Flint City Council delays drag racing ordinance, sale of former police training facility
Updated May 11, 2021;
Posted May 11, 2021
A former Flint police training facility (left) and a Flint drag race are shown in these Flint Journal file photos.
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FLINT, MI The City Council will wait before moving ahead with a new ordinance designed to curb drag racing and before selling a former police training facility to a company that wants to use the property to grow and process marijuana.
Council members sent both proposals back to committees at their Monday, May 10 meeting, with a majority saying they still had questions about both plans.
Divided Flint council agrees for city to join in settlement of residents water crisis claims
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
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FLINT, MI A divided City Council has signed off on Flint’s part of a $641-million settlement of water crisis lawsuits filed against it by residents, ending weeks of indecision and debate.
Council members voted 6-1 with two abstentions Tuesday, Dec. 22, to accept $20 million from an insurance policy to settle more than 100 pending civil lawsuits against it in state and federal courts, signing onto an agreement initially negotiated by the state of Michigan and attorneys for thousands of Flint residents.
Flint Council votes to hire own attorney, delays decision to settle water crisis cases against city
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
Posted Dec 17, 2020
Kate Fields looks through documents during the Flint City Council meeting at City Hall on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019 in downtown Flint. Kaiti Sullivan | MLive.comKaiti Sullivan
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FLINT, MI The City Council is hiring its own attorney to represent it in matters tied to the Flint water crisis and will wait before deciding whether to join in a settlement of residents’ lawsuits against the city, the state of Michigan and others.
Council members voted 8-1 on Thursday, Dec. 17, to postpone a vote until its meeting Monday, Dec. 21, on whether to use $20 million from its insurance carrier to join the proposed $641-million settlement.