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Gov. Snyder appoints team to review Flint's finances under emergency manager law, requests report within 30 days
Published: Friday, September 30, 2011, 11:03 AM Updated: Friday, September 30, 2011, 11:48 AM
By Kristin Longley | Flint Journal
FLINT, Michigan — Gov. Rick Snyder today appointed the eight-member review team that will examine the city of Flint's finances under the newly amended and controversial emergency financial manager law.
Snyder wants the team to report back to him in half the time allowed under the law. Review teams are given 60 days, but Snyder has asked Flint's financial review team to report its findings within 30 days, Snyder spokeswoman Sara Wurfel said.
"He does want it sooner," she said. "That was on the recommendation from the state treasurer."
The team includes two former Flint officials — former City Administrator Darnell Earley and former state Sen. Bob Emerson.
Appointing the team is the next step in the review process after a preliminary look by the state treasury department found “probable financial stress” as a result of several issues, including a structural deficit, recurring cash shortfalls and a failure to follow its state-approved deficit elimination plans.
Flint is the first city to undergo the review process since the law, Public Act 4 of 2011, was amended and signed by the governor in March.
“Our overarching goal is to work collaboratively with local officials and hopefully avoid the need for an emergency manager,” Snyder said in a statement. “This group of eight has the necessary skills, background and expertise to ensure a detailed, thorough and fair review as quickly as possible.”
The members of the review team, as listed in a news release from the treasury department, are:
•Roger Fraser, deputy state treasurer (state treasurer’s designee)
Fraser has 40 years of local government management experience, including serving as city administrator of Ann Arbor. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and a master's in public administration in municipal management from Western Michigan University.
•Doug Ringler, director of the Office of Internal Audit Services in the Department of Technology, Management and Budget (state budget director’s designee)
Ringler is the chief audit executive and director DTMB’s Office of Internal Audit Services, where he’s served since 2008. He previously worked in the state’s Office of Financial Management and Office of Auditor General. He received a bachelor’s degree in from Ferris State University. He is a certified public accountant and certified internal auditor.
•Laura Argyle, vice president of finance and chief financial officer for the Midland Center for the Arts (nominee of the Speaker of the House of Representatives)
Argyle has served in a financial leadership role for the Midland Center for the Arts for the last eight years. Before that, she was the controller of Duro-Last Roofing in Saginaw and an accountant and manager for Deloitte & Touche. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Central Michigan University, and is a certified public accountant.
•Gene Dennis, former president and CEO of Universal Systems (nominee of Senate Majority Leader)
Dennis retired from Universal Systems in Flint, an electrical construction services and automation control solutions company, after serving as president and CEO from 1978-2003. He has also served as the president of Flint Focus Counsel, and as a board member of the Flint Chamber of Commerce, the University of Michigan-Flint School of Health Professions Advisory Board and the Mott Children’s Health Center. He received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan and is a registered professional engineer in Michigan.
•Darnell Earley, Saginaw city manager (representing persons with relevant professional experience)
Earley has served as city manager in Saginaw since 2006. Before that he was the deputy Saginaw city manager and interim finance director. He’s also served as the city administrator of Flint, deputy county controller and budget director for Ingham County, director of research and public policy for Michigan House of Representatives and other local government roles. He received a bachelor’s degree from Grand Valley State University and a master's in public administration from Western Michigan University.
•Robert L. Emerson, former state budget director (representing persons with relevant professional experience)
Emerson, former state budget director and Flint legislator in both the House and Senate for 26 years, now serves as an associate with McAlvey, Merchant and Associates in Lansing. He attended both Wayne State University and the University of Michigan-Flint.
•Brom Stibitz, senior policy adviser in the Michigan Department of Treasury (representing state officials with relevant professional experience)
Before his senior policy advisory role, Stibitz worked as legislative director for House Speaker Andy Dillon and as appropriations coordinator and policy analyst for the House of Representatives. He received his bachelor’s degree in biology from Kalamazoo College and his MPA in state and local government from Northern Michigan University.
•Fred Headen, director of the Michigan Department of Treasury’s Local Government Services Bureau (representing state officials with relevant professional experience).
Headen has served with the Local Government Services Bureau position since 1997. Before that, he was acting chair of the State Tax Commission and worked as legal counsel for the Citizens Research Council. He received a bachelor’s degree in political philosophy and a master’s degree in labor and industrial relations both from Michigan State University, and a law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing. He has participated in 10 review teams (five appointments by Gov. Engler, five by Gov. Granholm).
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www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2013/09/michael_brown_resigns_as_flint.html
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New Flint emergency manager Darnell Earley to take over after Michael Brown resigns
Mike Brown takes over role as Flint's emergency manager
Dominic Adams | dadams5@mlive.com By Dominic Adams | dadams5@mlive.com
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on September 11, 2013 at 10:28 AM, updated September 11, 2013 at 10:51 AM
Michael Brown said he's resigning as emergency manager of Flint during a news conference on Wednesday, Sept. 11. (MLive.com File Photo)
FLINT, MI – Michael Brown is stepping down as emergency manager in Flint and former Flint acting mayor Darnell Earley is taking his place.
Earley has been Saginaw's city manager since 2006, and has twice served on emergency manager review teams, once through Gov. Jennifer Granholm in Benton Harbor and, more recently, through Gov. Rick Snyder in Flint.
Brown, 65, said he submitted his resignation to Gov. Rick Snyder last week and his last day is Oct. 31.
He cited the death of his brother as one of the reasons.
“This job demands 24/7 attention and you have to be on your game,” Brown said.
Brown, who returned to emergency manager job this summer after serving the same role in Flint in 2001, had been back in the position just two months before he resigned.
When Brown submitted his resignation, he had to submit a closing memo that highlighted the work.
The memo trumpets the fact that Flint ended 2013 with a balanced budget for the first time in seven years and that he reduced the deficit from $19 million to $16 million.
Brown also said the state approved Flint’s deficit elimination plan – allowing for the borrowing of $12 million in fiscal stabilization bonds – cutting the deficit to $4 million.
“We’re ahead of schedule,” he said. “We’re feeling real good about that.”
But he still believes Flint is about 18 months away from a transition advisory board being appointed that would steer the city back under local control.
He mentioned needed changes to city council structure, whether the city has a strong mayor form of government or a city manager.
Earley also worked as a city administrator in Flint from 2001-04, part of that time serving as the city's chief executive officer in the role of "temporary mayor."
In his career, Earley served as the State House of Representatives director of policy and research, and also served as the Deputy County Controller for Ingham County.
Dominic Adams is a reporter for MLive-Flint Journal. Contact him at dadams5@mlive.com or 810-241-8803. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.
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Snyder Appoints New Emergency Manager for Flint
Posted Wednesday, September 11th 2013 @ 1pm by The Associated Press
A new emergency manager has been named for Flint following the resignation of Mike Brown.
State Treasury officials say Darnell Earley's tenure over the city's finances takes effect Oct. 1
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Gov. Rick Snyder (pictured) accepted Brown's resignation Wednesday. It is effective Oct. 31. Earley and Brown will work together during the transition of managers.
Earley is a former Flint city administrator and served in 2002 as Flint's temporary mayor during a vacancy in that office. He has been Saginaw's city manager for the past eight years.
Flint has been under state oversight since 2011 and continues to deal with a $3 million structural deficit.
It is one of a number of Michigan cities with emergency managers, including Detroit, which this summer made the largest municipal bankruptcy filing in U.S. history
Read more: http://www.woodradio.com/articles/wood-news-125494/snyder-appoints-new-emergency-manager-for-11644784/#ixzz2edKhrkkP |
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