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Warren council overrides Mayor Stone’s veto of ordinance on purchase limits

Warren’s City Council overrode a veto by Mayor Lori Stone on Tuesday night to pass an amendment that puts a $50,000 limit on the her ability to make emergency purchases. Warren’s emergency purchase ordinance allows mayors to make purchases immediately in a crisis without seeking the council’s OK. The City Council revised the ordinance in […]

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Warren Mayor Lori Stone didn’t wait promised month for chief’s exit

Warren Police Commissioner William Dwyer ― considered the dean of Michigan police chiefs for his nearly six decades in law enforcement — was fired Tuesday and told to “clean out my office immediately,” Dwyer said. The firing came at the behest of Warren’s recently elected Mayor Lori Stone, and came despite what Dwyer has been […]

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Jim Fouts makes one final veto before leaving Warren mayor’s office

Warren ― On his final day in office, former Warren Mayor Jim Fouts vetoed the City Council’s approval of three months of payments to their contracted law firm, but the council’s attorney said the action is unenforceable. Since spring 2020, Warren City Council has retained Bloomfield Hills-based law firm Plunkett Cooney for its legal representation […]

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