1964 designed to obtain statistical information on the operation of municipally-owned water utilities in the State.

A Brief Description Of Tennessee Municipal Government, Victor C. Hobday

MTAS History

This paper was prepared for the 1963 Edition of Your Tennessee Government, the textbook used in the American Legion IS annual Boys State program.

Municipal Water Works Operating Data For Tennessee, W. T. Chaffin, M. U. Snoderly

MTAS History

This is a tabulation and interpretation of the results of a survey made by MTAS in the fall of 1959 designed to obtain statistical information on the operation of municipally-owned water utilities in the State.

Government For Metropolis: A Nashville-Davidson County Proposal, Daniel R. Grant

MTAS History

With the filing on March 28 of a proposed metropolitan government charter, Nashville and Davidson County have moved one step closer toward creating a new species of local government, one that is distinctly metropolitan in its design. The metropolitan charter, to be voted on June 17, would abolish the City of Nashville and Davidson County and consolidate their functions in a single "Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County."

University of Tennessee Newsletter, Vol. 37, No. 2

A Municipal Public Relations Program That Works For Small & Medium-Sized Cities, Pan Dodd Wheeler

MTAS History

The basic aims of municipal public relations are fundamental to democratic municipal government. These involve letting more people know what the city is doing, what problems it is facing, and how it is planning.

Mtas Assistance In Organization Of A New Municipal Government, Mtas

MTAS History

Includes lists of materials to give to City officials and various matters to discuss with them about the organization of a new municipal government.

The Tennessee Utility District: A Problem Of Urbanization, Arthur B. Winter

MTAS History

One of the most characteristic features of life in the United States at present is the incomplete and unsatisfactory condition of urban-type services in the fringe areas of cities. Attempts to remedy this condition have often been made in the form of special districts with limited functions. T ennessee has not escaped this type of activity. Dr. Winter's study describes the Tennessee development.

Published for THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION and MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL ADVISORY SERVICE THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

How To Make Reports, Pan Dodd Wheeler

MTAS History

This publication explains what municipal reports are, why municipal officials should make them, and what to include in them.

Municipal Water Works Operating Data For Tennessee, W. T. Chaffin, M. U. Snoderly

MTAS History

In August 1957 Mr. W. G. Thomas, General Manager, Athens Utility Board, requested MTAS to obtain certain statistical information on the operation of municipally-owned water utilities in the State. In replying to our survey questionnaire, so many officials requested a copy of the results that it was decided to print them in this form and to give the report a wide distribution.

Changing Problems And Lines Of Attack, Luther Gulick

MTAS History

This paper was written by public administration expert Luther Gulick, whose keynote address at the Tennessee Municipal League's 9th annual convention included a proposal to establish "a local government technical advisory service." Gulick's proposal resonated with TML Herb Bingham, who carried it to the state legislature leading to the creation of MTAS.

The full text of the document is housed in the MTAS library's archives section. For more information, visit the MTAS library's webpage.

Preface: "This is a strictly preliminary document. It is published for the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in New York City, …

Delinquent Taxes, Cliff Greenwood

MTAS History

This article is concerned with the collection of delinquent real property taxes. Included is a time table for the collection of taxes.

A Brief Description Of Tennessee Municipal Government, Victor C. Hobday

MTAS History

When people refer to the place where they live they usually speak of it as.a "city" or "town." Generally, we regard a small community as a "town" and the larger community as a "city." In some other states people are accustomed to calling the smaller places "villages" and "boroughs," but this is not the custom in Tennessee. The purpose of this paper is to describe briefly the government of cities and towns in Tennessee. Each one has a government, just as the State has a government. An effort will be made to outline the principal differences among city and town …

Financing Electric-Municipal Buildings In Tennessee, Victor C. Hobday

MTAS History

The purpose of this publication is to advise municipal officials with respect to the sharing of a joint building by the general municipal government and an electric distribution system. It is an expansion of an article on the same subject that appeared in the Technical Section of the November 1952 issue of Tennessee Town & City magazine.

The information contained herein is oriented particularly toward officials responsible for the general government of Tennessee's municipalities, but it may also be of some value to officials of electric distribution systems.

Accounting Procedures For State Street Aid Funds, William T. Chaffin

MTAS History

Public Chapter No. 1 of the 1953 General Assembly, effective July 1, 1953, grants to municipalities the proceeds of one cent of the state gasoline tax. The enabling act, however, restricts expenditures to street aid purposes and puts forth various requirements that municipalities must meet related to financial and accounting procedures.

Paving Streets Under The Abutting Property Act, Cliff Greenwood

MTAS History

To assist municipalities in constructing streets under the abutting property act, MTAS prepared the materials in this bulletin. In addition to a copy of the act itself, from Williams Tennessee Code, Annotated (Michie Publishing Company, Charlottesville, Virginia), there is included a sample ordinance and two sample notices. These are intended to be general guides, and each municipality should consult its attorney regarding the peculiar form of such documents adapted to its charter and needs.

Annexation Handbook For Tennessee Municipal Officials [Archived Material], Wallace Mendelson

MTAS History

This is a handbook for municipal officials in Tennessee who are considering annexation as a solution for fringe area problems. The unincorporated urban fringe that surrounds most cities creates a host of problems, both from the the viewpoint of the city and the suburban dwellers. The purpose of this handbook is to present and to discuss briefly the factors that enter into a decision as to whether annexation should be undertaken.

Municipal Tort Liability In Tennessee, Cliff Greenwood

MTAS History

In preparing this bulletin an examination has been made of all the published opinions of Tennessee. No attempt has been made to cite all opinions because there is considerable duplication, especially in the decisions dealing with street and sidewalk accidents. An attempt, however, has been made to cover all tort liability problems that have been presented to the appellate courts of Tennessee,

Paths To Constitutional Home Rule For Municipalities, Wallace Mendelson

MTAS History

Part I deals with the relatively simple matter of authorizing municipalities to adopt and amend their own charters. Part II deals with the far more difficult problem of the allocation of functions as between the state and municipality. The first concerns forms of government; the second the powers of government. Part III deals with the related problem of the extension of city boundaries by the annexation of fringe areas.

Equalizing Assessments Of City Properties: What, Why And How, Cecil Morgan

MTAS History

This publication can serve as a guide to city officials in carrying out an assessments equalization program. In addition to discussing the records required, the procedures to follow and some of the problems involved in such a program, this bulletin reviews the tax equalization experience of six Tennessee taxing jurisdictions. The final section draws attention to the importance of having a good public relations program accompanying a tax equalization program.