Howard Lazarus

by P.D. Lesko One of the candidates selected for the Ann Arbor police chief interviews scheduled for 8 a.m. on Dec. 1 is the former Chief of Police in Ferguson, MO. In 1996, this same candidate was suspended three times in one year and…

by P.D. Lesko The only reason former City Administrator Howard Lazarus is several hundred thousand dollars richer is thanks to an open-ended, 2016 contract negotiated by someone among the attorneys employed in the City Attorney's…

by P.D. Lesko Correction: Derek Delacourt, Ann Arbor's Community Services Area Administrator, responded to say he has no involvement with or jurisdiction over the Ann Arbor Unit of Community Standards. On Friday February 21, 2020…

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…

by P.D. Lesko Robyn Wilkerson, the City of Ann Arbor's long-time Director of Human Resources, was placed on paid administrative leave via a phone call on April 6 by City Administrator Howard Lazarus. Lazarus reiterated Wilkerson's leave…

by Patricia Lesko At the May 15, 2017 Ann Arbor City Council meeting, Ward 2 Council member Jane Lumm (I) put forward five of the seven proposed amendments to Ann Arbor's over $350 million budget. Four of her amendments had co-sponsors,…

by Patricia Lesko On the April 3, 2017 City Council agenda is an item submitted by Ann Arbor Public Services Administrator Craig Hupy. The item (AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 TO GENERAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN WASTE MANAGEMENT of MICHIGAN AND…

by Patricia Lesko In a meeting held at lunch-time on Wednesday Mar. 1, over the objections of both the Main Street and State Street Area Association member business owners, the Downtown Development Authority Board approved the leasing of…

by Patricia Lesko The Ann Arbor Independent recently reported that for a period of time thought to be several years, prior to July 2016, Ann Arbor's recycled glass hauled by Recycle Ann Arbor and handled by ReCommunity had been processed…

by Patricia Lesko Chip Smith (D-Ward 5), Zach Ackerman (D-Ward 3) and Jason Frenzel (D-Ward 1) have put forward a Council resolution that would require city staff to negotiate a contract with Recycle Ann Arbor (RAA)—a subsidiary of the…