Detroit charter commission OKs updated revisions to send to governor
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Detroit The Detroit Charter Revision Commission on Tuesday approved changes to its charter revision plan after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer rejected an initial proposal, citing legal deficiencies. We were definitely going to take a look at the comments we got back from the governor and Attorney General s Office to make any changes that we deemed appropriate, Commissioner Denzel McCampbell told The Detroit News after the vote during a virtual meeting.
The updates were expected to be forwarded to Whitmer s office soon, McCampbell said. Whitmer s office did not respond to requests for comment Tuesday night and Wednesday.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday declined to approve the proposed updated Detroit City Charter submitted by the city's revision commission. In a Friday letter to revision commission chair Carol Weaver obtained by Crain's, Whitmer cited "substantial and extensive legal deficiencies" from a review by…
Whitmer rejects Detroit s Charter revision plan, cites legal deficiencies
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Detroit Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday cited substantial and extensive legal deficiencies in her decision to reject proposed revisions for Detroit s City Charter.
The governor wrote in a letter to Detroit Charter Revision Commission Chairwoman Carol Weaver that the revised charter includes provisions that could cause a financial crisis for the city and that will require close study by the city s Financial Review Commission that was installed as a component of Detroit s bankruptcy, according to a copy of the letter released Friday. If the proposed revisions cause a financial crisis, the FRC could then revoke the city of Detroit s and the Detroit Public School Community District s waiver, requiring the FRC to regain full oversight over the city s and school district s finances, Whitmer wrote. A financial crisis could have adverse consequences for residents, businesses, and perso
Detroit officials, commission fight over whether charter revision would put city back in bankruptcy
Detroit officials, commission fight over whether charter revision would put city back in bankruptcy
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Detroit financial officials on Monday told state Financial Review Commission members Monday about what they called unfunded mandates in revisions proposed for the city charter. Officials say the costs associated with the revisions would bring Detroit back into state oversight.
Detroit s financial officials and members of the body elected to revise Detroit s charter are feuding over the city s allegations that proposed changes would be too costly and put Detroit on the road to a second bankruptcy.
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