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Retirees urge relief and speakers call for spending shift from policing to prevention
Budget, Finance and Audit Standing Committee (City of Detroit) · September 3, 2025
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Summary
At the start of the meeting, public commenters urged the committee to support city retirees by reversing pension clawbacks and to reallocate funds from policing to community preventive programs and parks after a violent summer.
Public comment opened the meeting and several residents urged the Budget, Finance and Audit Standing Committee to take action on retiree protections and to rebalance public safety spending.
Ronald Foster told the committee that a legislative body "has the ability to reappropriate funds" and urged officials to shift money away from law…
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