Local Government Forum 2024: 4 General

Courses Included

• Local Government Forum 2024: The Tennessee Public Records Act - A Review of the Basics
  
  

  During this course, participants will be lead in a review of the basic requirements of the Tennessee Public Records Act. The review will include topics such as fees, time frame for response, the provision of copies, and who has the right to access pursuant to State law. Participants will also work through various scenarios to test their knowledge of the information discussed throughout the course.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Elisha Hodge, Public Entity Partners, Franklin
    Elisha D. Hodge currently serves as a legal services consultant with Public Entity Partners. Before joining PEP, Elisha worked for MTAS for nearly a decade, and she also served as the Open Records...
• Local Government Forum 2024: Robert’s Rules Refresher - Parliamentary Procedures
  
  

  Parliamentary procedures at council meetings can be frustratingly opaque even to the most experienced participants. Join this session for a breakdown of how to handle motions and learn tips and tools to help you improve procedures at your own meetings.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Margaret Norris, Municipal Technical Advisory Service, Knoxville
    Margaret Norris is the Executive Director for the Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS), housed in the Institute for Public Service at the University of Tennessee. She has been with MTAS since...
• Local Government Forum 2024: “Signs, signs, everywhere the signs?” An Update on Recent First Amendment Jurisprudence
  
  

  This presentation will offer an update, and updated guidelines, to lawyers representing local government entities on the state of First Amendment law, post-Reed v. Town of Gilbert but also post-City of Austin v. Reagan Nat’l Advertising on the barriers that the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution may or may not pose to efforts to regulate the display of signs of many kinds in local communities.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Brian Faughnan, Faughnan Law, PLLC, Memphis
    Brian S. Faughnan is a sole practitioner and owner of Faughnan Law, PLLC, located in Memphis, Tennessee. Prior to founding his own law firm, Brian practiced law for over twenty years in large and...
• Local Government Forum 2024: The Lorax’s Dilemma - Can Local Sustainability Measures Succeed and Avoid Preemption Risks?
  
  

  While local governments face increasing constituent pressure to implement local environmental regulations (such as tree ordinances), sustainability measures can trigger challenges at the State level -- including litigation, constitutional challenges, and even threats of State preemption. This panel of attorneys and an urban forestry coordinator will review recent challenges to local sustainability efforts, the lessons to be derived, and potential alternatives to regulatory approaches.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Lora Fox, Dept Law, Metro Govt Nashville/Davidson, Nashville
    Lora Barkenbus Fox is Associate Director of Law for the Metropolitan Government Department of Law. She received her undergraduate degree from Indiana University in 1992 and her J.D., cum laude, from...
  • Michael Jameson, Metro Water Services, Nashville
    Mike Jameson is the Urban Forestry Coordinator for Metro Water Services in Nashville. He graduated from Vanderbilt University and from the University of Tennessee School of Law with honors. He was a...
  • Tara Ladd, Metropolitan Department of Law, Nashville
    Tara Ladd is senior counsel with the Metropolitan Government Department of Law. As senior counsel, Tara is the legal advisor for Metro’s various land use entities and utilities, including the...