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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 5 - COUNTIES (§§ 5-1-101 — 5-23-112) › Chapter 23 - WRITTEN PERSONNEL POLICIES (§§ 5-23-101 — 5-23-112) › Section 5-23-108 - Existing authority to be retained by officials

Elected or appointed officials, boards and department heads shall retain their present authority to make decisions and adopt policies that are not in conflict with this chapter, including, but not limited to, matters concerning hiring, compensation, promotions, transfers, layoffs, discipline, termination, and other employment matters for the employees of their respective offices. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorization for establishing systems of seniority, tenure, or classified service, nor for creating contracts of employment or establishing the terms thereof. Nothing in this chapter or any of the policies adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be construed to affect the employment-at-will status of any county employee or otherwise create any contractual obligation on the part of the county as employer.
Acts 1997, ch. 361, § 8.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 5 - COUNTIES (§§ 5-1-101 — 5-23-112) › Chapter 23 - WRITTEN PERSONNEL POLICIES (§§ 5-23-101 — 5-23-112) › Section 5-23-109 - Actions by counties against official or employee in derogation of chapter

If a court finds a county liable as a result of acts or omissions by any official or employee in connection with the requirements of this chapter or any policies adopted pursuant to this chapter, then the county shall have a right of action for reimbursement against the official or employee whose conduct resulted in liability for the county not covered by insurance, where the conduct of the official or employee was intentional and knowing and constituted illegal behavior in the workplace. For purposes of this section, the words "intentional" and "knowing" have the same meanings as defined in §
39-11-302
. An official's or employee's conduct shall not constitute knowing or intentional illegal conduct in the workplace if the conduct was based on the written advice or opinion of the county attorney or the official's or employee's legal counsel.
Acts 1997, ch. 361, § 9.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 5 - COUNTIES (§§ 5-1-101 — 5-23-112) › Chapter 23 - WRITTEN PERSONNEL POLICIES (§§ 5-23-101 — 5-23-112) › Section 5-23-110 - Mandamus to compel compliance

In order to enforce this chapter, the county mayor is authorized to retain the county attorney, or an attorney hired pursuant to §
5-6-112
, to seek mandamus to compel compliance as provided in §
5-1-107
, and additionally may pursue any and all other remedies available at law or in equity.
Acts 1997 , ch. 361, § 10; 1998, ch. 596, §2; 2003 , ch. 90, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 5 - COUNTIES (§§ 5-1-101 — 5-23-112) › Chapter 23 - WRITTEN PERSONNEL POLICIES (§§ 5-23-101 — 5-23-112) › Section 5-23-111 - Compliance with Title VI

No expenditure of public funds pursuant to this chapter shall be made in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (
42 U.S.C. § 2000d
).
Acts 1997, ch. 361, § 13.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 5 - COUNTIES (§§ 5-1-101 — 5-23-112) › Chapter 23 - WRITTEN PERSONNEL POLICIES (§§ 5-23-101 — 5-23-112) › Section 5-23-112 - Applicability

This chapter is intended to supersede any conflicting general laws or private acts; provided, that this chapter shall not apply to any county with a population over eight hundred thousand (800,000) or any county that has adopted a metropolitan form of government.
Acts 1997, ch. 361, § 11.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 1 - MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER - ADOPTION AND SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-1-503) › Part 1 - DEFINITIONS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-1-102) › Section 6-1-101 - Charter definitions

As used in chapters 1-4 of this title, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Board" means the mayor and the aldermen;
(2)
"Department head" means the city administrator, city recorder, treasurer, police chief and any other department heads appointed by the board or mayor;
(3)
"Officer" means the mayor, aldermen, city attorney and city judge;
(4)
"This charter" refers to chapters 1-4 of this title; and
(5)
"Ward" means a geographical subdivision of the municipality established for the purpose of securing representation on the board.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1; 1992, ch. 612, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 1 - MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER - ADOPTION AND SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-1-503) › Part 1 - DEFINITIONS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-1-102) › Section 6-1-102 - Use of "shall" and "may."

