Government
Pursuant to Public Act 72 of 1990, the Local
Government Fiscal Responsibility Act, the Governor
may, after completion of the steps set out in the
Act, declare a financial emergency to exist in a
unit of local government. If a financial emergency
is declared, the Governor assigns responsibility for
managing the financial emergency to the Local
Emergency Financial Assistance Loan Board, which
consists of the State Treasurer, the Director of the
Department of Management and Budget, and the
Director of the Department of Labor and Economic
Growth. In turn, the Board appoints an emergency
financial manager, who exercises authority under the
Act for the purpose of resolving the financial
emergency. The emergency financial manager, in
consultation with the unit of local government, must
develop a written financial plan.
The emergency financial manager shall be chosen
solely on the basis of his or her competence and
need not be a resident of the local government for
which he or she is appointed. The emergency
financial manager shall serve at the pleasure of the
local emergency financial assistance loan board. The
emergency financial manager shall be entitled to
compensation and reimbursement for actual and
necessary expenses from the local government as
approved by the local emergency financial assistance
loan board. In addition to staff otherwise
authorized by law, with the approval of the local
emergency financial assistance loan board, the
emergency financial manager may appoint additional
staff and secure professional assistance considered
necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Act.
The Governor may determine that the conditions
for revoking the declaration of a financial
emergency have been met after receiving a
recommendation from the local emergency financial
assistance loan board. The Governor will then issue
an Executive Directive to effectuate the return of
the municipality to self-governance.
See the City Charter
for more details on the City’s government structure.
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