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2002

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Hot Topic: Changes In Federal Reimbursement Rates For Travel, Dick Phebus Dec 2002

Hot Topic: Changes In Federal Reimbursement Rates For Travel, Dick Phebus

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Summary of changes in the federal and state reimbursement rates for travel.

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Technical Bulletins: Hipaa Standards For Privacy Of Individually Identifiable Health Information, Richard Stokes Dec 2002

Technical Bulletins: Hipaa Standards For Privacy Of Individually Identifiable Health Information, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The Department of Health and Human Services has issued modifications to HIPAA rules by establishing standards, requirements, and implementation specifications to protect the confidentiality of health information.

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Neighborhood Associations: The Foundation Of Community Development, Roger A. Lohmann Nov 2002

Neighborhood Associations: The Foundation Of Community Development, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Neighborhood associations are one of the most ubiquitous types of voluntary organization. This paper reviews a variety of theoretical and practical perspectives on the concept of neighborhood and the various organized expressions of neighborhood organizing in rural and urban communities.

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Hot Topic: Interest Rate Currently 8.75% On Delinquent Taxes Collected Or Administered By The State Of Tennessee, Dick Phebus Nov 2002

Hot Topic: Interest Rate Currently 8.75% On Delinquent Taxes Collected Or Administered By The State Of Tennessee, Dick Phebus

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Finance personnel should make sure the interest rate they use, either in manual calculations or in those generated by computer software, is 8.75 percent for the current fiscal year ending June 30, 2003.

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Hot Topic: Important Notice Of Changes To P.O.S.T. Commission Rules, Rex Barton Nov 2002

Hot Topic: Important Notice Of Changes To P.O.S.T. Commission Rules, Rex Barton

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) Commission recently enacted several rule changes, several of which will have a significant impact on local law enforcement agencies.

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Mutual Aid And Emergency Assistance: 2002 Update, Ray Crouch, Todd Moore Nov 2002

Mutual Aid And Emergency Assistance: 2002 Update, Ray Crouch, Todd Moore

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The state legislature and constitution create and govern municipalities and grant them their powers and authority. As a general rnle, the powers and authority are limited to actions municipalities can take within their corporate limits. In Tennessee, however, the General Assembly has recognized that under certain circumstances, state residents benefit from local governments being able to provide assistance and services beyond their boundaries. Speci lically, Tennessee cities have the authority to enter into agreements with other local governments to cooperate and provide assistance in the provision of police, fire, public works and other services. These agreements may determine whether the …

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Technical Bulletins: Unemployment Insurance: Premium Paying Vs. Reimbursement, David Angerer Nov 2002

Technical Bulletins: Unemployment Insurance: Premium Paying Vs. Reimbursement, David Angerer

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Cities may designate themselves as either a "premium-paying" or a "reimbursement" employer; however, a municipality's choice has implications for its annual budget.

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Tennessee Public Acts 2002: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer Oct 2002

Tennessee Public Acts 2002: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

Summarizes the year's public acts and provides date they become effective.

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Technical Bulletins: Annual Reporting Requirements Of The State Division Of Local Finance, Al Major Oct 2002

Technical Bulletins: Annual Reporting Requirements Of The State Division Of Local Finance, Al Major

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Cities that issue short-term debt (notes) must annually submit their budgets to the DLF for approval before the budget becomes official.

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Technical Bulletins: Biomonitoring For The National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Permit (Npdes), Steve Wyatt Oct 2002

Technical Bulletins: Biomonitoring For The National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Permit (Npdes), Steve Wyatt

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Biomonitoring is one requirement of the NPDES permit for a large number of publicly owned treatment works.

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Funding Women And Girls ( 2002 - Fall), Maine Women's Fund Staff Sep 2002

Funding Women And Girls ( 2002 - Fall), Maine Women's Fund Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

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Municipal Personnel Report: Recruitment And Selection Of Managerial And Professional Personnel, Warren Nevad Sep 2002

Municipal Personnel Report: Recruitment And Selection Of Managerial And Professional Personnel, Warren Nevad

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This publication provides local governments with basic information and a general framework for recruiting, interviewing, and selecting managerial and professional personnel.

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Technical Bulletins: Gasb Statements Number 33 And 36, Al Major Sep 2002

Technical Bulletins: Gasb Statements Number 33 And 36, Al Major

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The focus of these statements is when and how to record revenue.

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Technical Bulletins: City Recorder Certification Update, Margaret Norris Sep 2002

Technical Bulletins: City Recorder Certification Update, Margaret Norris

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Municipal clerks and recorders are required to become certified by completing 100 hours of education and maintain the certification by obtaining 18 hours of continuing education every three years.

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Technical Bulletins: Residential Refuse Technologies, John Chlarson Sep 2002

Technical Bulletins: Residential Refuse Technologies, John Chlarson

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Proper planning, training, staffing, maintenance, and methodology are key to the success of all residential refuse collection technologies.

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Technical Bulletins: Amendments To The General Law Mayor-Aldermanic Charter, Steve Lobertini Aug 2002

Technical Bulletins: Amendments To The General Law Mayor-Aldermanic Charter, Steve Lobertini

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Summary of changes to the general law mayor-aldermanic charter enacted after the 1991 charter revision.

