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Detroit council reviews mayor's Executive Organization Plan, including new Department of Human, Homeless and Family Services
Summary
City staff told the council the proposed Executive Organization Plan would create a Department of Human, Homeless and Family Services, reallocate parts of the Human Resources Department's $90.6 million budget to the new department and make changes to three existing departments. Council members asked for hard-copy org charts and a budget crosswalk and recessed to receive those documents.
City staff presented the mayor's proposed 2026 Executive Organization Plan (EOP) and told the Detroit City Council the plan would establish a new Department of Human, Homeless and Family Services (HHFS) and realign parts of existing departments.
Kristen Booth of the law department said the amendment "would establish 1 new department, which is the Department of Human, Homeless, and Family Services," and that it would also make changes to the Human Resources Department (HRD), the mayor's office and the Detroit Police Department.
Booth and other staff described the change as a reorganization that would have "no net impact on the budget" because existing vacancies would be reprioritized. She cited an HRD budget figure of $90,600,000 that would be split roughly into about $45,900,000 for HRD, about $41,400,000 for HHFS and roughly $3,100,000 to be managed through the Office of the Chief Financial Officer for compliance monitoring.
David Bowser, the mayor's chief of staff, said staff would provide a Human, Homeless and Family Services department org chart that should have been sent with the proposal and that they would supply the chart and a budget crosswalk to council members at the recess. Booth said the EOP is slated to take effect on April 7, subject to any council actions or further administrative steps.
Council members said they needed the documents to follow the presentation and pressed for a current org chart and a crosswalk showing exactly which positions and dollar amounts would be shifted. One council member requested the materials "so we can see it graphically while you describe them," and Booth agreed staff would provide approximations and a crosswalk after the brief recess.
No vote or formal action on the EOP occurred during this session; the council recessed to allow staff to distribute the requested materials and resume the discussion once members had the documents.
The council is expected to continue the public hearing and discussion on the EOP after members review the provided org chart and budget crosswalk.
