… legality of the state’s emergency financial manager law. Unfortunately, neither … the state reverted to the emergency financial manager law following … rejection by voters of the emergency manager law, nor are they acknowledging … history of Michigan’s emergency manager law, see this section …
… a referendum on the emergency manager law, believe that if … whether to support the emergency manager law or whether to revert to the state’s older emergency financial manager law. The idea of a referendum … the action. PA 4, the emergency manager law, was signed in 2011 …
… Contacts: Ted O'Neil, Media Relations Manager 989-631-0900 or 989-513-3970 MIDLAND … Proposal 1, a referendum on the emergency manager law, also lost, meaning that … “With the defeat of Proposal 1, the emergency financial manager law that was put in place in 1990 …
… the referendum on the emergency manager law believe that if Public … support the current emergency manager law, or whether to revert to the state's older emergency financial manager law. This is also the opinion … the action. PA 4, the emergency manager law, was signed in 2011 …
… headlines by requesting a state financial review team from the Michigan Department of Treasury — a step that could lead to the city’s takeover by an emergency manager. Allen Park’s previous leadership deserves blame for bringing the city to this juncture, but the state Legislature deserves some as well. By …
… of cuts. Page 116 of the Disclosure document makes it clear that Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr is prepared to contract out for some if not all the operations … have accrued $360 million in savings by now. Additionally, the emergency manager's report alludes to the possibility of outsourcing city airport work …
Cities and school districts where emergency managers have been appointed brought that situation upon themselves, a Mackinac Center analyst told WEYI-TV25 … Fiscal Policy Initiative, said “The painful truth is cities with emergency managers today would not have them if they had not fouled their own financial …
… discussing a proposed ballot initiative that seeks to overturn the state's emergency manager law. Paul Kersey, director of labor policy, also discussed the issue … Conley Show" on WILS 1320AM in Lansing. You can read more about the emergency manager law here.
… member of Pontiac's emergency manager team. "Ten thousand a … $60,000 per year. Pontiac Emergency Manager Lou Schimmel has been … Under Michigan's original emergency financial manager law, enacted under former … Blanchard in the 1990s, emergency managers are sent in to Michigan …
… rejected the state's emergency manager law, Public Act 4 of … This reinstates the older emergency financial manager law, Public Act 72 of 1990, … newer law was allowing emergency managers to unilaterally amend … message as being against emergency managers more than the difference …
… gives local government emergency managers powers not found under the previous emergency financial manager law, known as Public Act 72. … was the ability for an emergency manager to — with the state Treasury’s … why PA 4 is needed. Emergency Manager Lou Schimmel took over …
… the state appointing an emergency financial manager who has the power to implement … an extent. Protect emergency manager from litigation: An emergency financial manager has a target on his or her …
… and Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb continue to struggle … benefit from a strengthened emergency financial manager statute that among other things … hence the need to equip emergency managers with broad authority …
… recovers thanks to a strong emergency manager. In spite of its own … now being run by an emergency manager, and Benton Harbor. Neither … Schimmel, Pontiac's emergency manager (who was director of … shows the value of an emergency manager. "Our emergency manager … provide law enforcement, emergency dispatch, assessing, animal …
… state Auditor General Joseph Harris as the emergency manager in April of 2010. Benton Harbor was in the … seeking comment. ~~~~~ See also: Are Michigan's Emergency Financial Managers Overpaid? Local Government Bankruptcies May …
… that refuse). He signed legislation giving emergency financial managers more authority to keep cities and school districts … wrote about the Mackinac Center and the financial manager legislation. They called us “the think tank that …
… million to $52 million Emergency manager needed for Highland Park … Allowance,” May 12, 2010 Emergency Manager Needed for Highland Park … Gov. Snyder to appoint an emergency financial manager for Highland Park Schools, … in the state with an emergency manager. According to The News, …
… discuss reforms to the emergency manager law. Any attempt to change … insolvency. When it appoints an emergency manner, it takes the last … also may appoint an emergency manager, enter into a “neutral … statewide referendum on the emergency manager law, the only way a local … also say it does not give managers a “revenue option” — the …