As used in this chapter, "shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 1 - MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER - ADOPTION AND SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-1-503) › Part 2 - ADOPTION OF CHARTER (§§ 6-1-201 — 6-1-220) › Section 6-1-203 - Petition to incorporate under this charter

The petition filed in accordance with §
6-1-202
shall be in substantially the form provided in §
6-1-209
and shall include a description of the boundaries of the proposed municipal corporation and the boundaries of the proposed wards, if there is only one (1) alderman to be elected per ward, the wards that will carry the initial two-year term, the proposed name of the municipality and whether it is a city or town. The petition shall include a plan of services setting forth the identification and projected timing of municipal services proposed to be provided and the revenue from purely local sources to be payable annually. The plan of services shall include, but not be limited to, police protection, fire protection, water service, sanitary sewage system, solid waste disposal, road and street construction and repair, recreational facilities, a proposed five-year operational budget, including projected revenues and expenditures, and a property tax rate to be annually levied upon all taxable property in the area to be incorporated. Boundary descriptions shall contain references to tax maps kept in the office of the county assessor of property.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1; 1993, ch. 320, § 3; 1995, ch. 13, § 2; 2008, ch. 971, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 1 - MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER - ADOPTION AND SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-1-503) › Part 2 - ADOPTION OF CHARTER (§§ 6-1-201 — 6-1-220) › Section 6-1-204 - Qualifications to vote - Certification of result

(a)
All registered voters of the municipality or of the territory of the proposed municipality are eligible to vote in the election.
(b)
The county election commission shall determine and declare the result of the election and shall certify the result in accordance with §
2-8-105(3)
within forty-eight (48) hours after the election. It shall publish the results in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality or territory and, if the municipality is already incorporated, shall file the results with the legislative body of the municipality at its first meeting after the certification. The results shall be entered at large on the minutes of the body with which it is filed.
(c)
In any election held by municipalities incorporated under this charter, registered voters of the municipality may vote in accordance with this subsection (c). Upon adoption of a resolution approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the board of commissioners of any municipality incorporated under this charter that has a population of not less than seven thousand seven hundred ten (7,710) nor more than seven thousand seven hundred twenty (7,720), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, registered voters who own real property located in the municipality shall be entitled to vote in all municipal elections and municipal referenda held in the municipality. Section
2-2-107(a)(3)
shall apply to the property rights voting within the municipality. The approval or nonapproval of the resolution shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the board and certified by the presiding officer to the secretary of state.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1; 2007 , ch. 88, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 1 - MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER - ADOPTION AND SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-1-503) › Part 2 - ADOPTION OF CHARTER (§§ 6-1-201 — 6-1-220) › Section 6-1-205 - Effect of vote

(a)
If the majority of the votes cast are in favor of the adoption of this charter, it shall be deemed to have been adopted. The newly adopted charter shall not be effective until the first board takes office as provided in §
6-1-207
. Except for the provisions of this charter that are adopted by reference in other municipal charters, the provisions of this charter apply only to those municipalities that have adopted this charter by referendum as authorized by law.
(b)
Following the defeat of an incorporation in an election held pursuant to §
6-1-202
, no new petition for an election may be filed until after the expiration of four (4) years; provided, however, that if the territory included in the boundaries of the newly proposed municipal corporation includes less than fifty percent (50%) of the actual territory subject to incorporation in the previous election, the new petition may be filed after the expiration of two (2) years.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1; 1995, ch. 13, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 1 - MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER - ADOPTION AND SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-1-503) › Part 2 - ADOPTION OF CHARTER (§§ 6-1-201 — 6-1-220) › Section 6-1-206 - Certification to secretary of state

After certification of the election results, if at least a majority of the votes cast are "for charter," the county election commission shall certify to the secretary of state that notice was duly given, and application in due form of law made, the description of boundaries, the entire number of votes cast, the number of votes cast "for charter," the number of votes cast "against charter," and the corporate name of the municipality.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 1 - MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER - ADOPTION AND SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-1-503) › Part 2 - ADOPTION OF CHARTER (§§ 6-1-201 — 6-1-220) › Section 6-1-207 - Election of officers upon incorporation - Length of terms

(a)
The county election commission shall call an election not later than sixty-two (62) days following the election for adoption of this charter, at which time municipal officials shall be chosen who shall take office immediately following the election. The qualifying deadline for filing nominating petitions shall be as described in §
2-5-101
.
(b)
In the election held pursuant to subsection (a), where there is more than one (1) alderman to be elected per ward, the alderman receiving the higher number of votes in each ward shall serve a four-year term. The alderman receiving the second higher number of votes shall serve an initial two-year term. All terms thereafter will be four (4) years.
(c)
The mayor and each alderman shall serve the term for which they were elected or until their successors are elected and qualified.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 1 - MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER - ADOPTION AND SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-1-503) › Part 2 - ADOPTION OF CHARTER (§§ 6-1-201 — 6-1-220) › Section 6-1-208 - Succession to old corporation

