The
Local Emergency
Financial Assistance Loan Board (ELB) today, named Joyce A. Parker
Emergency Financial Manager (EFM) for the City of Ecorse, effective immediately.
Parker is President of The Municipal Group, L.L.C., based in Ann Arbor,
Michigan. The Municipal Group provides organization
assessments, recruitment and training, community and economic development,
personnel, and interim staff services to cities, townships, and counties
nationwide. Parker has also served as City Manager in several local units of
government in Michigan and Illinois.
Today's ELB appointment
follows Governor Jennifer M. Granholm's confirmation that a financial emergency
exists in the City of Ecorse, pursuant to the Local Government Fiscal
Responsibility Act (PA 72 of 1990). The governor reached that conclusion
based on a recommendation by a
Financial Review Team, appointed to review Ecorse's finances in June.
A preliminary review of
the city's finances began in March, following a written request for review from
the Ecorse Board of Education. The preliminary review found that a serious
financial problem existed in the city and a seven-member Financial Review Team
was appointed to conduct a more extensive examination of the city's finances.
The Financial Review Team, which included financial management experts from the
public and private sectors, determined that a financial emergency existed in
Ecorse.
Following a hearing,
requested by Ecorse Mayor Herbert Worthy, Governor Granholm confirmed her
determination that a financial emergency exists in the City of Ecorse and
assigned the responsibility of managing the financial emergency to the ELB,
which today named Parker as Emergency Financial Manager.
"While there certainly
will be challenges and difficult decisions ahead, I look forward to the
opportunity to work with elected officials and residents of Ecorse and the
Emergency Loan Board, to address the financial emergency in Ecorse," Parker
said.
For more information on the
Local Government Fiscal Responsibility Act, including an explanation of the PA
72 process, visit Treasury's Web site at
www.michigan.gov/treasury and
select the Local Government Services button.
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