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Council debates payment of director’s tuition reimbursement and whether policy should change
Summary
Councilors questioned a $6,300 tuition reimbursement request for a department director and reviewed the city’s longstanding tuition-assistance policy extended from a 2003 AFSCME contract. Council asked for the underlying contract and tabled the payment pending review.
Dearborn Heights City Council paused a $6,300 tuition reimbursement for a department director after several council members said they had not seen the relevant contract language and questioned the policy’s application to newer employees.
Councilman Robert Constant asked that the council table agenda item No. 33 pending verification of the agreement that allows nonunion department directors to receive tuition assistance. Council discussion referenced a 2003 collective-bargaining agreement with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and a city policy dating back to…
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