Detroit city council votes to remove emergency manager
Source: Maddow Blog
Detroits city council unanimously voted to remove the citys Emergency Manager (EM) from his post on Thursday, ending an 18-month period during which the citys mayor and legislature had virtually no formal governing authority. Gov. Rick Snyder, a Michigan Republican, appointed Kevyn Orr as Detroits EM in September 2013 so he could manage the citys troubled finances. Orr, a bankruptcy attorney, has shepherded the city through its bankruptcy proceedings up to this point.
As the City approaches the end of its historic bankruptcy proceedings, it is absolutely imperative that the next steps continue to move the city towards an expedient emergence from bankruptcy, Mayor Mike Duggan and Detroit City Council said in a joint statement Thursday night. For that reason, Detroit City Council approved a resolution to remove Kevyn Orr upon the effective date of the Plan of Adjustment and remove the City from receivership.
Under Michigan law, emergency managers are state-appointed officials who possess all the power and authority normally reserved for the mayor and city council, as well as the ability to unilaterally tear up public sector union contracts. When a city or school district is considered to be in the midst of an financial emergency, the state government can respond by appointing an EM. However, after a fixed term of 18 months, a municipalitys city council may vote to remove the citys EM by a two-thirds vote.
Orr will not lose all his authority right away. On Twitter, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said the effective date of removal would be the day when Detroits plan of adjustment is approved as part of bankruptcy proceedings. But in the meantime, the mayor and city council will begin to assume some of their old authority.
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Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)and more to follow when enough people get tired of it .
Vote these Mf**kers out.
Demeter
(85,373 posts)This fish rotted from the head on down....for decades.