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Technical Bulletins: Smoking In The Workplace, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin explores the need to regulate employee smoking on the job; why employees feel their rights are being infringed upon; legal issues associated with workplace smoking; policies and practices in effect across the country; and steps to develop a successful policy.

City Of Knoxville Department Of Public Services Organization And Operations Study, Elwyn Bembry, Thomas A. Brant, Joe Muscatello, Mike Tallent

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

Spruce Up The Plan Reports To Gain Some Notice, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"It was just a decade ago that the comprehensive plan for the city of Springfield, Mass. was published, and almost immediately, the national news media picked it up and publicized it throughout the country. What was it about this plan for the future of a middle-sized city that would generate this type of attention? After all, most cities produce similar plans, but these usually go unnoticed and unread, even in the communities for which these plans are made.

The imaginative approach used in the Springfield plan was to publish it in the Time magazine format, even to a title that …

Technical Bulletins: The Police Bill Of Rights: Not For Everyone, Dennis Huffer, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

In 1989, the state legislature passed an Act affecting the manner in which certain police officers are disciplined. The Act, Chapter 398 of the 1989 General Assembly, known as the Police Bill of Rights, requires that, effective January 1, 1990, questioning of any police officers on matters that are likely to lead to the discipline of officers for punitive reasons, take place at a reasonable time and place designated by the investigating official. Of extreme significance is the fact that the act applies only to municipalities that already provide a property interest in employment and have no other established grievance …

Utility Manual: Ideas And Alternatives For Addressing Water And Sewer Fund Issues (1989), W. Ken Joines

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

A major premise of an enterprise fund is that user rates should be sufficient to support the operation of that particular service. Enterprise revenues, costs and services should be balanced so that the fund remains in sound financial condition. This statement is paramount in understanding how a utility should be operated.

Technical Bulletins: New Driver License Requirements For Commercial Vehicles Are Now In Place, Joe Muscatello

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin informs cities of a number of new requirements that were enacted (following passage in Congress of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986) to change the requirements in obtaining a commercial driver license in the state of Tennessee.

Maine Women's Lobby Legislative Alert (1989 - August) No. 6, Maine Women's Lobby Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Who Are Nation's Poor? Census Pores Over Stats, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"A wise old Englishman once said, 'The governments are keen on gathering statistics; they collect them, add them and raise them to the nth power, but you must never forget that in the first instance they are given by the village watchman who just puts down what he damn well pleases.'"

Technical Bulletins: New Law Changes The Definition Of Police Officer And Sets For Auxiliary/Reserve Officers In Tennessee, Joe Muscatello

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses changes in Tennessee Code Annotated (TCA) and the Rules of Tennessee Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) Commission regarding the status and definition of part-time, temporary, reserve, and auxiliary officers within police departments.

If Europe Can Team Up, Bristol County Can, Too, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"To regionalize or not? That may be the question facing Rhode Island's Bristol County.

It is the smallest of the five counties in the state, with its 24.9 square miles equalling only 6 percent of Providence County, the state's largest at 437 square miles. The three small towns of Barrington, Warren and Bristol that comprise this East Bay peninsula are usually given just a fleeting glance by visitors as they head south for Newport.

Right now, the three towns are faced with a decision regarding the recycling of waste, which is to take place by September. The state Solid Waste …

Fire Station Location Study Model, Stuart Bayne

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

Legal Issues For Municipal Officials, Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

Head Counting That Counts, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"Next April, the Census Bureau will take on the principal task for which it was created: To count each member of this nation. No small chore, considering that the number will approach one-quarter billion persons. The 21st decennial undertaking will be watched closely because the numbers will help determine where new markets might be sited, where federal dollars may flow, and a host of other conclusions that may be drawn by ascertaining the numbers and locations of people. But the results will be most closely scrutinized by politicians at all levels of government."

Community Service Offenders: Municipal Liability For Community Service Probationers, Sid Hemsley

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

Municipal Liability For Community Service Probationers considers the potential liabilities to municipalities when they use probationary offenders who are performing community service under their control and supervision.

The Effect Of Government Deficits On Consumption And Interest Rates: A Two Equation Approach, Dean D. Croushore

Economics Faculty Publications

Single-equation estimation of the consumption function often is used in testing the Ricardian equivalence theorem. This approach may be misleading, as effects on interest rates usually are ignored. This paper proposes simultaneous estimation of consumption and investment equations, with the interest rate serving to equilibrate the market. Five existing studies are replicated and subjected to sensitivity tests. The results show that the interest rate is important in the consumption function. The Ricardian equivalence theorem is tested, but the results are mixed.

Technical Bulletins: The Business Of Crime: Research Findings Reveal Economic Motives, Phillip E. Keith

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses the business of crime and advises that understanding crime as a business is paramount when public officials develop policies and programs designed to prevent or contain criminal activity.

Financing Difficulties Stall Linkage In Providence, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"When the India Point Club luxury condominium development, scheduled to be built on the Providence waterfront, was announced in 1987, there were many local skeptics who said it was too expensive for the Providence market. After all, selling penthouse condos overlooking the dirty Providence River for over $1 million was quite ambitious--and some said impossible."

Maine Women's Lobby Legislative Alert (1989 - March) No. 2, Maine Women's Lobby Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Technical Bulletins: Fmha Community Program Bonds Can Be Sold To Third Parties, Joe Muscatello

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides information about the sale of Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) Community Program Bonds to third parties.

Technical Bulletins: Written Communications From A City Manager, Don W. Ownby

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin advises that the Tennessee public records law applies to written communications from a city manager to members of his governing body.

Maine Women's Lobby Legislative Alert (1989 - January) No, 1, Maine Women's Lobby Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

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.

Superfund Overview 1986-1989, Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

Annexation Handbook For Cities And Towns In Tennessee [Archived Material], Eugene Puett

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

Municipal Law Enforcement Management Report 1989 No. 2: Managing Liability Exposure: A Model For Law Enforcement, Phillip E. Keith

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

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

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

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

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

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.

MTAS Personnel Report, no. 2

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1988-89, 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 1988-89.