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DAH director Julianne Pastoral outlines FY27 budget, blight-court workload and collections strategy
Summary
Director Julianne Pastoral told the Detroit City Council committee that DAH will operate with 19 FTEs under its FY27 proposal, outlined blight-court activity (more than 873,000 tickets adjudicated since 2005), reported $18.4 million in judgments with $5.6 million collected (about 30%), and described a new text-message collections pilot and a forthcoming case-management contract (no AI).
Julianne Pastoral, director of the Department of Appeals and Hearings, presented DAH's proposed fiscal year 2027 budget to the Detroit City Council Committee of the Whole, highlighting workload, collections activity and upcoming technology and contract requests.
"Since opening its doors in 2005, DAH has adjudicated over 873,000 blight tickets," Pastoral said, and described three core bureau functions: blight court, administrative appeals hearings and blight clearance certifications. She reported that in fiscal year 2025 ticket issuance fell by about 44,000 and adjudications declined by roughly 30,000 compared with the prior year.
Pastoral gave the department's FY25 judgment figures as $18,400,000 and said DAH collected $5,600,000, a roughly 30% collection rate. She said the difference between tickets issued and adjudicated largely represents matters resolved before a hearing, either…
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