At its Jan. 8 meeting, the Detroit City Council Internal Operations Committee acted on a series of settlement requests, contract extensions and other administrative items. The committee either sent items to the council's formal session with a recommendation to approve, removed an item from the agenda, received and filed an emergency extension, or scheduled items for additional review. Below are the outcomes recorded in committee.

Key outcomes

- Line item 8.2 (Contract 2901809-A3) ' Emergency 60-day time-only extension for the city's online HR systems (UltiPro/UKG): Committee voted to receive and file the emergency extension. Benny Talbert (OCFO program project manager) said the extension was necessary while UKG provided required procurement information.

- Line item 8.3 (Contract 6003765-A2) ' Time extension for legal services related to Joe Louis Greenway acquisition and title clearance (Louis and Mundy PC): Committee voted to send to formal with recommendation to approve; no increase in contract amount ($300,000 total).

- Line item 8.4 ' Settlement: Shanice Beard v. City of Detroit, case 24-0071-CZ, Law Department, $8,356: Sent to formal with recommendation to approve.

- Line item 8.5 ' Settlement: Vance Davis Jr. v. City of Detroit, case 23-006432-NI, Department of Transportation, $19,750: Sent to formal with recommendation to approve.

- Line item 8.6 ' Settlement: Isoke Robinson v. City of Detroit et al., case 23-12676, Police Department, $35,000: Sent to formal with recommendation to approve.

- Line item 8.7 ' Settlement: John Briggs v. City of Detroit and Stanley Kropic, case 22-11300, Police Department, $45,000: Sent to formal with recommendation to approve. During discussion Council member Angela Whitfield Callaway questioned whether body-worn camera footage was available; Sergeant Damien Manning (DPD) confirmed the department's policy requires activation during citizen contact and said discipline is progressive when cameras are not activated. Manning said he would follow up with written information about whether discipline was issued in the Briggs matter.

- Line item 8.8 ' Settlement: John Hicks v. City of Detroit and Maurice Haynes, case 23-004679-NI, General Services Department, $30,000: Sent to formal with recommendation to approve.

- Line item 8.9 ' Settlement: Stephanie Johnson v. Bridal Hardy et al., case 23-01242-NI, Department of Transportation, $550,000: Sent to formal with recommendation to approve. Council members expressed concern about the number and size of settlements and requested additional information and a pending closed-session discussion on reverse-conviction and RNI-related matters.

- Line item 8.10 ' Settlement: Wyatt Northcutt v. City of Detroit and Allstate Insurance Co., case 24-00481-NF, Fire Department, $275,000: Sent to formal with recommendation to approve.

- Line item 8.11 ' Settlement: Harold Bullock v. City of Detroit, case 24-003148-NF, Department of Transportation, $5,000: Sent to formal with recommendation to approve.

- Line item 8.12 ' Consolidated demolition-related settlements: SA Torello Inc. and Quality Environmental Inc. v. Rickman Enterprise et al., $357,000: Committee requested additional detail about why costs are high and whether subcontractors were paid; members moved to bring this item back in one week for further review.

- Line item 8.13 was removed from the agenda by unanimous procedural motion.

Procedural notes: Several items were approved "to formal with recommendation to approve" by voice without recorded roll-call tallies in the committee transcript. Where committee members sought additional documentation (for example on body-cam discipline or demolition subcontractor payments), administration and department staff committed to follow-up in writing.

Why it matters: These items affect city finances and liability exposure; council members repeatedly pressed departments and the law department for more detail on RNIs, settlements and the relationship between preliminary RNIs and final settlements.

What happens next: Items sent to formal will appear on the next council formal session agenda with the committee's recommendations; items returned for more information will be taken up after departments provide the requested written details.