(a)
(1)
This charter shall take effect in any municipality immediately after the election and qualification of the first board of mayor and aldermen, and any then-existing charter of the municipality shall immediately become null and void.
(2)
The right, title and ownership of all property of the municipality and all of its uncollected taxes, dues, claims, judgments, and choses in action, and all of its rights of every kind whatsoever, shall immediately become vested in the new corporation chartered under chapters 1-4 of this title.
(3)
The new corporation shall answer and be liable for all debts, contracts and obligations of the corporation it succeeds in the same manner and proportion and to the same extent as the former corporation was liable under existing laws.
(4)
All ordinances, resolutions and bylaws duly enacted and in force under the preexisting charter and not inconsistent with this charter shall remain in full force until repealed, modified or amended.
(b)
Any zoning ordinance applicable to any territory incorporated under this charter shall continue to apply to that territory until the municipality enacts a zoning ordinance, or enacts an ordinance rescinding the zoning that applied to such territory.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 1 - MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER - ADOPTION AND SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-1-503) › Part 2 - ADOPTION OF CHARTER (§§ 6-1-201 — 6-1-220) › Section 6-1-209 - Sample petition for adoption

Petitions for adoption of this charter shall be in substantially the following form:
PETITION FOR INCORPORATION ELECTION FOR TOWN (CITY) OF ______________, TENNESSEE
TO: The County Election Commission,
______________ County, Tennessee
We the undersigned, being registered voters and residents of the territory herein proposed for incorporation, and being in number in excess of thirty-three and one-third percent (33
1
/
3
%) of the registered voters of the herein described territory, hereby request the county election commission to hold an election on the question of whether or not the herein described territory shall be incorporated under the terms of Tennessee Code Annotated, title 6, chapters 1-4, and be known by the name and style of the "Town (City) of ______________, Tennessee," all as prescribed in Tennessee Code Annotated, title 6, chapters 1-4.
The territory in question, being part of the ______________, Civil District(s) of ______________ County, Tennessee, is further described as:
(Here insert a description of boundaries with references to tax maps)
The wards of the Town (City) shall be as follows:
(Here insert a description of wards, and if there is only one (1) ward state that the boundaries are as described above)
Wards that will carry an initial two-year term:
(For those municipalities incorporating with more than four (4) wards.)
The proposed plan of services is as follows: (Here insert a description of the plan of services as defined in Tennessee Code Annotated, §
6-1-203
).
PETITIONERS' SIGNATURES
______________ ____________________ ______________
Name Residence Address Date
(List name and residence as on registration records)
Certificate
I, ______________, hereby certify that I personally solicited the signatures of the persons appearing on this page and that they, in fact, signed their names to this petition in my presence.
____________________
Name
____________________
Address
____________________
Date
STATE OF TENNESSEECOUNTY OF ______________
On this ____________________ day of ______________, 20 ____________________, before me personally appeared ______________, to me known to be the person described in, and who executed, the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that such person executed it as such person's free act and deed.
____________________
Signature and Seal of Notary Public
My commission expires: ______________
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1; 1993, ch. 320, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 1 - MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER - ADOPTION AND SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-1-503) › Part 2 - ADOPTION OF CHARTER (§§ 6-1-201 — 6-1-220) › Section 6-1-210 - General validation provision

(a)
The adoption, heretofore accomplished, of chapters 1 and 2 of this title, before June 30, 1991, by any territory or municipality is hereby ratified and validated in all respects. No flaw or defect or failure to comply with any technical requirement of incorporation shall invalidate any ordinance passed by any municipality incorporating under chapters 1-4 of this title, after June 30, 1991.
(b)
(1)
Notwithstanding this chapter or any other law to the contrary,
(A)
IF the registered voters of any unincorporated territory approved a mayor-aldermanic charter and elected municipal officials, acting pursuant to this chapter on or before December 31, 1999; AND
(B)
IF, from the election of such officials until April 26, 2001, the territory has continuously functioned as a mayor-aldermanic municipality; AND
(C)
IF the territory, between the date of such election and April 26, 2001, received and expended state funding allocated for municipalities; THEN
(2)
The adoption of such charter, the incorporation of such territory as a mayor-aldermanic municipality and the election of such officials are hereby ratified and validated in all respects; and no flaw or defect or failure to comply with any requirement of incorporation, set forth in §
6-1-201(b)
, shall invalidate the territory's status as an incorporated municipality or invalidate any ordinance passed by the board.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1; 2001, ch. 129, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 1 - MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER - ADOPTION AND SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-1-503) › Part 2 - ADOPTION OF CHARTER (§§ 6-1-201 — 6-1-220) › Section 6-1-211 - Elections valid despite informalities

