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Council sets aside $1.35M for council offices, $1M for administration and requests 1 FTE for Department of Neighborhoods
Summary
During a budget hearing, Detroit City Council members agreed to move $1.35 million for council offices, set aside $1 million for administrative support (HR/EPU), and add a request for one full-time equivalent (FTE) for the Department of Neighborhoods to be discussed in executive session.
Detroit City Council members agreed during a budget hearing to set aside $1,350,000 to discuss council office staffing and compensation in executive session, set aside a $1,000,000 placeholder to support council administrative staff (HR and EPU), and forward a request for one additional full-time equivalent for the Department of Neighborhoods to the mayor’s office for executive session discussion.
The actions were presented and approved without recorded objections. Council member Santiago Romero moved an initial proposal to reserve $100,000 per council office (totaling $900,000) to be discussed in executive session; the amount was later revised in the motion to $1,350,000 to include fringes and benefits. “For now, just…
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