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Watervliet City Council recall, Michigan, 2009
| Watervliet City Council recall |
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| Officeholders |
David Brinker |
| Recall status |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2009 Recalls in Michigan Michigan recall laws Mayoral recalls Recall reports |
A Watervliet City Council recall did not appear on the ballot in November 2009. On August 26, 2009 local resident David Flaherty announced that he planned to submit recall petition language that specifically called for the recall of City Mayor Roger Prince and Commissioner David Brinker.[1]
In the past, Flaherty had challenged the commission's decisions on spending and the reduction of city employees from full-time to part-time positions.[1] In regards to the city's most recent employee reductions on Monday, August 25, 2009, the city council voted in favor of accepting City Manager Michael Hart's immediate resignation.[2] The resignation came approximately a week after the city placed Hart on administrative leave while the city commission began looking for a replacement. At the time the case for placing Hart on administrative leave was due to "irreconcilable differences of opinion."[3]
According to Flaherty only 12 signatures were required to place the issue on the November ballot.
No evidence of violations
In November 2009 the Berrien County Prosecutor said that there is no evidence that either Prince or Brinker violated the state meetings law. Flaherty had previously requested that the county prosecutor review the two council members for possible fraud and misrepresentation of the meetings law.[4]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 WSJM, "Watervliet Resident To File Recall Against Mayor and Commissioner," August 26, 2009
- ↑ WSJM, "Watervliet City Manager Resigns," August 25, 2009
- ↑ WSJM, "Watervliet City Manager Placed On Administrative Leave," August 19, 2009
- ↑ WSJM, "Prosecutor Says Watervliet Officials Didn't Violate Meetings Law," November 25, 2009
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