No informalities in conducting any election held under this chapter shall invalidate it if the election is conducted fairly and in substantial conformity with the requirements of this chapter and the general election law.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 1 - MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER - ADOPTION AND SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-1-503) › Part 2 - ADOPTION OF CHARTER (§§ 6-1-201 — 6-1-220) › Section 6-1-220 - County of situs to continue receiving tax revenues from new municipality until July 1 - Exception - Notice to department

(a)
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, whenever a new municipality incorporates under any form of charter, the county or counties in which the new municipality is located shall continue to receive the revenue from all state and local taxes distributed on the basis of situs of collection, generated within the newly incorporated area, until July 1 following the incorporation, unless the incorporation takes effect on July 1.
(b)
If the incorporation takes effect on July 1, then the municipality shall begin receiving revenue from such taxes generated within its corporate boundaries for the period beginning July 1.
(c)
Whenever a municipality incorporates, the municipality shall notify the department of revenue of such incorporation prior to the incorporation becoming effective for the purpose of tax administration.
(d)
Such taxes shall include the local sales tax authorized in §
67-6-103
, the income tax on dividends authorized in §
67-2-102
, and all other such taxes distributed to counties and municipalities based on the situs of their collection.
Acts 1998, ch. 651, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 1 - MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER - ADOPTION AND SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-1-503) › Part 3 - SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-301 — 6-1-306) › Section 6-1-301 - Surrender of charter

(a)
After the adoption of this charter and the election of the first board of mayor and aldermen, no election for the surrender of this charter shall be called or held for a period of four (4) years from the date the first board takes office.
(b)
After the expiration of the four-year period, an election to surrender the charter may be held. In order for a surrender election to be held, a petition requesting surrender of the charter must be filed in the same manner and contain the signatures of the same number of registered voters as provided for the adoption of this charter. The petition must pray for a surrender of the charter and must be accompanied by a cash bond to be posted by the petitioners to cover the cost of the election. In case of a failure to surrender the charter, future elections to surrender it shall not be held more frequently than at four-year intervals.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 1 - MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER - ADOPTION AND SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-1-503) › Part 3 - SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-301 — 6-1-306) › Section 6-1-302 - Conduct of surrender election

The county election commission has the same duties with respect to an election for the surrender of a charter as it has with respect to an election to adopt a charter under this title.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 1 - MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER - ADOPTION AND SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-1-503) › Part 3 - SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-301 — 6-1-306) › Section 6-1-303 - Termination of charter - New charter

If a majority of the votes cast in the election favor the termination of this form of government, this charter shall terminate at one (1) minute after midnight (12:01 a.m.) on the sixtieth day next following the date of the election, unless this falls upon Sunday or a holiday, in which case it shall terminate at one (1) minute after midnight (12:01 a.m.) on the next day. If, before the adoption of this charter, the municipality functioned under a different charter, then upon termination of this charter the prior charter shall become effective at the time provided for in this section. Territory previously unincorporated shall revert to that status. Another charter, however, may be adopted, and the question of whether or not another charter shall be adopted may be placed on the ballots used in the election mentioned in this section, if the petition filed requests that, and if all other necessary legal steps to adopt the other charter have been taken.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 1 - MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER - ADOPTION AND SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-1-503) › Part 3 - SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-301 — 6-1-306) › Section 6-1-304 - Election of new officers when charter is surrendered

