Detroit The city’s first wave of more than 1,300 residential demolitions expected to begin this spring has spurred concerns over transparency and a dispute between Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration and Detroit City Council s top-ranking member.
Council President Brenda Jones in a social media post and during Tuesday s formal session accused the city s procurement office of leveling an assault on transparency by failing to disclose figures on the hiring and recruitment of Detroit residents for some demolition contracts after the council put off a vote on the contracts due to concerns over hiring numbers.
The city s new Demolition Department is seeking approval from the City Council to hire seven Detroit-based companies five of which are Black-owned to conduct 1,380 demolitions paid for through the $250 million blight bond initiative, Proposal N. The companies were selected from 180 competitive bids for $30 million in contracts for residential properties being t
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A full list of the 1380 properties can be found at www.detroitmi.gov/demolition I am happy about the amount of vendor interest we received in this first release of Proposal N demolition properties,” said Chief Procurement Officer Boysie Jackson. “We received more than 180 Bids from a large number of companies - old and new to the program - and the 7 companies selected scored highest in the process.”
Next week, the administration will submit to City Council 23 contracts – each with about 60 properties – for this work. Additionally, each of companies being recommended to City Council for contracts:
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