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Government of Flint, Michigan

The City of Flint has operated under at least four charters (1855,[1] 1888,[2] 1929, 1974[3]). The City is currently run under its 2017 [4] charter that gives the city a Strong Mayor form of government. It is also instituted the appointed independent office of Ombudsman, while the city clerk is solely appointed by the City Council. The City Council is composed of members elected from the city's nine wards.[3]

The city was under the supervision of a state-appointed Receivership Transition Advisory Board from 2015 to January 2019.[5] The Receivership Transition Advisory Board had to review and rule on all financial matters approved by the city council and mayor.

In June 2018, an Administrative Hearings Bureau, or Blight Hearings Bureau, was started through a grant to handle blight hearings generated from blight citations given by the city's Blight Elimination Division. Attorney T.W. Feaster was appointed the first administrative hearing officer of the bureau.[6] There were a backlog since 2013 of about 7,000 complaints.[7]

  1. ^ "The History of Genesee, MI, Chapter 13, Early Years of Flint City". www.usgennet.org. Archived from the original on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  2. ^ "HON. WILLIAM A. ATWOOD". 1892 Portrait & Biographical Album of Genesee, Lapeer & Tuscola Counties, Chapman Bros. 1892. pp. 801–803. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  3. ^ a b City of Flint, Michigan Charter 1974 Archived 2010-03-02 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ Flint City Charte Effective Archived 2022-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Goodin-Smith, Oona (11 January 2019). "State board OKs giving financial powers back to Flint officials". MLive.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Cleaning up Flint: Blight hearings begin, reward offered for used tires". ABC12.com. WJRT. June 6, 2018. Archived from the original on July 31, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  7. ^ Ramey, Elisse (June 6, 2018). "Blight court judge tackles backlog of violations in Flint under new program". ABC12.com. WJRT. Archived from the original on July 29, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.

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