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Detroit ethics board admonishes Deputy CFO/Assessor Alvin Horn; council receives report as Horn defends action
Summary
The Detroit Internal Operations committee received and filed a public admonishment from the Board of Ethics regarding Deputy CFO and Assessor Alvin Horn’s handling of thousands of Detroit Land Bank Authority property transfers; Horn told the committee he acted to hold taxpayers harmless and said the Land Bank failed to file transfer affidavits.
The Internal Operations committee on Wednesday received and filed a public admonishment from the Detroit Board of Ethics concerning Alvin Horn, the city’s deputy CFO and a deputy assessor, after an investigation into how thousands of Detroit Land Bank Authority property transfers were handled.
Crystal Phillips, director of the Board of Ethics, told the committee the board had already completed its review and published a public admonishment to its website; the council voted, by unanimous consent, to receive and file the document.
The admonishment centers on Horn’s decision to approve what the board described as waivers related to late filings of property transfer affidavits for thousands of former Land…
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