(a)
If there was a previously incorporated municipality or if a new charter is adopted as provided in §
6-1-303
, the county election commission shall call an election not more than sixty-two (62) days following the election for surrender of this charter, at which time municipal officials for the newly adopted form of government shall be chosen who shall take office immediately after the election.
(b)
The previous board shall hold over until the newly elected officers take office.
(c)
The qualifying deadline for filing nominating petitions shall be as described in §
2-5-101
.
(d)
All registered voters of the municipality may vote in the election.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 1 - MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER - ADOPTION AND SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-1-503) › Part 3 - SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-301 — 6-1-306) › Section 6-1-305 - Succession to assets, liabilities and obligations after surrender of charter

(a)
In case of a reversion to a former charter or adoption of a new one simultaneously with the surrender of the old, all assets, liabilities and obligations of the old municipality shall become those of the new municipality.
(b)
In the event a municipality reverts to unincorporated status, the board of mayor and aldermen shall become trustees of the property and funds of the former municipality, and, under such bonds as may be required by the county legislative body, shall proceed to terminate the affairs of the municipality and dispose of its property.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 1 - MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER - ADOPTION AND SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-1-503) › Part 3 - SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-301 — 6-1-306) › Section 6-1-306 - Liquidation of affairs

(a)
If the property and funds are more than sufficient to meet the municipality's obligations, the surplus shall be paid into the treasury of the county to become a part of its general fund.
(b)
If the property and funds are insufficient to meet all the municipality's current obligations, the county legislative body may levy and collect taxes upon the property within the boundaries of the former municipality and pay the revenue to the trustees for the purpose of meeting the current deficit.
(c)
The trustees shall terminate the affairs of the municipality as soon as possible, but in no event shall the trusteeship continue for more than thirty-six (36) months. Any matters, including obligations maturing after thirty-six (36) months, not disposed of within the thirty-six-month period shall become the responsibility of the county legislative body of the county in which the municipality is located.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 1 - MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER - ADOPTION AND SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-1-503) › Part 5 - NAME CHANGE OF MUNICIPALITY (§§ 6-1-501 — 6-1-503) › Section 6-1-501 - Amendment of charter

A municipality may amend this charter for the sole purpose of changing the corporate name of the municipality, including the municipality's designation as a town or city in the manner provided in §
6-1-502
.
Acts 2000, ch. 702, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 1 - MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER - ADOPTION AND SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-1-503) › Part 5 - NAME CHANGE OF MUNICIPALITY (§§ 6-1-501 — 6-1-503) › Section 6-1-502 - Approval by resolution - Notice - Effect of majority vote

The corporate name of a municipality may be changed only in the following manner:
(1)
The proposed name change must be approved by resolution by a vote of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the board in the manner provided for ordinances in §
6-2-102
;
(2)
If approved by the board, the resolution shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality within fourteen (14) days of final approval by the board or the first available opportunity for publication, whichever is sooner. Such resolution shall become operative sixty (60) days after its adoption by the board unless ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors of the municipality sign a petition and present it to the board during such sixty-day period requesting that the resolution be referred to the electors, in which case it must receive the approval of a majority of the electors voting thereon at an election held as provided in subdivision (3). If such a petition is not received within such sixty-day period, the resolution shall become operative at the end of such sixty-day period and the mayor shall file a copy of the resolution indicating the new corporate name of the municipality with the secretary of state;
(3)
Upon receipt of a petition filed in the manner provided in subdivision (2), a certified copy of the resolution shall be sent to the county election commission, which shall place the question whether to approve the resolution on the ballot of the next scheduled municipal election or general election at which members of the general assembly are chosen, whichever is sooner. The ballot shall provide options to vote "FOR" or "AGAINST" the resolution. The qualifications for voting shall be the same as otherwise provided in §
6-1-204
in the election to adopt the original charter under this chapter;
(4)
If the majority vote is for the resolution, it shall be deemed to be operative on the date that the county election commission makes its official canvas of the election returns. The county election commission shall then promptly certify the results of the election to the secretary of state and the new corporate name of the municipality; and
(5)
If the majority vote is against the election, the question of approving the resolution shall not be included on any subsequent election ballot unless a new resolution is first approved by the board in the manner provided in this section.
Acts 2000, ch. 702, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 1 - MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER - ADOPTION AND SURRENDER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-1-503) › Part 5 - NAME CHANGE OF MUNICIPALITY (§§ 6-1-501 — 6-1-503) › Section 6-1-503 - Effect on civil liability

