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Detroit council appoints Sherry Gaye Danyogo as city ombudsman after two-round ballot
Summary
After extensive public comment and a two-round ballot, the Detroit City Council appointed Sherry Gaye Danyogo as the city ombudsman, winning the second-round vote with six council votes — the number required under the council’s rules — amid questions about potential conflicts related to school-board service.
The Detroit City Council on Sept. 30 appointed Sherry Gaye Danyogo to serve as the city’s ombudsman after a two-round voting process that narrowed a larger field to three finalists and then produced the six affirmative votes required for appointment.
Council leaders opened item 18.2 by describing the ranked-ballot process: in the first round each council member allocated 3, 2 and 1 points to three candidates; the three candidates with the highest point totals advanced to a second, single-choice round. City attorneys and the Law Department noted a legal opinion from LPD that a sitting school-board member would need to…
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