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Committee forwards ordinance to reserve 50% of office budgets for incoming elected officials
Summary
The Detroit Budget, Finance and Audit Committee held a public hearing and voted to forward an ordinance that would split certain council office budgets so half is reserved for incoming office holders in election years; supporters say it creates predictability, critics urged returning unspent funds to the general fund.
The Budget, Finance and Audit standing committee on Wednesday held a public hearing and voted to forward an ordinance amending Chapter 17 of the Detroit City Code to reserve 50% of certain elected-office budget allocations for incoming office holders in years with a regular city general election.
The ordinance would split an elected-office holder’s adopted general-fund allocation for the fiscal year into two six-month allocations. As described to the committee, each office would receive 50% of the unencumbered allocation for the first six months (July 1 through December 31) and the remaining 50% would be reserved for the incoming office holder determined by that year’s regular city general election.
Proponents, including Acting Deputy Chief Financial…
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