Any change in the name of any municipality under this part shall have no effect whatever on any obligations or liabilities of the municipality, in contract, tort, or otherwise, all of which shall remain the same as prior to the name change.
Acts 2000, ch. 702, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 2 - POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES WITH MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-2-101 — 6-2-201) › Part 1 - ORDINANCES (§§ 6-2-101 — 6-2-105) › Section 6-2-101 - Publication of ordinances

Each ordinance, or the caption of each ordinance, shall be published after its final passage in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. No ordinance shall take effect until the ordinance or its caption is published.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 2 - POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES WITH MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-2-101 — 6-2-201) › Part 1 - ORDINANCES (§§ 6-2-101 — 6-2-105) › Section 6-2-102 - Ordinance procedure

An ordinance shall be considered and adopted on two (2) separate days; any other form of board action shall be considered and adopted in one (1) day. Any form of board action shall be passed by a majority of the members present, if there is a quorum. A quorum is a majority of the members to which the board is entitled. All ayes and nays on all votes on all forms of board action shall be recorded.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1; 1998, ch. 621, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 2 - POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES WITH MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-2-101 — 6-2-201) › Part 1 - ORDINANCES (§§ 6-2-101 — 6-2-105) › Section 6-2-103 - Annual operating budget and budgetary comparisons - Publication

(a)
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the governing body shall publish the annual operating budget and budgetary comparisons of the proposed budget with the prior year's actual figures and the current year's estimated figures, which information shall include the following:
(1)
Revenues and expenditures for the following governmental funds: general, streets/public works, general purpose school and debt service;
(2)
Revenues for each fund shall be listed separately by local taxes, state of Tennessee, federal government and other sources;
(3)
Expenditures for each fund shall be listed separately by salaries and other costs;
(4)
Beginning and ending fund balances shall be shown for each fund; and
(5)
The number of full-time equivalent employee positions shall be shown for each fund.
(b)
The publication shall be in a newspaper of general circulation and shall be published not less than ten (10) days prior to the meeting where the governing body will consider final passage of the budget.
Acts 1991, ch. 484, § 8; 1992, ch. 760, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 2 - POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES WITH MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-2-101 — 6-2-201) › Part 1 - ORDINANCES (§§ 6-2-101 — 6-2-105) › Section 6-2-105 - Ordinances prior to June 30, 1991 ratified

All ordinances adopted on or prior to June 30, 1991, are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Acts 1992, ch. 612, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN (§§ 6-3-101 — 6-3-110) › Section 6-3-103 - Residence requirements for officers

(a)
No person shall be eligible for the office of mayor unless such person has resided within the municipality for at least one (1) year next preceding the election.
(b)
No person shall be eligible for the office of alderman unless such person has resided within the ward for at least one (1) year next preceding the election.
(c)
Residence within any area annexed in a year preceding an election shall be counted in meeting the residence requirement of this section.
(d)
Any officer moving from such officer's ward, in the case of an alderman, or moving from the municipality, in the case of the mayor, during the term of office shall be presumed to have vacated the office, and it shall be declared vacant, and filled as provided in §
6-3-107
.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN (§§ 6-3-101 — 6-3-110) › Section 6-3-104 - Dates for municipal elections

(a)
The board may by ordinance change the date of municipal elections to coincide with the August or November general election. The ordinance changing the election date shall provide for the extension of the terms of members of the board necessary to meet the election date, but no term may be extended for more than two (2) years beyond its regular expiration date.
(b)
Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to remove any incumbent from office or abridge the term of any incumbent prior to the end of the term for which an elected official was selected.
(c)
If the board changes the date of municipal elections pursuant to subsection (a), the board may at a later date change the election date back to what such date was prior to moving the election date to coincide with the August or November general election. The board may only make an election date change under this subsection (c) one (1) time. Terms of incumbent members of the board shall not be abridged to accomplish an election date change under this subsection (c); however, members elected at a date change pursuant to this subsection (c) may take office at a later date so as to not abridge terms of incumbent members. If such members take office at a later date, their term may be abridged due to such members having to take office at the later date.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1; 2010, ch. 1008, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN (§§ 6-3-101 — 6-3-110) › Section 6-3-105 - Oaths of office

The mayor, after the mayor's election, shall take an oath of office to support the constitution of the state and faithfully discharge the duties of the mayor's office, before any officer authorized to administer oaths. This officer or the mayor shall then induct the aldermen into office by administering to them a similar oath of office. Oaths of office shall be filed in the archives of the municipality.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN (§§ 6-3-101 — 6-3-110) › Section 6-3-106 - Duties of mayor

