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Dearborn Heights council withholds selected claims and pauses payments to law firms amid dispute with administration
Summary
Council removed several line items and voted to withhold selected legal invoices after a heated exchange with administration and discussion of unpaid contracts; administration warned that 90‑day unpaid invoices create audit and liability risk.
The council’s claims and payments docket became a focal point on Sept. 9 as members debated unpaid invoices, the mayor’s refusal to sign certain checks and the city’s potential liability.
Councilman Hassan Saab moved to remove specific claim line items from the payment list — including several legal invoices — citing lack of backup and concerns that some firms had not been paid while others had. The motion included removing items 19,…
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