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Hot Topic: Changes In The Rate And Distribution Of The Business Tax Effective September 1, 2002, Dick Phebus Aug 2002

Hot Topic: Changes In The Rate And Distribution Of The Business Tax Effective September 1, 2002, Dick Phebus

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

2002 Tenn. Pub. Acts 856 (the Tax Reform Act of 2002) amends the business tax law, requiring businesses to pay fifty percent more in taxes when renewing business licenses.

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Hot Topic: Changes To The State And Local Sales And Use Tax Return: Effective July 15, 2002, Dick Phebus Aug 2002

Hot Topic: Changes To The State And Local Sales And Use Tax Return: Effective July 15, 2002, Dick Phebus

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Because the sales tax rate increase became effective July 15, 2002, reporting sales may be complicated due to the fact that a municipality may have taxable sales from July 1-14 at the old state rate of 6% and sales from July 15-31 at the new state rate of 7%.

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Hot Topic: State Sales Tax Rate Increased Effective July 15, 2002, Dennis Huffer Jul 2002

Hot Topic: State Sales Tax Rate Increased Effective July 15, 2002, Dennis Huffer

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The state sales and use tax on non-food items increases from 6 percent
to 7 percent on July 15, 2002.

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Hot Topic: 2002-2003 State Revenue Estimates, Dick Phebus Jul 2002

Hot Topic: 2002-2003 State Revenue Estimates, Dick Phebus

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The Tennessee General Assembly adopted the state budget for fiscal year 2002-2003. Based on this budget, cities can expect to receive the following revenues.

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Records Management For Municipal Governments: A Reference Guide For City Officials And Municipal Public Records Custodians, Dennis Huffer Jul 2002

Records Management For Municipal Governments: A Reference Guide For City Officials And Municipal Public Records Custodians, Dennis Huffer

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

A basic summary of laws, regulations and practices regarding records management by city governmental offices.

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Food Stamps: Available But Not Easily Accessible: A Study Conducted For Project Bread, Michelle Kahan, Elaine Werby, Jennifer Raymond Jul 2002

Food Stamps: Available But Not Easily Accessible: A Study Conducted For Project Bread, Michelle Kahan, Elaine Werby, Jennifer Raymond

Center for Social Policy Publications

Concerned with growing hunger among Massachusetts families eligible for Food Stamps, and the paradoxical decline in the number of program enrollees, Project Bread asked the Center for Social Policy at the John W. McCormack Institute of Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts Boston (CSP) to study the process of securing and sustaining Food Stamp Benefits. Concurrent with the planning process for the study, the Massachusetts legislature, in an override of the Governor's veto in early December 2001, included language in the FY 2002 budget designed to expand access to the program. Among other requirements, the language requires the Department of Transitional …

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Technical Bulletins: Telecommunications Update: Keeping Up With The Cable, Telephone, And Wireless Business, Jim Finane Jun 2002

Technical Bulletins: Telecommunications Update: Keeping Up With The Cable, Telephone, And Wireless Business, Jim Finane

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This short briefing will answer some frequently asked questions, give decision makers new or changed information, keep you current on changes in this area, and highlight what you should watch for when working with these businesses in your city.

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Book Review. Nonprofits In Urban America (Richard C. Hula, Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, Eds.), Peter J. Haas Jun 2002

Book Review. Nonprofits In Urban America (Richard C. Hula, Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, Eds.), Peter J. Haas

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Hot Topic: General Assembly Enacts Laws Affecting Municipalities, Dennis Huffer May 2002

Hot Topic: General Assembly Enacts Laws Affecting Municipalities, Dennis Huffer

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

This Hot Topic Bulletin summarizes the new Public Acts to date that have the
most significant impact on municipal operations.

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Technical Bulletins: Osha Changes Forms And Procedures For Reporting Occupational Injuries And Illnesses (2002), Richard Stokes May 2002

Technical Bulletins: Osha Changes Forms And Procedures For Reporting Occupational Injuries And Illnesses (2002), Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordkeeping rules require employers, subject to the rules, to record and report work-related fatalities, injuries and illnesses.

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Qualification Based Selection, Sharon Rollins May 2002

Qualification Based Selection, Sharon Rollins

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This guide presents a simple, step-by-step procedure to aid Tennessee municipal officials in procuring engineering, architectural, land surveying and other professional services.

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Utility Manual, Bill Young May 2002

Utility Manual, Bill Young

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The purpose of this manual is to provide cities with a better understanding of funding water and sewer utility operations.

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Technical Bulletins: Irs Rules-Diesel Fuel And Gasoline Purchases, Ron Darden May 2002

Technical Bulletins: Irs Rules-Diesel Fuel And Gasoline Purchases, Ron Darden

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Gasoline, diesel, and certain other fuels purchased for the exclusive use of a state or local government are exempt from the federal excise taxes on those fuels.

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Technical Bulletins: Hotel/Motel Tax In Tennessee Municipalities, Ron Darden Apr 2002

Technical Bulletins: Hotel/Motel Tax In Tennessee Municipalities, Ron Darden

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The proceeds from the hotel/motel tax can be used for most general purposes, ranging from economic and tourist development to retirement of outstanding debt.

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