… for $135,000. Pontiac Emergency Manager Louis Schimmel said the … appointed as the city's emergency financial manager in September 2011, said he … Vacant Garage Before Emergency Manager, Pontiac Had 87 Different … 1: Referendum on the Emergency Manager Law
… part of the reason why an emergency financial manager was appointed in 2009. In August 2011, Emergency Manager Lou Schimmel worked out … 1: Referendum on the Emergency Manager Law City Spends $8 Million … Vacant Garage Before Emergency Manager, Pontiac Had 87 Different …
… change. With a state emergency manager already overseeing DPS, … educating students. Emergency managers of both the Highland … Highland Park, the emergency manager's operating plan for the … and Muskegon Heights emergency managers were able to make such … district has been under emergency management for years, and …
… selected Joyce Parker as Ecorse's emergency manager. Parker helped privatize most … Public Act 4, which redefined the emergency manager law and gave Parker and other emergency managers the power to set aside union … about Commentary: Contracts Show, Manager Law 'Chemo' for Cancerous Fiscal …
… rate near 18 percent and a fiscal situation so bad it requires an emergency manager, the Flint Mass Transportation Authority is trying to buy a hydrogen … vehicle and hope to purchase one in the near future," Ed Benning, general manager of the Flint MTA said in an email. The MTA is requesting that it be able …
… school board asks for emergency manager MEAP Security Was Compromised … School Board Asks for Emergency Manager MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich. … state to appoint an emergency manager, according to The Muskegon … District, be appointed as the emergency financial manager, The Chronicle reported. Demetriou, …
… expert Louis Schimmel as the city's emergency financial manager. Schimmel is recently retired from … changes because, under state law, an emergency financial manager may only renegotiate contracts instead …
… Governing” magazine’s May issue includes a story about Michigan’s emergency manager law and calls the Mackinac Center an “influential” think tank. The story focuses largely on Lou Schimmel, the appointed emergency manager of Pontiac and the Center’s former director of municipal finance.
Gov. Rick Snyder could appoint a new emergency manager for Detroit Friday, according to the Detroit … both the city’s financial problems and the emergency manager law. Here is a sampling: Detroit Exhausts … Proposal 1 a Referendum of PA 4 What the Emergency Manager Referendum is About
… Investigative Analyst Anne Schieber describes Proposal 1, the so-called Emergency Manager Repeal, which will appear on the Nov. 6 ballot. "An emergency manager is like the doctor who gets there before the ambulance," explains …
… voters by passing a new emergency manager law after voters rejected a previous emergency manager law. But the new legislation … The vote rejected the emergency manager law and reinstalled the state's older emergency financial manager law. As I wrote after the …
… faced when he became emergency manager for the city of Pontiac. … impossible without the state's emergency manager law. "Every union had … be covered by it." Emergency managers have been appointed … Commentary: Contracts Show, Manager Law 'Chemo' for Cancerous … Teacher Union Prez: Stronger Emergency Financial Managers Will Be …
… his tenure as Detroit’s emergency financial manager, assigned to fix the government’s … Unfortunately, strong emergency manager legislation is important … emergency, to empower an emergency manager with authority over the … of appointing Orr as emergency manager, and he will have his …
… longer is in a financial emergency. Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm … Parker, the outgoing emergency manager, told Gov. Snyder recently … was originally passed, emergency managers had no power to modify … changed that, which gave emergency managers the power to address … Commentary: Contracts Show, Manager Law 'Chemo' for Cancerous …
ALLEN PARK — As Emergency Manager Joyce Parker draws up plans to stop the financial … state to bring in a review team for emergency management. After weeks of investigation, … table and now that the state's emergency manager law has changed, maybe this … Investment Force State to Suggest Emergency Manager for Allen Park A City At the …
… He also said the state's new emergency manager law could have been a factor. … sitting out there, you've got an emergency manager possibility for a district that … is far better than having an emergency manager come in and void their contracts … links to movements to repeal the emergency manager legislation and recall Gov. …
… published a story about a Mackinac Center blog post by Jarrett Skorup, content manager for Michigan Capitol Confidential, explaining why municipalities and school districts with appointed emergency managers are better off than facing bankruptcy proceedings.
