The City of Flint has operated under at least four charters (1855,[1] 1888,[2] 1929, 1974[3]).
The City is currently run under its 2017 [4] charter that gives the city a Strong Mayor form of government. It is also instituted the appointed independent office of Ombudsman, while the city clerk is solely appointed by the City Council. The City Council is composed of members elected from the city's nine wards.[3]
The city was under the supervision of a state-appointed Receivership Transition Advisory Board from 2015 to January 2019.[5] The Receivership Transition Advisory Board had to review and rule on all financial matters approved by the city council and mayor.
In June 2018, an Administrative Hearings Bureau, or Blight Hearings Bureau, was started through a grant to handle blight hearings generated from blight citations given by the city's Blight Elimination Division. Attorney T.W. Feaster was appointed the first administrative hearing officer of the bureau.[6] There were a backlog since 2013 of about 7,000 complaints.[7]
^"HON. WILLIAM A. ATWOOD". 1892 Portrait & Biographical Album of Genesee, Lapeer & Tuscola Counties, Chapman Bros. 1892. pp. 801–803. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2009-02-06.