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Dearborn Heights council narrowly removes one invoice amid fight over paying legal bills
Summary
A heated council debate over selective payment of legal invoices led to council removing one invoice from a claims list after members argued administration had withheld other legal checks; administration and legal counsel warned that halting payments could violate a federal injunction.
Council members on Sept. 23 engaged in a heated debate over whether to authorize payment of several legal invoices, ultimately voting to remove one line item from the current claims list.
The dispute began when Councilman Hasan (Moe) Saab moved to remove several claim line items from the list of payments the council was being asked to approve. Saab said the administration had been choosing which legal invoices to pay and which to withhold and argued the council must ensure equal treatment: "So it's either you pay everybody or nobody's gonna get paid," he said.
Administration leaders and outside counsel pushed back.…
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