… Accountability Act known as the “emergency manager’s amendment.” The most … expanded the power of emergency managers to include the ability … agreements. Under the law, managers have the ability to reorganize … governor can appoint an emergency manger. A municipality or … taken. It is true that emergency managers can, temporarily, overrule …
… Muskegon Heights, Highland Park and Detroit because they are run by emergency managers. Muskegon Heights and Highland Park are being turned into charter … teachers not knowing their fate can be a concern. But without an emergency manager, Van Beek said, “the alternative is … these districts go bankrupt …
… Michigan's stronger emergency manager law. It remains to … trigger Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Roy Roberts' resignation. Just … unclarified and weaker emergency manager law. The older law does … that has greatly helped emergency managers save DPS money. When Prop …
… they will go to court over emergency financial manager Roy Roberts’ order to impose … time that Michigan’s new emergency financial manager law has been used to modify … petition drive to repeal the emergency financial manager law through …
Now that voters have rejected Michigan's emergency manager reform with the defeat of Proposal 1, Gov. Rick Snyder and the Legislature have an opportunity to fix the law. James Hohman, assistant director of fiscal policy, explains how in this Lansing State Journal Op-Ed.
Seven years after then-Emergency Financial Manager Howard Morris left Inkster … response: “Management by an emergency financial manager, compounded … Kelley Howey said the emergency manager’s pay was based on whether … Morris took over as the emergency manager. The next school year, …
… Muskegon Heights Public Schools told an emergency manager review team the district may have to close as early as April unless they receive an emergency manager, according to MLive. Other options include … MLive, “MAISD: Muskegon Heights schools need emergency manager or district may close,” March 7, 2012 FURTHER …
In March, after years of emergency management, the city of Pontiac … from a state-appointed emergency manager to the elected mayor … Lou Schimmel, who was emergency manager of the city from 2011 … advisory board amended one emergency manager order and repealed another, … past emergency financial managers and emergency managers have …
… recently beefed-up "emergency manager" law gives broad powers … this law. Before an emergency manager is appointed, a city … more power than any emergency manager. Around the country … governments. Opponents of the emergency manager law loudly blow "local … to choose between an emergency manager and a federal bankruptcy …
… point of Michigan’s new emergency financial manager law is to keep school districts … districts collapse and before managers are appointed, the Free Press … the new powers granted to emergency financial managers, including the authority …
… about his tenure as emergency manager for the city of Pontiac. … allows the state to appoint emergency financial managers for local governments in … seen the appointment of emergency managers in recent years, given … to serve as the third emergency manager in his hometown of Pontiac …
… ready to implement the emergency manager’s reforms in Muskegon … even if the state’s emergency manager law is struck down, according … debt, the district’s emergency manager has taken steps to have … agreed to continue the emergency manager’s work if challenges to the state’s emergency manager law are successful. …
… Michigan's stronger emergency manager law, was closer, support … school districts under emergency manager oversight. Only eight … school district or city under emergency management, or border a county … which has been under emergency manager oversight since 2010. … voted for the stronger emergency manager law. This was the strongest …
… state to appoint an emergency manager, according to The Muskegon … District, be appointed as the emergency financial manager, The Chronicle reported. Demetriou … “Muskegon Heights call for emergency manager prompted by overwhelming … Recommendations Found In New Financial Emergency Legislation,” March 17, 2 …
… 1990. This act provides for emergency financial oversight for struggling … appointment far more powerful emergency financial managers than they have in the past. … Center, has served as an emergency financial manager for the city of Hamtramck …
… 1: Referendum on the Emergency Manager Law Election Update: … down, meaning that the emergency manager law, also known as Public … law had been that an emergency manager could recommend to the … state may only appoint an emergency financial manager, who would not have this power. …
