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Flint city council asks governor to begin the process away from an emergency manager

Jake Neher — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:27:20 +0000

The Flint City Council has taken a first step toward taking back control of the city’s finances.

The council last night unanimously passed a resolution asking Governor Rick Snyder to remove the city’s emergency manager.

Flint city officials want the governor to replace the emergency manager with a transition team to phase out state control of the city’s finances over two years.

Flint leaders look to emerge from emergency manager control

Steve Carmody — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 04:07:00 +0000

The Flint city council is expected to vote tonight on a plan that may set the stage for the city to emerge from state oversight.

The council will consider asking the governor to appoint a “receivership transition advisory board.”

Flint Mayor Dayne Walling says the board would guide the city after the departure of the emergency manager.

“This is an area of the law that we want to take advantage of,” says Walling, “We want assistance with our revenue estimates…with budget amendments.”

Flint city council to consider signing on to water pipeline project

Steve Carmody — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:44:00 +0000

A decision could come tonight that may determine if the city of Flint will look elsewhere to get its tap water.

The Flint city council will consider whether to sign on with a project to build a pipeline to carry water from Lake Huron to Genesee, Lapeer and Sanilac Counties.

The quarter billion dollar Karegnondi Water Authority project has been in the discussion stages for years, but actual work on the pipeline may begin soon.

Flint telling people who haven't paid their city income tax: Pay Up Now

Steve Carmody — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 05:23:45 +0000

The city of Flint is hoping to collect some unpaid city income taxes. The money could help reduce Flint’s crushing budget deficit.

The city of Flint is struggling to reduce its $19 million budget deficit.

To chip away at part of that, city officials plan to pressure people who haven’t paid their city income taxes for a while.

The city estimates that it’s owed between $300,000 and $400,000 in unpaid income taxes for just 2010.

Flint's mayor talks about violent crime, budget deficit and 'reconstruction'

Steve Carmody — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:17:18 +0000

Flint mayor Dayne Walling says his city must now make a transition to an era of 'reconstruction' after a 'generation of decline.'

Walling told the audience at his ‘State of the City’ address Monday that in order to begin that transition Flint must deal with its crime problem.

Flint had the worst violent crime rate in the nation last year.

“We have lost too many lives. Too many of our promising youth who were confined to environments that were always dangerous and all too often became deadly,” Walling told his audience.

Flint leaders to talk with state officials about water pipeline

Steve Carmody — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 01:02:30 +0000

Leaders from Flint will meet with state officials in Lansing tomorrow. The conversation will be about water.

Flint has been getting its municipal water from Detroit’s water system for more than 30 years. But Flint officials say the Detroit water is becoming more and more expensive, and their city needs an alternative.

They want to be part of a project to tap water from Lake Huron.

Flint's Citizens Bank is being sold to Ohio bank

Steve Carmody — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:15:48 +0000

There are concerns that Flint could lose a major corporate headquarters.

Flint-based Citizens Bank is being bought by an Ohio bank for nearly a billion dollars.

Citizens has been an important institution in Flint since the bank was founded in 1871. Citizens Bank loaned General Motors founder William Durant money he needed to start his manufacturing career.