(a)
The mayor:
(1)
Shall be the chief executive officer of the municipality and shall preside at meetings of the board;
(2)
Shall communicate any information needed, and recommend measures the mayor deems expedient to the board;
(3)
(A)
Shall make temporary appointments of any officer or department head as those terms are defined in §
6-1-101
, except that of alderman, arising from the absence, sickness or disability of any such officer or department head, and shall report such appointment to the board at its next regular meeting;
(B)
The board may confirm or reject the mayor's temporary appointments, or, at its discretion, make its own temporary appointments. The board shall make appointments to fill vacancies in office;
(4)
(A)
May call special meetings of the board upon adequate notice to the board and adequate public notice;
(B)
Shall state the matters to be considered at the special meeting and the action of the board shall be limited to those matters submitted;
(5)
Shall countersign checks and drafts drawn upon the treasury by the treasurer and sign all contracts to which the municipality is a party;
(6)
As a member of the board, may make motions and shall have a vote on all matters coming before the board; and
(7)
Shall make appointments to boards and commissions as authorized by law.
(b)
Unless otherwise designated by the board by ordinance, the mayor shall perform the following duties or may designate a department head or department heads to perform any of the following duties:
(1)
Those duties set forth in §
6-4-101
, if the board does not appoint a city administrator, or if someone else is not designated by the board to perform those duties;
(2)
(A)
Employ, promote, discipline, suspend and discharge all employees and department heads, in accordance with personnel policies and procedures, if any, adopted by the board;
(B)
Nothing in this charter shall be construed as granting a property interest to employees or department heads in their continued employment;
(3)
Act as purchasing agent for the municipality in the purchase of all materials, supplies and equipment for the proper conduct of the municipality's business; provided, that all purchases shall be made in accordance with policies, practices and procedures established by the board;
(4)
Prepare and submit the annual budget and capital program to the board for their adoption by ordinance; and
(5)
Such other duties as may be designated or required by the board.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1; 1992, ch. 612, § 8; 1997, ch. 27, §§ 1, 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN (§§ 6-3-101 — 6-3-110) › Section 6-3-107 - Vice mayor - Vacancies in office

(a)
The board shall elect an alderman to the office of vice mayor, who shall serve as mayor when the mayor is absent or unable to discharge the duties of the mayor's office, and, in case of a vacancy in the office of mayor, until the next regular municipal election.
(b)
(1)
By affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining members, the board shall fill a vacancy in the office of alderman for the unexpired term, but any portion of an unexpired four-year term for alderman or mayor that remains beyond the next municipal election shall be filled by the voters at that election, if the vacancy occurs at least twenty (20) days before the latest time for filing nominating petitions for candidates in that election.
(2)
All such elections by the board shall be made by voice vote, on the calling of the roll. If a tie vote occurs in filling a vacancy on the board, the presiding officer shall vote a second time to break the tie.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1; 1992, ch. 612, § 9.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN (§§ 6-3-101 — 6-3-110) › Section 6-3-108 - Election of alderman as presiding officer

In the absence of the mayor and vice mayor, the board may elect an alderman to act as presiding officer.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1; 1997, ch. 27, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN (§§ 6-3-101 — 6-3-110) › Section 6-3-109 - Compensation

(a)
The compensation of all officers shall be established in the ordinance adopting the annual budget and capital program.
(b)
The compensation of the mayor may not be diminished during the mayor's term of office.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 3 - BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN (§§ 6-3-101 — 6-3-110) › Section 6-3-110 - Establishment of term limits for the mayor and board of mayor and aldermen of certain municipalities by ordinance