… of this issue: Financial emergency declared in Muskegon Heights … governor could appoint an emergency manager to relieve the school … board to request an emergency manager last December. SOURCE: … school board asks for emergency manager," Dec. 13, 2011 Crystal … Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Roy Roberts has announced …
… review team has asked Gov. Snyder to appoint an emergency financial manager for Highland Park Schools, according to The Detroit … two school districts in the state with an emergency manager. According to The News, Highland Park’s …
Robert Bobb has faced a multitude of challenges in his two years as emergency financial manager of Detroit Public Schools, a Mackinac Center analyst told the Associated …
… increasing the powers of emergency managers appointed to reform … being implemented by Emergency Manager Lou Schimmel. Among … the new law gave to emergency managers — and arguably one that … because of the expanded emergency manager powers. Among the new … surrounding the new emergency manager law, it has only been …
… Gov. Rick Snyder appointed Joyce Parker as emergency manager for the Highland Park School District, Parker … the ACLU’s arguments is that though the emergency manager has “intervened on account of extreme financial … instruction. The powers of school district emergency managers are broad, and include the ability to rearrange …
… e Michigan Department of Treasury announced on June 27 that the Highland Park School District is no longer operating under a state-appointed emergency manager. The department says this is the first time since 2000 that no municipality or school district is under state financial oversight.
… HEIGHTS, Mich. – The new emergency manager for Muskegon Heights … your way out of it,” Emergency Manager Donald Weatherspoon told … school board requested an emergency manager be appointed, which Gov. … are.” SOURCE: MLive, “Emergency manager: ‘Dramatic changes’ ahead … Education Report, “Financial Emergency Declared in Muskegon Heights," …
… team to recommend an emergency manager for the city of Allen … whether to appoint an emergency manager, but he will be acting … ballot. Public Act 4 gives emergency managers power to set aside union … Spending Increases Emergency Managers Are Bad, Bankruptcy … Commentary: Contracts Show, Manager Law 'Chemo' for Cancerous …
… plan to address it, it will recommend that the governor appoint an emergency manager, an unelected official who will have a free hand in running the city, … Charles Wycoff, said the union anticipates the appointment of an emergency manager. He denied that is the reason firefighters are refusing to renegotiate …
… seeking to undo Michigan’s emergency financial manager law has been filed in Ingham … the state has had an emergency manager law on the books since … “Lawsuit Filed to Overturn Emergency Manager Law,” June 22, 2011 (Subscription … challenges Michigan’s emergency manager law,” June 23, 2011 …
… Detroit Public Schools emergency manager, according to the Associated … challenge to the DPS emergency manager position. The AP reports … Public Act 4, Michigan’s emergency manager law. In the suit, Davis … argued the office of emergency manager should have been considered … Supreme Court allows DPS emergency manager to stay," April 16, 2012 …
… grant wider powers to emergency managers assigned to fiscally … House Bill 4214 would allow emergency financial managers, appointed by the state, … coordinated plan to cause fiscal emergencies,” MEA spokesman Doug Pratt … want to have a financial manager situation,” Snyder said, according …
… stated publicly that it needs an emergency manager to be appointed under Michigan … bankruptcy. A state-appointed emergency manager would have the power to break … cities and two school districts under emergency management. “I think we’ve been … who has been pushing for an emergency manager. “We have met a number of …
… group Pontiac to be reviewed for possible emergency manager Portland opening virtual school for 2013-14 … 2013 Pontiac to be Reviewed for Possible Emergency Manager PONTIAC, Mich. – The Detroit News reports … determine whether the district might need an emergency manager. According to The News, the review was to …
… Crisis for Saginaw SAGINAW, Mich. – Former Emergency Manager Donald Weatherspoon visited the Saginaw School … how the district could avoid being put under emergency financial management, according to MLive. Weatherspoon … table.” SOURCE: MLive, “Former school emergency manager tells Saginaw crowd, ‘If you don’t make hard …
