1. Who is Flint’s Emergency Manager?
Under
Michigan Law
Public Act
4,
Michael K. Brown was appointed by Governor Rick Snyder as
Flint’s Emergency Manager on November 29, 2011 with an
effective date of December 1, 2011.
2. Why was
an Emergency Manager appointed?
Michael
Brown was appointed as Flint’s Emergency Manager because it
was determined by the State of Michigan Treasury Department
that the City of Flint is in severe financial stress.
Please click
here
for the Dr. Scorsone report on Flint. The role of the
Emergency Manager is to establish and implement a plan that
provides for Flint’s long-term growth, prosperity and
financial solvency.
3. How long
will the Emergency Manager be in Flint?
Approximately 2 or 3 years
4. How much
is the Emergency Manager being paid?
Flint’s
Emergency Manager receives an annual salary of $170,000
5. Some
consider the Emergency Manager a “Dictator”. Is this true?
No. Michael Brown is working in cooperation with Mayor
Walling and members of the Flint City Council. It is very
important to him that the elected officials of the community
are contributing partners in this process. When Mr. Brown
completes and implements the financial solvency plan, the
hope is that he will step aside and Mayor Walling and the
City Council will continue to govern the city with a plan in
place that they have helped to shape.
6. Is the
Mayor and members of the Council receiving a salary?
Yes.
Executive Orders Numbers
9 and 10
outline the responsibilities and salaries of the Mayor and
members of Council under the Emergency Manager. These
orders were signed on December 20, 2011.
7. How
does the Emergency Manager plan to engage the public?
Mr. Brown
has formed a five member Emergency Manager Advisory
Committee, which is required in his agreement with the state
that consists of Mayor Dayne Walling, Councilman Delrico
Loyd, and three community representatives: Kenyetta Dotson,
Rev. Latrelle Holmes, and Tim Herman. This group will meet
regularly and will provided counsel and advice during the
preparation and implementation of the plan. Additionally,
Mr. Brown has elected to establish three Citizen Advisory
Committees to provide input in the plan. The three groups
are Finance/Information, Technology, Public Safety and
Infrastructure. These are the areas of greatest concern and
the areas Mr. Brown will concentrate on while establishing
the plan for Flint’s long-term success.
Each group
is chaired by a member of the community and includes a city
staff person, three council members and up to ten
representatives from the community. These committees will
review recent financial data, department recommendations and
priorities and other relative materials to their group and
provide comment and suggestions for consideration in the
plan.
Also, there
will be planned monthly public updates to the City Council.
And, beginning in February 2012 the Emergency Manager, his
team, and members of the Flint City Council host a series of
community meetings to be held in each of the city’s nine
wards. There are also plans for a city-wide Town Hall style
meeting that will also be held in February. These meetings
are designed to update the public on the activities of the
Emergency Manager and to also receive feedback, comments,
and suggestions from concerned residents.
As Mr.
Brown exercises the authority of the law, he is committed to
making sure the process is open, transparent, and inclusive
of the elected officials and the community at large.
8. What
happens if Public Act 4 is repealed?
Governor
Rick Snyder has indicated that the state will revert to
operating under the previous Emergency Manager Law – Public
Act 72.