(a)
(1)
Subject to the further provisions of this section, the board of mayor and aldermen of any municipality incorporated under this charter which is located within a county that has adopted a charter form of government is authorized upon its own initiative and upon the adoption of an ordinance by a two-thirds (2/3) vote at two (2) separate meetings to establish term limits for the mayor and board of mayor and aldermen of such municipality in such manner as shall be designated by the ordinance. The operation of the ordinance shall be subject to approval of the voters as required in subsection (b).
(2)
Subject to the further provisions of this section, the board of mayor and aldermen of a municipality incorporated under this charter having a population of sixty thousand (60,000) or more, according to the 2020 federal census or a subsequent federal census, may, upon its own initiative and upon the adoption of an ordinance by a two-thirds (2/3) vote at two (2) separate meetings, establish term limits for the mayor and board of mayor and aldermen of the municipality in the manner designated in the ordinance. The operation of the ordinance is subject to approval of the voters as required in subsection (b).
(b)
(1)
Any ordinance to establish term limits for the mayor and board of mayor and alderman of any municipality to which subsection (a) applies shall not become operative until approved in an election herein provided in the municipality. Upon the adoption of the ordinance, the mayor shall notify the county election commission to hold an election as provided in this subsection (b).
(2)
After the receipt of a certified copy of such ordinance, the county election commission shall hold an election on the question pursuant to §
2-3-204
, providing options to vote "FOR" or "AGAINST" the ordinance, and a majority vote of those voting in the election shall determine whether the ordinance is to be operative.
(3)
If the majority vote is for the ordinance, it shall be deemed to be operative on the date that the county election commission makes its official canvass of the election returns; provided, however, that no term limits shall apply until the election of the mayor and board of mayor and aldermen held after the ordinance is operative.
(4)
If the majority vote is against the ordinance, no further elections on the question of term limits shall be held until at least four (4) years have expired from the previous election and only after the board of mayor and aldermen adopts a new ordinance for such purposes in accordance with subsection (a).
Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 741, s 1, eff. 3/24/2022.
Acts 2010 , ch. 999, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 4 - OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS (§§ 6-4-101 — 6-4-402) › Part 1 - CITY ADMINISTRATOR (§ 6-4-101) › Section 6-4-101 - Duties of city administrator

(a)
The board may appoint a city administrator who shall be under the control and direction of the board. The city administrator shall report and be responsible to the board.
(b)
The board may, by ordinance, require the city administrator to perform any or all the following duties:
(1)
Administer the business of the municipality;
(2)
Make recommendations to the board for improving the quality and quantity of public services to be rendered by the officers and employees to the inhabitants of the municipality;
(3)
Keep the board fully advised as to the conditions and needs of the municipality;
(4)
Report to the board the condition of all property, real and personal, owned by the municipality and recommend repairs or replacements as needed;
(5)
Recommend to the board and suggest the priority of programs or projects involving public works or public improvements that should be undertaken by the municipality;
(6)
Recommend specific personnel positions, as may be required for the needs and operations of the municipality, and propose personnel policies and procedures for approval of the board; and
(7)
Perform such other duties as may from time to time be designated or required by the board.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 4 - OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS (§§ 6-4-101 — 6-4-402) › Part 2 - CITY RECORDER (§§ 6-4-201 — 6-4-204) › Section 6-4-201 - City recorder - Appointment

The board shall appoint a city recorder, who also may be appointed to the positions of finance director or treasurer, or both.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 4 - OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS (§§ 6-4-101 — 6-4-402) › Part 2 - CITY RECORDER (§§ 6-4-201 — 6-4-204) › Section 6-4-202 - Recorder's functions at board meeting

The recorder or the recorder's designee shall be present at all meetings of the board, and keep a full and accurate record of all business transacted by the board to be preserved in permanent form.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 4 - OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS (§§ 6-4-101 — 6-4-402) › Part 2 - CITY RECORDER (§§ 6-4-201 — 6-4-204) › Section 6-4-203 - Custody of official records

(a)
The recorder or the recorder's designee shall have custody of, and preserve in the recorder's office, the city seal, the public records, original rolls of ordinance, ordinance books, minutes of the board, contracts, bonds, title deeds, certificates, and papers, all official indemnity or security bonds, except the recorder's bond, which shall be in the custody of the mayor, and all other bonds, oaths and affirmations and all other records, papers and documents not required by this charter or by ordinance to be deposited elsewhere, and register them by numbers, dates and contents, and keep an accurate and modern index of such material.
(b)
All such records shall be the property of the municipality.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 6 - CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-59-107) › MAYOR-ALDERMANIC CHARTER (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-4-402) › Chapter 4 - OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS (§§ 6-4-101 — 6-4-402) › Part 2 - CITY RECORDER (§§ 6-4-201 — 6-4-204) › Section 6-4-204 - Copies of records and ordinances

(a)
The recorder shall provide, copy, and, when required by any officer or person, certify copies of records, papers and documents in the recorder's office.
(b)
Fees for copying and certification shall be charged as established by ordinance.
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1.