… implementing the state's emergency manager law. As such, Kleine … have declared a financial emergency long before the Detroit became … laws governing the emergency manager's powers have changed, … with emergency financial managers. Her replacement manager … sufficiency. Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr has a plan …
… tough decisions. We need not speculate over what might have been. Many Mackinac Center ideas have been adopted in Pontiac under the three emergency managers who operated the city. The most successful, Lou Schimmel, has practically halved the city's operational budget through a combination of competitive …
… e salaries of Michigan’s emergency financial managers are being questioned across … reads: “State-appointed emergency managers make six figures at … annual pay for the four emergency managers in charge of cities … many are forgetting why an emergency financial manager had to …
… additional material regarding these ballot proposals as Center analysts develop new content in the weeks to come. Prop 1: Election Update! "Emergency Manager" law repealed Prop 2: Election Update! "Collective Bargaining" Amendment voted down Prop 3: Election Update! "25 x 25" Amendment voted down …
… ETROIT - Robert C. Bobb, the new emergency financial manager for Detroit Public Schools, said … consultant and former Kalamazoo city manager, Bobb was named to the position by … News. SOURCE: The Detroit News, "New manager takes on DPS," Jan. 27, 2009 FURTHER …
… Ted O'Neil, Media Relations Manager 989-631-1914 MIDLAND — A … “Those who oppose the emergency managers in Public Act 4 want … 1980s.” Appointing an emergency manager is the last step in a … circumstances.” Before an emergency manager is appointed under Public … governor should appoint an emergency manager. There have been emergency …
… state appointment of two "emergency financial managers" to bring the cities' municipal … decision to appoint a financial manager in Highland Park. The city … democratically elected leadership. Emergency financial managers are appointed under a 1990 …
… n August, Allen Park Emergency Manager Joyce Parker will be … more money, once the emergency manager leaves there will be … full-time salaries. The emergency manager has proposed reducing … with $1 co-pays. The emergency manager has proposed changes … million-a-year tax increase the emergency manager is seeking, which is …
… Gov. Jennifer Granholm appointed an emergency financial manager for the city of Pontiac after officials … that the city was in a financial emergency. The city's cash reserves decreased … services. References: "Financial manager faces difficult task," The Oakland …
… Flint ended up with an emergency manager in 2011 reveals a laundry … Brown, the city’s current emergency manager. At a time when the … 2011, Brown took over as emergency manager of a city deep in red … Spending Increases Emergency Managers Are Bad, Bankruptcy … Commentary: Contracts Show, Manager Law 'Chemo' for Cancerous …
… email June 4 at 7:11 a.m. to "Food Services — Managers." The email could violate the state's campaign … in question that was sent to the food services managers included an attachment that included MEA President Steven Cook’s comments on the emergency manager's plan to turn Muskegon Heights Public Schools …
… strengthened the powers of emergency managers who are appointed by … “financial stress or financial emergency.”[*] The act empowered an emergency manager to, among other things, … instance, under the law, emergency managers would lose their ability … receivers “emergency financial managers.” “Public Act 72 of 1990, …
… issues, while the state-appointed emergency financial manager has power over the budget, the Detroit … whether to keep the state’s emergency manager law. SOURCE: Detroit Free Press, … READING: Michigan Education Digest, “Emergency Manager Ballot Proposal Causes Power …
… Bill 865, Replace repealed "Emergency Manager" law: Passed 63 to 46 in the House To replace the Emergency Manager law passed in 2011 and repealed … federal court, or having an emergency manager appointed with powers similar … conditions for exiting the financial emergency; explicitly gives a school EM authority …
Lou Schimmel, an adjunct scholar with the Mackinac Center, has been appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder as emergency manager for the city of Pontiac, according to Mlive.com. Schimmel was appointed to a similar role by Gov. John Engler in Hamtramck in 2001. He also served as a court-appointed receiver for …
… that very few government union employees ever get a chance to actually vote for or against their union. He also addresses concerns about the emergency manager law in this recent blog post.
