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Dearborn Heights council amends claims list after heated debate over legal invoices
Summary
Councilman Saab moved to withhold multiple ACH/wire claims, triggering a lengthy exchange about legal risk, contracts and a federal injunction. After amendment, the council voted to remove line item 13 from the payment list, while administration warned unilateral withholding could expose the city to litigation.
Council members clashed Sept. 23 over whether the administration should be ordered to pay a set of outstanding checks. Councilman Hassan Saab proposed removing several ACH/wire claims from the payments list, saying the council must ensure an "equal playing field" and that the administration should not selectively choose which vendors get paid.
Administration and the city—s legal advisers pushed back. Roger (identified in the meeting record as representing administration/legal counsel) warned that withholding payment of vendors who had already performed work could violate the city charter and an…
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