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Detroit clerk’s budget holds roughly steady; council approves studies and short-term funding for public access tools
Summary
Detroit City Council members heard the city clerk’s fiscal-year presentation showing only minor budget changes, then approved motions to study and fund a city legislative search system, add four FTEs for the project and provide short-term funding to publish ordinances online.
The Detroit City Council’s Internal Operations Committee received the City Clerk’s office budget presentation and approved several motions to study and fund improvements to public access to legislative records.
Clerk Winfrey told the committee the clerk’s baseline budget is largely unchanged from last year, with a difference of roughly $3,500 on a total budget of about $3,000,000 and a net reduction of two positions that were replaced by a single higher-paid role to improve staff retention. She said the office is accounting for rising costs for closed-session court reporting, transcription services and the Detroit Legal News, which she said has raised prices amid general inflation.
The committee’s discussion focused on public access to voting and legislative records. Member Durhall moved — and the council…
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