Flint, MI — The Genesee County Election Commission approved recall language filed against 8th Ward Flint City Councilman Dennis Pfeiffer on Thursday, April 18, 2024.
Genesee County Clerk/Register Domonique Clemons told Flint Beat that the petition circulator must collect 883 required signatures to start the recall process after the language is approved.
The recall language seeks to recall Pfeiffer because he was censured on March 25, 2024, for conduct unbecoming of a council member.
Another recall petition, which sought to remove Pfeiffer for “unprofessional behavior in council, bullying, posting inappropriate and homophobic content online, impeding City Council business, and failing to represent 8th Ward residents in a professional and effective manner,” was withdrawn.
“As current law states, any one person can file a recall. It’s impossible to satisfy all 12,000+ constituents, but I will continue to work for the residents as they elected me to,” Pfeiffer told Flint Beat in an April 10, 2024, email. “The resident that filed this recall has never contacted me to address any of their concerns.”
Recall language against Pfeiffer was filed on April 5, 2024.
Previously, recall petition language against Pfeiffer was approved by the Genesee County Election Commission in July 2023, but he appealed the decision in August 2023.
There are also active recalls against Flint City Council President Ladel Lewis and 3rd Ward Flint Councilman Quincy Murphy.
The commission approved recall language against Lewis on April 1, 2024, for voting to allocate American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for city revenue replacement.
In February 2024, the commission approved two petitions against Murphy. One states that he voted to allocate ARPA funding for revenue replacement, and the other states that Murphy accepted a lawn mower valued at $11,000 from the CEO of Ashley Capital and subsequently voted to approve a Brownfield Plan for the company. Ashley Capital is currently redeveloping the old Buick City site in Flint.