Recall Language

The petition language for the recall of Daniel Burke: 

 

"Iron Mountain City Council Member Daniel Burke voted to spend more than $200,000 for a city-wide reassessment and did not reprimand the City Manager after the reassessment failed to update the tax rolls. He has failed to hold the city manager accountable for instituting and perpetuating unlawful working conditions in the Iron Mountain Fire Department, costing city taxpayers $23,000 in fines to date. He has voted to approve thousands of dollars in unauthorized expenditures for engineering studies and Police Academy training that were initiated by the City Manager without council approval. In order to validate the unauthorized Police Academy training retroactively, he voted to approve a police contract that included an early-retirement provision costing the Police and Firemen's Pension Fund $87,038. He also cast the decisive vote in the Pension Board's acceptance of the early retirement. When unauthorized expenditures were brought to his attention, he failed to question them or reprimand the city manager for them, but, instead voted to retain him and give him a 4% bonus. He attempted to intimidate a constituent by filing a frivolous police report that was immediately dismissed by the County Prosecutor.”
 

The petition language for the recall of Robin Tchokreff: 

 

"Iron Mountain City Council member Robin Tchokreff voted to spend more than $200,000 for a city-wide reassessment and did not reprimand the City Manager after the assessment failed to update the tax rolls. He voted to institute and perpetuate unlawful working conditions in the Iron Mountain Fire Department, costing city taxpayers $23,000 in fines to date. He has voted to approve thousands of dollars in unauthorized expenditures for engineering studies and Police Academy training that were initiated by the city manager without council approval. In Order to validate the unauthorized Police Academy training retroactively, he voted to approve a police contract that included an early-retirement provision costing the Police and Firemen's Pension Fund $87,038, according to the fund's actuarian. When these unauthorized expenditures were brought to his attention, he failed to question them or reprimand the city manager for them, but instead voted to retain him and give him a 4% bonus while repeatedly dismissing citizen complaints.

 

 

The petition language for the recall of Eden Caudell: 

 

"Iron Mountain City Council member Eden Caudell has enriched her family at public expense by illegally recommending her mother for city employment, voting to pay her mother's compensation for that illegal employment, and failing to disclose their family relationship. She voted to spend more than $200,000 for a city-wide reassessment and did not reprimand the City Manager after the reassessment failed to update the tax rolls. She has failed to hold the City Manager accountable for instituting and perpetuating unlawful working conditions in the Iron Mountain Fire Department, costing city taxpayers$23,000 in fines to date. She has voted to approve thousands of dollars in unauthorized expenditures for engineering studies and Police Academy training that were initiated by the city manager without council approval. In order to validate the unauthorized Police Academy training retroactively, she voted to approve a police contract that included an early-retirement provision costing the Police and firemen's Pension Fund $87,038 according to the fund's actuarian. When these unauthorized expenditures were brought to her attention, she failed to question them or reprimand the city manager for them, but voted to retain him and gave him a 4% bonus while dismissing citizen complaints.