Center Scholar Tapped to Help Warren With Budget Crisis
Lou Schimmel, former director of municipal finance and an adjunct scholar with the Center, has been hired for his expertise to solve the city of Warren's $10 million overspending crisis.
The Detroit Free Press reports that Schimmel has been named Warren's executive administrator. He previously was appointed receiver for the city of Ecorse, eliminating that city's $6 million overspending crisis by renegotiating union contracts and privatizing many services. He's also the former emergency financial manager for the city of Hamtramck.
"If there is one person who can help us get out of the financial problems we have, it is Louis Schimmel," Warren Mayor Jim Fouts told the Free Press.
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