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Ann Arbor City Administrator

Council Votes 7-4 to Enter into a Separation Agreement With City Administrator: Here’s Why

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Feb 19, 2020 12

Seven members of City Council, including four new members who were swept into office in November 2018, voted to part ways with City Administrator Howard Lazarus. The reasons Lazarus lost his job were numerous, though perhaps not…

Opinion

EDITORIAL: Ann Arbor SPARK—More Money Despite Missing Audit

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 12, 2014 2

AT ITS MOST recent meeting, the Ann Arbor City Council once again showed a deplorable lack of respect for transparency, process and the public, as did City Administrator Steve Powers. At the September 2 meeting, an item to approve $75,000…

Ann Arbor Government

City Administrator Once Again Refuses to Turn Over Records to a Council Member

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 5, 2014 0

CITY ADMINISTRATOR Steve Powers answers directly to City Council. The city’s Charter requires the 11-member group to annually review the City Administrator’s performance. Council sets his pay and has the ultimate authority to fire him. …

Ann Arbor Government

News Reports Contradict City Administrator’s Claim That: “Snow emergency has been called once in the past 25 years.”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jan 14, 2014 0

ANN ARBOR’S CITY Administrator Steve Powers, in explaining why a snow emergency had not been called in order to facilitate faster more efficient clearing of the 11 inches of snow that fell between January 4-5 claimed “a snow emergency has…