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Detroit HR lays out FY26 budget priorities: hiring, training and automation
Summary
Human Resources Director Denise Starr presented the department's FY26 budget request to Detroit City Council, highlighting workforce pipeline development, expanded training and new automation efforts while reporting employee engagement and participation metrics.
Human Resources Director Denise Starr told the Detroit City Council on March 21 that the department's FY26 budget request focuses on strengthening recruitment pipelines, expanding training and further automating HR processes to support city operations.
Starr said the department onboarded about 3,000 new employees in the past year, noting that 25% of those hires were internal promotions and that 20% were funded through ARPA. "This mission is the lens through which we evaluate every budget investment, every new initiative, and every policy decision," Starr said. She also highlighted a UKG Aspire Innovation Award the city received for its work on a performance-evaluation system.
The nut graf: Council members were shown how HR is tying budget requests to operational needs — from hiring bus drivers, firefighters and seasonal workers to building training academies and automating merit and onboarding processes — so that…
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