… Detroit, has struggled since 1986 with corrupt public officials and overspending. In 2009, former Gov. Jennifer Granholm appointed Joyce Parker as emergency manager. By privatizing most services, restructuring the city's debt and renegotiating union contracts where she could, Parker moved Ecorse from the …
… Muskegon Heights. The emergency managers there — Roy Roberts … choice and autonomy these emergency managers are providing to parents, … “local control” when emergency managers are appointed. Of course, … associated with using emergency managers to fix broken schools. … to see that the pioneering managers in Detroit and Muskegon Heights …
… Flint of its self-governance, an Emergency Financial Manager (EFM) would be appointed to run the … language. (i) (1) The emergency financial manager may reject or modify any collective …
… Detroit and state leadership a 13-year warning on pensions. Now pension responsibilities are a cause of great consternation to the city’s new emergency manager. LaFaive’s recommendations for reform ranged from selling Belle Isle and the Detroit Public Lighting Department to contracting out for water …
… provides for the appointment of an Emergency Financial Manager if it is determined that a serious … direction. ##### Louis Schimmel is an emergency financial manager in charge of labor negotiations for …
Mackinac Center Investigative Analyst Dan Armstrong reports on the effectiveness of Pontiac's emergency manager.
… it, reinstating the older emergency financial manager law. The wording of this … Public Act 4 is the emergency manager law. It permits the state to appoint managers to fix the finances of failed … non-starter with taxpayers. Emergency managers have new powers to come …
… those critics have offered any viable alternatives for dealing with these districts that have failed not only taxpayers, but students as well. Emergency mangers appointed to the districts plan to authorize independently managed charter schools to provide education to students, while simultaneously …
… district to be in a financial emergency, according to MLive. The … governor could appoint an emergency manager to relieve the school … board to request an emergency manager last December. SOURCE: … “Governor declares financial emergency in Muskegon Heights schools," … school board asks for emergency manager," Dec. 13, 2011
… the powers given to emergency managers. Proposal 1, the emergency manager referendum, asks voters … of 2011, the state’s emergency manager law. The vote has nothing … has the power to appoint a manager to control a local government … reinstate the state’s older emergency financial manager law. This …
… Engler appointed retired banker Louis Schimmel as Emergency Financial Manager of the fiscally troubled Wayne County city of … 15 paid sick days, 13 paid holidays, 3 paid emergency leave days, 3 paid personal days, and 1 paid …
DETROIT – The emergency manager for Detroit Public Schools implemented a new contract for teachers Sunday, according to The Detroit News. A spokesman for the district refused to reveal the terms of the contract, saying he wanted the teachers union to explain the contract to its members first, The News …
… close three schools Emergency manager challenge moves forward … crisis,” Feb. 11, 2014 Emergency Manager Challenge Moves Forward … challenge to the state emergency manager law is moving forward … The challenge includes emergency managers put in place in Allen … reports. “People say [the emergency manager law] violates democracy, …
… News today that Kevyn Orr, recently appointed emergency financial manager for Detroit, must first fix the city’s fiscal … Proposal 1 a Referendum of PA 4 What the Emergency Manager Referendum is About
… purpose of Michigan's emergency manager law is to enact structural … city's debt. In June, Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr laid out his … option in Michigan's emergency manager law is to allow the emergency … Revenue? Detroit's Fiscal Emergency Cannot Wait; Manager Needs To Fix Administration …
… Washtenaw County Pontiac avoids emergency manager for now WB-RC school district … May 20, 2013 Pontiac Avoids Emergency Manager for Now PONTIAC, Mich. – In … to put the district on a path to emergency management if the district does … OKs consent agreement, avoids emergency manager,” Sept. 18, 2013 FURTHER READING: Michigan …
… Michigan voters will have a say on the state’s emergency manager law may end up before the state Supreme Court, … the petition that would put repeal of the emergency manager act on the ballot in November. At issue was … submitted 225,885 signatures to get the emergency manager act on the ballot, according to the Associated …
… Fiscal Policy Initiative, writes in today’s Oakland Press that Detroit should look to Pontiac for examples of how to reduce its debt. Under an emergency manager, Pontiac reduced spending by 43 percent between 2008 and 2013. The steps the city took included selling off unnecessary assets (such as a parking …
